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Call for Rutland road signs to be reinstated

Tuesday, 10 November 2026 at 12:13

Rutland's MP is calling for the reinstatement of the county's road signs.

Alicia Kearns, together with the conservative leader of the opposition on the county council, Lucy Stephenson, has written to the leader of Rutland County Council, Councillor Christine Wise, to ask what is actually happening, and when signs will return to the county boundary.

It follows 10 historic Rutland signs being taken down without permission, believed to be stolen, and the County Council removing the remaining 17 in August to stop those being taken too, including modern ones. The only signs that remain are on the A1. The incident is believed to be a reaction to local government reorganisation, where it was announced in July that Rutland would join Leicestershire and a new large authority. That plan has been paused, but the signs still aren't back up.

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