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Melton Hunt Club Racecard and Entries now online. The penultimate race meeting of the Midlands season brings the return of spectators to Garthorpe, where the going is described as on the easy side of good for the Melton Hunt Club meeting. Public entry for this meeting is by ticket only, in order to comply with […]

Two local farm shops have been shortlisted for a prestigious national award, to be judged later this year. March House Farm Shop, in Great Dalby, and Gates Garden Centre, in Cold Overton, have been nominated as outstanding farm shops in the Midlands Area, part of a national competition sponsored by The Grocer. Both businesses have […]

The venues doing takeaway food in Oakham, in the county of Rutland. UPDATE 12/22 to include Uppingham Takeaways and Rutland Takeaways as separate posts and add newly submitted ones to Oakham. Oakham takeaways have got increasingly popular since the 2020 lockdown and more and more Oakham takeaways seem to pop up, change names or move. […]

As new vaccination sites are set up on Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, the NHS are actively seeking healthcare professionals to support the vaccine rollout. Many of the roles are for qualified and registered healthcare professionals, but the NHS page also links to a registration area for volunteers for non-clinical positions. The positions require further training […]

New guidance has been posted by Rutland Health, our local Primary Care Trust, about the vaccination programme in the county. They explain that the programme began in December but the delivery of the vaccine remains "erratic and unpredictable". A few common questions are answered. When will I be contacted about receiving the vaccine? I have […]

Rumours have been circulating that there has been a spate of dog thefts in the local area, particularly in the villages around Oakham. Some stories, circulating on Facebook and by word of mouth, concern dogs which are supposed to have gone missing in the village of Somerby. A resident told me that, "three dogs have […]

A lot of searches landing on Rutland Life are from people trying to find out when the Household Waste and Recycling centre at Cottesmore is going to re-open. We share your frustration! Unfortunately I'm afraid we are none the wiser as to when it will return, and in the meantime can only suggest heading to […]

Rutland community website Rutland Life has launched a Rutland Business Directory, containing listings pages for any Rutland Business which would like to be featured. Anybody can add listings for an initial period, after which there will be cheap paid plans for inclusion, and slightly more expensive ones to have a listing featured within the directory. […]

The Wisteria Hotel, in Oakham, is launching a takeaway Sunday Lunch offering from next weekend, 15th November. We will let them tell you about it themselves! “We are going to be launching takeaway Sunday Lunch next Sunday 15th November!!🍴 Details so far are as follows: Order over the phone or by email before 6pm on […]

Oakham-based Grainstore Brewery has launched a beer club with options for weekly and monthly beer deliveries of one or more of their local ales. They offer delivery within a 15-mile radius of Oakham or members can collect from their premises. You can read more about the club on their website here: Join our Mini Cask […]

The popular Kavanagh’s Tea Room I to close as the proprietors move to new premises to focus more on supplying restaurants and hotels with gluten free products. In a statement on social media they said: ANNOUNCEMENT“2020 what a year so far. Kavanagh’s opened it’s doors in May 2017, we spent 3 Months refurbishing the inside […]

McDonalds have opened their 24-hour restaurant on Lands End away on the eve of the second national lockdown. For many years Rutland has been infamous for being the only county in England without a McDonalds restaurant but now the global chain will be employing more than 60 local people. The opening had been slated to […]

Rutland County Council have announced the reopening of at least one of the county's civic amenity sites, or recycling centres. On its website Rutland County Council announced that, "North Luffenham HWRC will open six days a week (Tuesday to Sunday), from 10.00am to 4.00pm." The North Luffenham Household Waste Recycling Centre's address is: Willoughby Road, Morcott, Rutland LE15 9DW. The […]

As a results of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown Anglian Water have taken the unfortunate step of closing all the company's water parks and associated public areas. They have announced on their website: We’ve sadly taken the decision to close all of our water parks to the public with immediate effect to help limit the spread […]

Melton Mowbray already has a rich foodie heritage, with its World famous pork pies and legendary blue cheeses produced by the village dairies in the Vale of Belvoir, but vying for a place in that pantheon of produce is a relatively young farm shop with a large and loyal customer base. The Belcher family have […]

The widespread Coronavirus pandemic has hit many Rutland events which were due to take place in the coming weeks. The UK Government imposed restrictions aimed at restricting the spread of the virus, including an effective ban on mass gatherings. Although not implicitly forbidden, Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested that medical personnel, usually present at sports […]

The 2020 renewal of the annual Melton International CiCle Classic, due to take place on Sunday 19th April, has been cancelled as a result of the restrictions caused by the Coronavirus. The news was announced on the CiCLE Classic website: It is with the utmost regret that we have to advise that owing to the […]