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A Melton street is celebrating after eleven lucky players won their share of £1m on the Postcode Lottery with one winning on his first attempt. Stunned groom-to-be Oliver Hart won £90,909 with the Postcode Lottery on his FIRST time playing – and just weeks before he’s due to get wed. 33-year-old Oliver only signed up in August after a workmate persuaded him to join – landing him a bumper payout in the last week of the September draws. Residents of Staveley Road in Melton cele

A popular Melton business has celebrated expanding their business and offering new treatments at a community event. Melton Foot Clinic based on the Pera Business Park site in Nottingham Road held the celebrations to showcase the new extension and the new range of services they will be offering. The event was attended by patients, staff and local dignitaries including the Mayor of Melton Councillor Jim Adcock. Mayor of Melton cuts the ribbon on the new room at Melton Foot Clin

East Midlands Airport has announced it is increasing its charges for rapid drop off directly outside its terminal from tomorrow. The charge has remained unchanged and among the lowest of UK airports at £5 for 15 minutes for the past five years. It is to go up to £8 for ten minutes from 3pm on tomorrow, Tuesday 29th September in response to significant inflationary pressures and ongoing investment requirements say the airport. ·The Rapid Drop Off area offers a premium space ju

Melton Mowbray Town Estate has published details of their upcoming annual town meeting. The meeting will be held at the new venue of Melton Mowbray Baptist Church on Leicester Road on Monday 5th October at 7pm. The agenda will include a welcome by the Chair of the Board of Feoffees and an election of feoffees and voting if required. Notices have been published for the Town Estate's AGM. Photo: MMTE Minutes of the last meeting held 30th October 2025 will also be discussed alon

Construction work on the new Stockyard project will begin in October, it has been announced. Work was originally scheduled to start in 2025 but was delayed with events on site being blamed for the delay including the NBA Beef Expo which was described as a major achievement for the town. The last update said work would begin in July 2026. Today (Friday) it's been confirmed that Robertson Construction – Yorkshire and East Midlands has been appointed by Melton Borough Council (M

A water leak has appeared on Scalford Road in Melton just days after patching works were completed along the whole road. Leicestershire County Council have been working on Scalford Road from the Norman Way junction to Clark Drive and have completed most of the resurfacing works. However just days after the bottom section was complete, a water leak has now appeared and the road will need to be repaired once again. Severn Trent Water were on site Tuesday morning investigating t

A major Melton through road will be closed overnight throughout October while resurfacing works take place. Leicestershire County Council Highways have agreed for a temporary Traffic Regulation Order on Norman Way, Melton. Rolling road closures are required on Norman Way and at the junctions of Scalford Road, Snow Hill, Thorpe Road/Thorpe End/Saxby Road, Nottingham Street on the 5th October 2026 for 27 days. The road will be closed overnight Monday – Sunday, 20:00hrs – 06:00h

A woman who collapsed at a flower show and broke both of her legs has become one of the first patients to leave the newly opened National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC). Liz Mant, from Melton Mowbray, had been at the Rutland Flower Show in August when she collapsed in the heat, and broke her left leg in two places, and her right leg in one place. She spent almost four weeks at the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) undergoing operations on her legs and beginning her recovery journey b

A major food manufacturing company has been fined £594,000 following an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), after an employee and their colleague suffered scald injuries when they were carrying out maintenance work on steam pipework in the company’s factory in Melton Mowbray. The two men were working at the Kettleby Foods factory in Leicester Road which is operated by Samworth Brothers when they were scalded by hot water from the pipework. The HSE said the

A major Melton road will be closed overnight for 6 nights to allow for carriageway patching works to take place. Scalford Road will be closed from the Norman Way junction to Clark Drive between 20:00 and 06:00 for six weeknights from tomorrow (Wednesday). Signs appeared today advising of the closure. Photo: NEMM A spokesperson for Leicestershire County Council who granted the permit said workers would manage residential and emergency access to neighbouring streets. The spokes

Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service remain at the scene of a warehouse fire overnight which stored chemicals. At its height 10 fire engines, 2 aerial ladders and a water carrier were at the incident on Dalby Road in Melton. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service said: "We were called to a warehouse fire at Anglo Adhesives on Dalby Road, Melton Mowbray at 20:13 yesterday evening (07/09/2026). 10 fire appliances plus our aerial ladder and turntable ladder pla

Firefighters from across Leicestershire & Rutland are battling a large fire at a unit on Melton's former airfield site in Dalby Road. Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service said they have 10 fire engines, 2 aerial ladder platforms and a water carrier in attendance at the fire which is a warehouse on the former airfield site. Crews from multiple stations are in attendance including Melton, Birstall, Billesdon, Central and Eastern stations. More than 10 fire engines are currently

Signs have appeared overnight inside Melton's TG Jones store in Market Place confirming it's to close as part of the group's wider restructure plans. TG Jones, previously known as WH Smith before its rebranding last year, currently operates more than 450 stores with 4,700 staff mostly in the UK. Signs appeared in the shop window on Monday night saying 'everything must go' and that the store will be closing down. It was announced last month that the restructure had been given

A man is in hospital with serious injuries following a collision with a bus earlier today in Melton Road, Queniborough. Officers were called at 3.37pm to the area, near the junction with Marsden Avenue. East Midlands Ambulance Service were also in attendance. A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: “The male pedestrian, who is in his 80s, has been taken to hospital where he currently remains with serious injuries. The man’s next of kin have been informed and support is bei

Melton Mowbray Town Estate has confirmed that tonight's cinema night and tomorrow's 'Reggae Pon De Park' events have been cancelled in a post on social media. In a statement while they say they cannot share any more information at this time they cite 'third party supplier issues' as the reason for cancellation. They wrote: "We are very sorry to announce that, due to escalating third-party supplier issues, we have had to cancel this afternoon’s Cinema Night (The Minecraft Movi

An emergency alert has been sent to millions of mobile phones across the UK warning of a serious wildfire risk. It comes as hot weather continues to cause problems up and down the country with severe fires and some emergency services declaring major incidents. The warning issued by the Government just after 7pm advises that there a high risk of wildfires nationally. It went on to say: “Residents, landowners and visitors should not undertake any activity that could start a fir

A Melton woman is due to appear in court over alleged harassment charges. 47-year-old Roma Frisby will appear before magistrates charged with one count of harassment without violence. Frisby, of Dalby Road, Melton will appear before Leicester Magistrates Court on 28th August. A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: “Roma Frisby, 47, of Dalby Road, Melton, has been charged with one count of harassment without violence. The charge relates to an allegation of messages of a th

The former leader of Melton Borough Council, Pip Alnatt, has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman. Leicestershire Police confirmed that Philip Allnatt, from Melton Mowbray, was charged with one count of sexual assault today (Friday), in relation to an alleged incident in February 2026. Former Council Leader Pip Allnatt will appear in court next month. Photo: Melton Borough Council The 76-year-old also faces a charge of alleged harassment without violence between Dece

Firefighters are currently tackling a wildfire just off Burton Road in Melton. Fire Control received a call at 13:04 to reports of a grass fire. It comes as hot weather continues to hit the UK creating tough conditions for fire crews. A spokesperson for Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service said there were currently five appliances and a water carrier at the scene. Firefighters are working to get the wild fire under control. Photo: NEMM Fire appiances have from Lincolnshire Fi

Both fire appliances from Melton Fire Station were mobilised to a car fire this morning in Nether Broughton. Fire Control received a call at 8:40am stating a car was on fire on Nottingham Road just outside the village. Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service said that both appliances from Melton station attended the incident which had spread to a nearby field. A spokesperson said: "Crews tackled the burning car on arrival, along with pockets of fire that had spread to a neighbou