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." The drama online...

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 delivery van, who took...

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 natural waters. The...