Nick Rennie

England

Journalist at National World Publishing

Writer of fact & fiction. Dodgy knee after 5 London Marathons . Hatters fan. #Journalist & author of 'How To Become A Journalist' (paperback & Kindle).

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Free concerts in the town park from June through to August

2 days ago | meltontimes.co.uk | Nick Rennie

Melton Mowbray's ever popular summer bandstand concerts begin this weekend. All performances take place on Sundays and they are free to enjoy with most starting at 2.45pm. First up this Sunday is the Rutland Concert Band with concerts running through until August. On two Sundays in July, audiences can enjoy back-to-back concerts with the entertainment beginning at noon.
'These clubs provide a safe, fun and enriching environment for children such as sports, arts and crafts, outdoor adventures and hands-on workshops'

2 days ago | meltontimes.co.uk | Nick Rennie

Free summer holiday sessions for eligible children are being offered in the Melton Mowbray area. Families with children aged five to 16 receiving benefits-related free school meals can sign up now for the government-funded places at more than 90 venues across the county. Organised locally by Leicestershire County Council with support from Active Together, the Holiday Activity Fund (HAF) programme offers a maximum of 16 sessions for each child over the summer holidays.
'So far, our teams have spent over 12 hours trying to remove the graffiti and sadly there is still much more to do'

2 days ago | meltontimes.co.uk | Nick Rennie

A clean-up operation has been launched in Melton Mowbray after extensive graffiti was daubed all over the skatepark and other places in the town. Melton Borough Council described the vandalism as ‘upsetting and disheartening’. Council work teams have been assisted by local bin collection operatives from Biffa in attempting to clean up the affected locations.
The only one item on the agenda is ‘Protocol for flying flags at County Hall’

3 days ago | meltontimes.co.uk | Nick Rennie

The new cabinet at County Hall will sit down for their first meeting next week to debate the authority’s policy on which flags to fly. Reform UK won a spectacular victory at May’s local elections to wrestle control of Leicestershire County Council from the Conservatives. The party secured 25 seats after previously having none and their dominance allowed them to elect a cabinet totally made up of Reform UK councillors under leader, Dan Harrison.
'That's not what is supposed to happen to a girl from Melton Mowbray'

4 days ago | meltontimes.co.uk | Nick Rennie

She grew up on a farm in Melton Mowbray and a seismic event in Raynor Winn’s life has led to Hollywood actress Gillian Anderson playing her in a new movie. The Salt Path is based on Raynor’s book of the same name which tells the remarkable story of how she went off on a 630-mile walk around the south-west coast of England with husband, Moth, after he got a devastating brain disease diagnosis.
'George often sat on the Iceland car park wall on High Street, awaiting his growing number of admirers'

4 days ago | meltontimes.co.uk | Nick Rennie

The elderly owners of a special cat who wanders around Melton Mowbray town centre making friends have launched a desperate appeal to help pay vet fees after he was hit by a car. George used to love his travels around town, visiting local businesses and being petted by shoppers before returning home to Chris and Liz Wren at their apartment at The George Hotel, in High Street.
Melton businesses invited to enter floral displays competition

4 days ago | meltontimes.co.uk | Nick Rennie

Businesses in Melton Mowbray town centre are invited to enter an annual competition recognising the quality of their floral displays. There are two categories for the Hidden Gems & Open Gems Competition 2025, which is organised by Melton BID in partnership with Melton in Bloom. Entrants can put themselves forward for the Hidden Gems category, which is an area of a business premises not seen from the main entrance.
'We are encouraging communities to come together to mark this special occasion'

4 days ago | meltontimes.co.uk | Nick Rennie

Residents across the Melton borough planning parties and events to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day can apply for free road closures. Leicestershire County Council has waived the usual fee for closing residential roads to mark the national celebration. VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day, marks the day Japan surrendered to the Allied forces, effectively ending the Second World War.
Entries open for this year's Leicestershire Tourism and Hospitality Awards

5 days ago | meltontimes.co.uk | Nick Rennie

Tourism attractions and hospitality businesses in the Melton borough are invited to enter the county’s prestigious annual awards event. Leicestershire Promotions is this week launching the 14th annual Leicestershire Tourism and Hospitality Awards. Last year’s local winners included 1940s Melton Mowbray Weekend, Hidden Food Tours, The Grange Camping and Caravan Park, HistoryFare Tours and the Tap & Run pub at Upper Broughton.
'The first meeting was very positive and attended by most pub landlords in the town'

5 days ago | meltontimes.co.uk | Nick Rennie

Melton Mowbray’s PubWatch scheme has been relaunched to link up pub landlords and staff via radios to help thwart criminal activity in the town’s hospitality sector. Pub landlords met with police officers, business leaders and council representatives to restart the initiative, which had become inactive since the start of the Covid pandemic five years ago. The message they want to get out to customers who visits pubs, restaurants and cafes is ‘Keep Calm & Don’t Get Banned’.