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I suspect we’re all looking forward to enjoying cloudless skies, sunshine and some warmth, as well as tapping our feet to some really good music.

NHS in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland (LLR) has begun the next phase of Covid-19 vaccinations in an effort to protect those whose immunity is most likely to have already reduced since their autumn vaccine.

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The job of the Police and Crime Commissioner is to ensure the policing needs of their communities are met as effectively as possible. Bringing communities closer to the police, building confidence in the system and restoring trust. Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) give the public a voice at the highest level and give the public the ability to ensure their police are accountable.

After our good result at the Area Contest, we have had our celebrations and are now back to reality and thinking of financing for our trip to Cheltenham in September. To this end we are looking at a concert with the Youth Band in June and another Proms Concert in conjunction with The Well later in the year.

When compiling the article, Gumley Hall History, regarding the lost stately house we all know as Gumley Hall the Kibworth Chronicle, as a matter of courtesy, sought the relevant permissions to use the image from the owner from Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand as this is copyrighted.

Kibworth resident Shellie Barron writes, I am taking part in a sponsored walk called TREK26 to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society in memory of my nan, Olive, after losing her last year to dementia. This is going to take place on Saturday 1 June in the Lake District as this was my nan’s favourite place to visit. The walk around Ullswater will consist of 26.1 miles with an elevation gain of 3,172 ft. Anyone who knows me knows I am not one to walk so this will definitely be a challenge!

(not the former British jazz group called Field of Blue!)
Flax is now becoming more common in the fields around Kibworth, taking the place of the heady smell of Oilseed Rape. Is Linseed oil and seed the new cash crop? Perhaps our farming readers can advise on this please.

Stacey and Steven Briggs, owners of Windmill Farm Park, Kibworth Harcourt, LE8 0PR have, through innovative use of in vitro fertilisation (IVF), introduced the Nigerian Dwarf Goat breed into the UK.
Known as the world’s smallest Dairy Breed, the new Nigerian Dwarf Kid was born at Windmill Farm Park on 14 March. At just 22 cm tall, he is expected to grow no more than 60 cm, a third smaller than his standard UK dairy goat cousins. Extremely cute, he is already a firm favourite by the livestock team at the Farm.