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The 'What the Butler Saw' experience is one of the new tours at Belvoir Castle

New 'behind the scenes' tours launched at Belvoir Castle

A stallholder gives the thumbs up to the new-look market

New look and a rebrand for historic Melton street market

Lucy Hurst, National Garden Scheme county organiser, presents a commemorative trowel and certificate to Dr Sarah Furness for opening their garden for 20 years

Couple open garden to public for 20th year

Some of the people in period clothes and uniforms at last year's 1940s Melton Mowbray weekend

Melton Mowbray prepares for annual 1940s celebration weekend

Some of the new homes at Coppers Meadow at Asfordby Hill

Open day to be held at new eco-conscious housing scheme

Foodie influencer and foodie, Karen Burn, with Pev Manners, owner of Belvoir Farm, which needs pickers two weeks early for its annual community elderflower harvest

Urgent appeal for pickers as annual harvest is brought forward by two weeks

Graham Bett, chair of Melton Mowbray Town Estate

Free May Day Festival to be held in Melton Mowbray town centre

A VE Day street party in Brook Street, Melton Mowbray in May 1945

Street party to be held in Melton Mowbray to celebrate VE Day 80 years on

Members of Leicestershire's young farmers

Leicestershire young farmers prepare for annual rally

The St George's Day parade in Melton Mowbray back in 2023

New route for Melton's St George's Day parade

Crowds gather for a previous Wymeswold duck race day

Villagers all set for duck races and fun run event

The ever popular duck racing and fun run event takes place in Wymeswold on Sunday May 4.

Nick Rennie

Pope Francis waves to the crowd during the weekly general audience at St Peter's Square in The Vatican on November 20, 2024. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP) (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)

Mass to be held in Melton Mowbray to mark the death of The Pope

Gunner Vic Clayton, who met his brother by chance in a hospital in Belgium during the Second World War

Artist with family war connection to exhibit paintings for VE Day anniversary

Two of the visitors to last year's 1940s Melton Mowbray event dressed in period clothes

Vintage market to be held as part of Melton nostalgia weekend

Main Street in Rotherby, where an open garden event will be held on the early May bank holiday IMAGE Google StreetView

Open gardens event in aid of Rotherby Church

The Cutty Sark Singers, who to perform at the Burrough church

Singers to perform concert at historic village church

The majestic Harlaxton Manor

Stately home opens its doors to the public for Easter

The Great Easter Egg Hunt is coming to Melton Mowbray on Sunday

Easter egg family fun in the Melton town parks

A dog giving blood to the Pet Blood Bank UK team - a special session takes place in Melton next month

Melton pets needed for special blood bank donations

Final laps of a previous CiCLE Classic in Melton Mowbray

No CiCLE Classic finish at Melton Mowbray this year

Flashback to the St George's Day Parade in Melton Mowbray in 2023

Youngsters to march through Melton for St George's Day Parade

Boom Circus is coming to Belvoir Castle

Roll up for the circus at Belvoir Castle this Easter

Visitors getting close to a military working horse at the 2023 DATR open day in Melton

Melton's military base to open its doors to the public again

Henry Normal and Brian Bilston, who will appear at Melton Theatre in May

Top comedy poets to star at Melton Theatre

Dave and Cathy Gregory, owners of Jungle Bugs soft play centre

Soft play centre to offer facilities at Melton's public events

Families celebrate VE Day in May 1945 in Egerton Road in Melton Mowbray

Town centre 'knees-up' to be held for the 80th anniversary of VE Day

A pop-up clinic like this will be hosted by Our Future Health in the car park at Melton's Tesco store from Saturday

National health research project arrives in Melton

A VE Day party in Burton Road, Melton Mowbray, in May 1945

Funding awarded to 18 Melton VE Day events

Thousands of pounds has been allocated to help fund 18 community celebrations in the Melton area to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Nick Rennie

Ten-pin bowling is one of the free Easter activities for eligible Melton families

Free Easter holiday activities for Melton families

Lisa Pocklington and Debbie Smith, who are running wellbeing craft workshops in Melton Mowbray

Craft businesses join forces for Melton wellbeing workshops

Melton Play Close Park under water in January this year due to heavy flooding

Flooding drop-in support event to be held in Melton Mowbray

Registration is now open for the Vélo Belvoir charity cycle event, which starts and finishes at Hose

Entries open for charity Vale of Belvoir cycle event

Top tribute acts, from left, Jack Shepherd as Ed Sheeran; B-Eilish as Billie Eilish; and Kaylie Malone as Taylor Swift; will be performing at Melton Pop Concert in June

Top tribute acts to perform at Melton Pop Concert

Phil Bates, a former guitarist with ELO, is to perform near Melton

Former ELO guitarist to perform at village hall

Great Dalby villagers celebrate the King's Coronation in 2023

Road closure fees waived for Melton's VE Day parties

Katie Price and Kerry Katona are to star in a Melton Theatre show

Katie Price and Kerry Katona to appear in Melton Theatre show

Paul Stammers and Steve Murphy toast the opening of the new bird hide at Melton Country Park

Bird expert officially opens new bird hide at Melton Country Park

High Sheriff of Leicestershire, John Chatfeild-Roberts

Melton set to host a two-day celebration of music

Flashback to 2024: volunteers who planted 500 saplings for a new community woodland at Kirby Fields in Melton

New sculpture to be unveiled at Kirby Fields woodland

A previous Melton Record Fair at the Stockyard

Latest Melton Record Fair to be held

Runners prepare to take on the Belvoir Challenge at Harby

1,000 set to take on the Belvoir Challenge

The Kettleby Cross is preparing to host a 12-day beer festival

Town pub prepares for 12-day beer festival

The Fairtrading Post in Melton Mowbray IMAGE Google StreetView

The Fairtrading Post celebrates 20th anniversary

Some of the MOWS volunteers who are working to restore the historic Melton Navigation

Project to reopen Melton Navigation canal gets £20K boost

A water feature in the gardens at Tresillian House in Melton

Melton's Tresillian House to open its gardens to the public

Tresillian House will be opening up their attractive gardens to the public this weekend.

Nick Rennie

Graham Bett, chair of Melton Mowbray Town Estate,

New May Day festival promises three hours of family fun

Traffic on Leicester Road in Melton

Pilot road session to be held for mature drivers in Melton

Greg and Elliot Collins aboard the boat they will row across the Atlantic in

Get involved in a row-athon for Matt Hampson's charity

The new bird hide provided in Melton Country Park

New bird hide provided in Melton Country Park

Melton's new on-demand bus service

Drop-in sessions to be held for new on-demand bus service

Shoppers check out one of the stalls at a previous foodie event at the livestock market site in Melton

New venue sought for some of Melton's annual foodie events

An aerial view of Play Close Park during last year's Firework Festival in Melton Mowbray

Packed programme of public events lined up for Melton in 2025

One of the junior races at last year's Thrussington Fun Run

Entries open for fundraising village fun run

Former Test cricket star Matthew Hoggard pictured at his barbecue school

Hoggy set to deliver top barbecue lessons

Some of the volunteers who help Melton Girlguides

Volunteers sought to help Melton Girlguides

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