Leicestershire County Council Highways have agreed to install Advisory School 20 mph Zone signs,which will cover the section of Main Street most used by children attending the local school. You will have seen similar signs throughout Leicestershire. This is part of the County Council's 2009/2010 capital programme of Integrated Transport Schemes and is intended to address the inappropriate speed of some drivers during school times. If you want to have a look at the drawing showing the scheme, please let me know. More »

If you feel you would like to become a Parish Councillor please write to me immediately. There is a meeting every month, you may be asked to attend other meetings which are of interest to our village, but only if you volunteer; nobody will judge you if you don't want to go! There is no remuneration. The official notice is going on the Noticeboard tomorrow 20th May 2009 and we must receive applications within two weeks. Please think about it, it is a worthwhile commitment.
In view of what has happened with MPs in the last few weeks, I think this is a good time to say that our Parish Councillors have NEVER CLAIMED EXPENSES EVER! What they do is for the good of the residents and not for their own benefit. More »

At this months Annual Meeting of the Parish the Chairman reluctantly and with great regret accepted Rachel Green's resignation from the Council. Rachel felt that because of family and other commitments she could not devote as much time to council matters as she thought the post deserved. It was great to have Rachel on the council because she brought an entirely different and youthful perspective to the task. Ken Waterfall, the Parish Council Chairman presented Rachel with a bouquet and thanked her for the two years of dedicated service More »