Articles

We have revised the Kibworth Community Walk.

Three local pubs, The Railway, The Kings Head and The Bulls Head in Clipston kindly agreed to sell tickets for Christmas hampers raising over £470 between them, this is a brilliant amount. Alongside this, The Kings Head carried out a lucky square for a very large bottle of whiskey donated to us; this was drawn on their Burn’s Night raising £245 and won by a Smeeton local ….enjoy!

As winter fades and the first hints of spring fill the air, golf enthusiasts know what that means - it’s time to dust off the clubs, hit the greens, and embrace the fresh new season! Whether you’re a seasoned golfer or just starting out, this is the perfect time to gear up and make the most of everything Kibworth Golf Club has to offer.

The Fleckney Spinners are spinning merrily into the new year with full houses for the coaching evenings on Mondays. 6.45pm beginners, 7.20pm improvers and free play until 9pm.

Did your science lessons look like this?

The Government published its White Paper on Devolution in December 2024.

2025 sees Last Minute Theatre’s Silver Anniversary. We originally trod the boards as a newly formed company in September 2000!

Kibworth & Fleckney Rotary are hosting a fundraising event featuring two musical groups, the Leicester Grammar School Big Band and Youth Brass 2000 in a concert in St Nicholas Hall, Leicester Grammar School, London Road, Great Glen, LE8 9FL on Friday 21 March at 7pm. Tickets are priced at £12 each and are available from TicketSource.

Our 2025 programme began on 9 January with Ginnette Brookes’s talk: ‘Dance is for Everyone’.

In the UK on Friday 31 January duty was £2.67.

Châteauneuf-du-Pape is one of the great wines of France. It’s famous because of its quality and because producers can use up to thirteen different grape varieties to make it. One of them is Terret Noir. Years ago, a white mutation, Terret Blanc, ended up in the obscurity of the lagoon of Thau near the Mediterranean between Montpellier and Béziers and was largely forgotten.

We are very much looking forward to a wonderful concert by The Frontiers Trio, starting at 7pm in the church.

Dear Editor,

More words and another challenge