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The monthly parish council meeting was held on 5 November at 7pm in the Studio at the Kibworth Community Hub.

Children at Kibworth CE Primary School live out the school value ‘Let Your Light Shine’ in so many ways. Most recently, Sophie, one of the Year 6 children, came up with a fantastic idea!

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Saturday 16 November for our Tree Planting Day. We successfully planted just over 500 hedge whips and saplings. It was fantastic to have so many members of the community join us to take part! Lots of young people took part too, digging holes, planting saplings and installing the guards and spirals. The team at TLR Garden maintenance are completing our biodiversity project and helped us organise this community day, bringing along lots of equipment so the community could take part.

Last weekend we experienced Storm Darragh - it’s the fourth storm since 1 September when this new season began.

Well, Christmas has certainly now arrived in Smeeton! How lovely to see the decorations starting to be put up both in and outside of the houses. It certainly brings Christmas cheer to the village.

In 2022, an estimated 1,920 people were killed or seriously injured in collisions where drink driving was a factor. Young men are over-represented in drink drive casualties, yet are less likely than the general population to say that drink driving is risky.

Christmas in the Christian calendar is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ; his anniversary or birthday, and as we all know, birthdays usually mean the expectation of gifts.

Once again the people of Kibworth (and I am sure many of the villagers in the other places within our distribution area) came together on Sunday 10 November to remember the fallen, not only in the two world wars of the last century but in subsequent conflicts.

Rugby League and fundraising legend Kevin Sinfield CBE headed back to the Midlands on the penultimate leg of his latest challenge on Friday 6 December. Sinfield ran in memory of Rob Burrow, who passed away from Motor Neuron Disease (MND) in June this year. This will be Sinfield’s fifth annual challenge for the MND community. Kevin has raised nearly £10 million in the first four events.

The Spinners are offering free sessions every Monday night over Christmas, including on 23 and 30 December. For these two dates booking is essential otherwise these sessions will be cancelled as we have to cover our costs.