Category: Community

Local residents from across the district attended a pivotal Harborough District Council (HDC) meeting on Monday 16 March to hear the debate and decision on the local plan (2020 – 2041). More than 80 members of the public were at the council offices to witness the decision by the Council who voted by 17 votes to 15, with one abstention, to submit its Local Plan for examination, a decision that exposes deep divisions over a strategy affecting many thousands of residents and the future shape of the district.

On the third Tuesday of every month, our café becomes a lively hub of conversation, laughter and connection as we host a friendly social group for people aged 60 and over. There’s no need to book – just turn up, grab a drink, and chat away. Hosted by volunteers from Voluntary Action South Leicestershire, the group is designed to bring people together and help reduce social isolation across Kibworth and the surrounding villages.

Between now and July, your garden, favourite park or nature reserve will be alive with fauna. These may have returned from warmer climes, emerged from hibernation, or hatched from pupae. Resident species will have become more active, ready to raise a new generation.

On Wednesday 1^st April (not an April fool) the charity, Kibworth Grammar School Hall - also known as Kibworth Community Hub- charity number 1044822 was dissolved and the lease handed back to Kibworth Beauchamp Parish Council.

Roy Bills, who died recently aged 97, lived a long life shaped by faith, education and service to the community.

Saturday 9 May Certification: 12A 7pm for 7:30pm. Run time: 132 minutes

“Each clock is unique, and just like a person, its face, whether plain or pretty, is but a mask for the intricate mechanism it conceals.” The Clockmaker’s Daughter - Kate Morton.

Awake! The cricket season is upon us.

The much-loved Blaston Show is set to return this summer promising a fantastic day out for families, countryside enthusiasts, and the local community while continuing support local charities.

Roy Bills(1928-2026)

Leicester Society of Artists is having its annual exhibition at the Leicester Museum  and Art Gallery on New Walk, Leicester from Saturday 14 February to Sunday 11 April.

In January, Fox Connect responded to feedback they received by adding stops to serve Langton Greenhouse, Premier Inn, Kiddi Caru Day Nursery and Kibworth Surgery.

THE CHORAL

At St. Andrew’s, Thorpe Langton on the last Saturday in April and May (not March) - 11am to 1pm.

The figures for the three months to the end of February 2026 are now available on the Telraam site. This shows the density of traffic in Kibworth in five different locations: