Category: Community

Inspector Perry Update

If, like me, your tree knowledge is sketchy, winter is a good time to identify a few species. Away from parks and gardens, native species make up a high proportion of the trees that you might find. Some of the commoner species are described below.

So… it’s time to say goodbye.

Apparently, another name for pesticides is plant protection products!

VASL (Voluntary Action South Leicestershire) is a local charity that helps the lives of people in our community.

Please note that from Monday 6 January the X3 service to and from Market Harborough will be visiting the new Wellington Place housing estate (just prior to St. Luke’s Hospital) and accordingly the timetable has been amended. The revised timetable will last until Saturday 5 April. Please check the website before you travel for the revised times – using this link.

Following on from the enormous success of D-Day 80 – 6 June 2024, in which we all commemorated the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, through the lighting of over one thousand beacons and five hundred lamp lights of peace throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and UK overseas territories that night, we are now focusing all our efforts on the celebration of the 80th Anniversary of VE Day which marked the end of the war in Europe and WWII as a whole on 8th May 1945, in a similar way.

People across Leicestershire are being asked for their views on a new four-year budget plan.

Good progress is being made with the development work for the Community Hub with the library extension close to completion.

On Sunday 15 December, members of Kilby village enjoyed a Christmas drink and some amazing food, at the home of Anne and John Emery, as a ‘thank you’ for all the support we have had during 2024. As a special treat, we heard ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘Good King Wenceslas’ played on the piano by eight year old Ahaan Mittal, a sterling performance!