The upcoming Christmas celebrations in Melton are a great time to support local businesses according to Melton Borough Council. Details of the full Christmas schedule have been released and it all stars on Friday 28th November in the town centre with the annual Christmas Light Switch On event, this year bringing back the victorian theme to the event. A theme which has proved extremely popular in previous years. Melton's light switch on will take place on Friday 28th November.

Planners at Melton Borough Council have received an application to turn the car park of a former print distributor in to a 'hand car wash'. The application was received by officials on 1st September for 1 Norman Way on the corner of Scalford Road and Norman Way and has already generated more than 40 objections on the planning website. A 'design access statement' on the planning portal states that "it supports a planning application for the installation of a new car wash facil

A 76-year-old man has pleaded guilty to poisoning children with sedative-laced sweets and sexually assaulting them at a summer camp in Stathern. Jon Ruben of Ruddington in Nottinghamshire was arrested after eight children and one adult fell ill at Stathern Lodge in July of this year. An aerial view of Stathern Lodge during the investigation. Photo: NEMM Ruben appeared in the dock at Leicester Crown Court today (Friday) and pleaded guilty to a total of 17 charges. However, he

Loughborough College Group has announced plans in partnership with Melton Borough Council to explore opportunities to develop a Cultural Hub at The Stockyard following a recent public consultation on the future of Melton Theatre. Loughborough College Group invited views from the public on the future of Melton Theatre from 3 rd to 31 st  October, which covered the teaching provision at Melton, and the ownership of the wider campus, which includes Melton Library. The College G

A team of contractors from Melton's distributor road have helped transform a local charity shop's car park with help from their project delivery partners. GallifordTry along with their delivery partners Holcim, Collins, Martin TME and D&W worked together on the site at The Hanger in Scalford Road which raises money for the Air Ambulance Service. The car park on the Scalford Road site has been in a state of repair for a while now with pot holes and uneven road surfaces and was

A local fireworks event has been flooded with complaints after people queued more than an hour to get in with some saying the event was 'dangerous' and children were 'crying all over the place'. The event at Belvoir Castle, near Melton, was flooded with complaints after visitors accused the organisers of being more interested in selling tickets than public safety. One event atendee said they would recommend it as 'case study for event managent students on what not to do." Th

Police are appealing for information after a pedestrian was seriously injured following a non-stop collision in Melton Mowbray. The incident happened at around 3.40pm on Sunday 2nd November on Kirby Lane and involved a pedestrian and a vehicle, believed to be a small beige car, which failed to stop at the scene. The collision occurred close to the junction with Kirby Road. The pedestrian, a man in his sixties, was left injured and later found by a man, driving a white deliver

A major operation is about to get underway to remove a non-native fish species from Melton Country Park. Fencing and pipework has been installed at the dam as well as the bottom lake as the work is about to get underway. Topmouth gudgeon are small freshwater fish native to Asia and are highly territorial. Recognised as harmful to the environment, the Environment Agency has an active programme of eradication. Introduced as an ornamental species with subsequent escapes into nat

Construction of the much anticipated Stockyard Development on Scalford Road will not start until at least Summer 2026, it has been confirmed. The Leader of Melton Borough Council has confirmed construction of Melton's Stockyard project will begin in July 2026, almost a year later than planned. Site hoarding and fencing was originally erected on the site back in March 2025 for work to begin this Spring but has since been removed due to the delay in the project starting. NEMM t

Melton's Poundland store has today, Friday, started a clearance sale of the stock as the store is set to close. Poundland took over the closed Wilko store in Nottingham Street in October 2023. Last month Poundland brought its main 68-store closure programme to a conclusion, closing 57 stores by 28th September, and placing a further 11 closures on hold. Nevertheless, in time Poundland still expects to operate a network of around 650-700 stores compared to c800 at the beginning

Members of the public are being urged to avoid Burton Street this morning while crews tackle a fire in a restaurant. Leicestershire Fire...

The future of Melton Theatre and the site its located on are again under threat after a public consultation has been opened to try and find investors or owners. A public consultation was launched this afternoon (Friday) by the new owners, Loughborough College Group, following a merger of them and SMB College Group earlier this year. Site consultation is now open and they are interested to hear from people who would like to buy the Theatre business and the buildings (college,

Police are appealing for information and witnesses after a cash machine was ripped from a wall of a shop in Cropwell Bishop overnight....

A Melton dog grooming salon has been shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious Pet Industry Federation Awards for the third time. Anna...

A man who abused a teenage girl more than 40 years ago is starting a prison sentence after being found guilty of historic sexual abuse. 76 year old John Raisen, of North Parade in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment yesterday at Leicester Crown Court. He has been placed on the sex offenders register indefinitely and is subject to a lifetime restraining order prohibiting contact with the victim. After first meeting his victim in Melton Mowbray when

Leicestershire Fire & Rescue Service have reminded residents to take care while cooking after fire crews were called to an explosion in...

Preparations are underway this afternoon (Saturday) to reopen Saxby Road following its closure for carriageway works for the new bypass....

It's been confirmed that Charlotte Chiciro, the Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland has...

Leicestershire Police have confirmed the reason behind two police cordons appearing on a Melton street this morning (Tuesday). Police...

Another last minute shock closure has hit Melton Mowbray town centre this morning as it's been confirmed that Butterwicks Bakery in South...