For 42 years, each month from September to June, the Kibworth & District Chronicle has dropped onto the doormats of homes in Kibworth and the surrounding villages.

It is pleasing to note that the two large current building sites in Kibworth Beauchamp - those contracted by Miller Homes (off Churchill Avenue) and David Wilson Homes (off Fleckney Road) - have now started to show signs of life in this ‘new normal’ situation.

Beavers, Cubs and Scouts have continued to run but this has been by email, on Facebook, by WhatsApp and Zoom. 

After a really wet and miserable winter, and a three-month closure of the locks for new gates, everybody was looking forward to things getting moving again.  Many boats had been trapped due to flooded rivers, others were planning to start their spring cruising, and hire fleets were gearing up for the Easter break. No sooner had the flight re-opened than came the bombshell that everything was to shut down because of coronavirus.