WE need our parking – that was the overwhelming message being driven home by Melton residents who attended drop-in consultation sessions this week to discuss future uses and possible ideas to develop the vacant area behind Burton Street.

BOROUGH councillors who represent Melton town wards will be holding their monthly surgery from a stall in Market Place from 10am to noon on Saturday.

A METHODIST chapel which was forced to close due to dwindling congregation numbers is set to gain a new lease of life after being put on the market for residential conversion.

BRAZEN thieves stole two forklift trucks from a compound in Langar.

MELTON’S Peacocks clothing store has been saved from closure, securing about 12 jobs, after the chain was bought by the Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group.

AN exciting fundraising venture to raise funds for an orphanage built in memory of Rosie May Storrie is being launched by her parents.

A PETITION has been launched calling on Melton Council to reconsider its controversial decision to make changes to its waste and recycling service.

STAFF at Nickos Fish Bar in Melton have praised a loyal and much-loved colleague for 35 years service to the job in advance of her retirement in March.

POLICE have found the body of a male they believe to be missing man Stuart Taylor.

A WOMAN who got stuck in a child’s swing at a pub in Long Clawson had to be rescued by firefighters on Saturday.