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A four-day Community Festival begins today at Oakham Baptist Church, from cafes to a comedy night.

The world's largest agility festival is taking place at the Rutland Showground from today.

Police are investigating an incident in Wittering on Monday night, which they believe to be isolated, where a man was attacked by four people who were travelling in a vehicle he was driving.

 A protest against the proposed expansion of Leicester's boundary is taking place at lunchtime today outside County Hall in Leicester, led by Leicestershire and Rutland's Conservatives against the government and the Labour-controlled city council.

This week at the Lincolnshire Showground in the annual Poacher International Jamboree, there are over 10,700 people at the camp in total, including over 3000 volunteers and scouts and guides from 20 nations.

 A drugs dog has been visiting pubs in East Northants to identify anyone carrying illegal substances in licensed premises.

A hand cyclist from Harringworth has finished a charity ride from Land's End to John O'Groats for the Motor Neurone Disease Association and has raised £40,000 so far.

 Police in Stamford are asking for doorbell, dashcam or any mobile footage, as well as witnesses to a hit-and-run between a car and a motorbike in Stamford on Monday evening,

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 A Rutland pub is down to the last 16 nationally for CAMRA's pub of the year after winning the Rutland heat again.

A care provider that serves Stamford, Rutland, Oundle and Peterborough has put together care packs for its clients in the recent hot weather.

A man has been arrested on multiple driving and drug supply offences by Rutland Police after they attended a four-vehicle crash on the A1 on Sunday.

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Rutland Water hosted over 1000 swimmers in the annual mass participation swim run by Pacesetter Events.

 20 new whole-time firefighter posts could be created as part of Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue's proposals to futureproof emergency response across the county.

A Stamford county councillor has presented a petition of over 1,000 signatures to Parliament calling for the boundaries of Rutland and Lincolnshire near the A1 to be redrawn, as larger authorities are set to take over as a result of local government reorganisation.

Concerns have been raised by locals over a number of road signs in Rutland that have gone missing, particularly the county signs.

 South Kesteven District Council is celebrating its latest rating from the regulator for social housing.

Rutland County Council's inviting comments to a number of changes to the county's submitted local plan.

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2071 Squadron last night were presented with a Certificate of Appreciation for their continued commitment and fundraising for the RAFA V50, which involves cadets completing 50 miles in a week.

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Local Government Reorganisation decisions have been made and changes are afoot for Rutland, Stamford and South Kesteven- but what does it all mean?

 The big top is back at Gates Garden Centre Cold Overton from today with the return of Cirquoise.

Councils across Rutland and Stamford have launched their annual canvass for the electoral register and ask all households to check their details.

Wittering weather station recorded over 32 Celsius for the seventh time this year.

Power has been restored to a remaining 38 properties in North Luffenham after a transformer fire yesterday.

 The team at the Rutland Osprey Project say the next couple of weeks are your best chance to see this year's Manton Bay chicks before they begin to migrate.

 The Rural Community Council is continuing to promote the six-hour drop-in Neighbourhood Mental Health Cafe that takes place every Wednesday at Oakham Library.

 Witnesses to a fire on Stanford's Freeman's Meadows last night believe it was started deliberately.

The A1 has reopened both ways this morning between Peterborough and Wansford after two lorries collided in the early hours of yesterday morning with both drivers being taken to hospital.

 French exchange students from Stamford's twin town are in Rutland today as they continue their six day visit from Vence this morning.

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The founder of the Rutland Water Nature Reserve and also Bird Fair is remembering a 45 year friendship with Bill Oddie who passed away at the weekend aged 85.

South Kesteven District Council is increasing disabled parking nearer to Stamford town centre.

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Featuring questions from Barndale Gardens visitors to Owner Nick Hamilton and Head Gardener Jon Brocklebank, a 45 minute topical and local gardening programme, first broadcast on 27th July at 8pm, and recorded on 19th July 2026 at 2.30pm

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First broadcast on Monday 20th July at 8pm, listen again to our first of this year's Barnsdale Question Forum hours recorded at 11.30am on Sunday 19th July. On the panel is Barnsdale Gardens Owner Nick Hamilton, Head Gardener Jon Brocklebank and Veg Supremo Suzie Watson

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Around half the places for a prostate cancer screening event in Stamford next month have already been taken.

 Ketton Library is set to close for just over two weeks next month for general maintenance works from the middle of August.

 Rutland County Council says you've only got till this Friday to offer up a site for possible future development in the county.

The world premiere of a new song by a Rutland band, who achieved national radio airplay in the early 80's, took place this morning here on Rutland & Stamford Sound.

 Could an oak tree in Rutland be crowned the National Tree of the Year?

Rutland County Council's moving ahead with the redevelopment of the County Museum to include a new cultural centre with architects releasing a design of how the building might look.

Bells rang out for three and a half hours yesterday at All Saints Church in Oakham as visiting ringers from the Ancient Society of Colleges carried out a full peal of what they describe as the finest bells in the county.

 Leicestershire police has revealed 161 arrests were made during its summer drink and drug driving campaign, which ran alongside the World Cup Tournament and say far too many motorists are continuing to put their own lives and the lives of others at risk.

 Police in Stamford are treating two fires at a house in Emmanuel Road as arson.

 A scheme to build over 200 homes off Burley Road in Oakham has been approved after outline permission was already given.

Rutland County Council's Planning Committee say, despite Anglian Water saying they haven't got the capacity to take away the wastewater on a new development in Great Casterton, they were powerless to refuse the application for 58 houses backing onto Ermine Rise.

A new Rector has been officially welcomed into the Uppingham Benefice.

Over 2000 people have signed Alicia Kearns's petition in the first two days, opposing plans to reorganise local government across Rutland, Stamford, South Kesteven and the Harborough villages.

East Midlands Railway is running a temporary reduced timetable following reliability issues of their new Hitachi 810 trains and maintenance of their existing Class 222 fleet.

A triple anniversary of local wildlife was held last night overlooking what was originally called Empingham Reservoir.

 A two day festival of music, art and dance begins today in Barrowden.

 Oakham fire station's warning of the dangers of fires being lit in the countryside, especially in the dry weather, after visiting a number of woodland locations across the county yesterday afternoon and finding evidence of campfires, bonfires, and wild sleeping with a load of litter being left behind too.

Rutland and Stamford's MP has launched a petition against plans to merge our areas with large local authorities.