Category: Editorial

At the commencement of last month, the nominations for the County Council elections were officially closed. The entire county of Leicestershire, comprising 55 seats, was subject to the electoral process. The Kibworth & District Chronicle solicited written hustings from all local candidates, with the intention of publishing them in the April edition. Regrettably, only two candidates endeavoured to provide a hustings of approximately 250 words, which was subsequently printed. This begs the question: are these candidates heavily reliant on social media platforms or leaflet drops for disseminating their messages?

“Here we go again, Happy as can be, All good friends, And jolly good company” is a positive, uplifting little song I recall from my childhood. Now when I say the words “Here we again itself it is usually because I feel dismayed and my spirits have dropped. What causes these emotions? Well hearing or reading phrases like, “Your call is important to us”, “You are forty-ninth in the queue,” or worse still ”Lessons have been learnt,” and “A public inquiry will be held…”

Towards the end of last year, I took over compiling the Notice Board for the Kibworth & District Chronicle, and was immediately struck by the incredible number of events and activities on offer within our distribution area.

Christmas in the Christian calendar is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ; his anniversary or birthday, and as we all know, birthdays usually mean the expectation of gifts.

At the Kibworth Chronicle Association’s Annual General Meeting last month the following people were duly elected for the positions described aside:

I have known the Kibworth Chronicle my whole life. I grew up in Kibworth and now live here with my own family. My Mum was Editor of the Chronicle for years so it has always been a part of my life. Mum has now long retired from that role I was persuaded to get involved by another volunteer on the team. I am an Ecommerce Manager for a local company, The Kid Collective Ltd. I have worked in the digital space for many years, so I felt my skills were best put to use in the Chronicle online team. I now manage the images for the Chronicle website, post 10 - 20 articles a month and keep the digital ‘Noticeboard’ up to date with local events. We’re a small team and would love to have more members. You don’t need to have digital experience to volunteer for the online team. The posting process is quite simple once you know how, so why not give it a go!.

Well, the summer break is over and since we last went to press back in June we have had a complete change of Government. Thursday 4 July was certainly a change for many with Members of Parliament losing their seats and many not standing in the General Election. And so it is with The Kibworth & District Chronicle.

Well we have arrived at our June 2024 issue and a general election early next month!

As voters we look for leadership, boldness, integrity and above all honesty to get our country on track again.

It is interesting to reflect on what was happening in government 80 years ago. Obviously it was a coalition government but we did have leadership and a direction in which we were going!

It is also that time of year where I, as editor would like to thank all the people who have contributed to the production, assembly and delivery of your community newspaper. It is definitely a team effort.

May you all have a wonderful summer - when it arrives!

Except for a few glorious days in early May, the first eight weeks of the April to September weekly butterfly counts have been something of a disaster for insects. Only Orange Tip butterflies have appeared locally in numbers approaching ‘normal’. However, as you may have heard on BBC Springwatch, numbers seem to be down across the country. Common species such as Small Tortoiseshell, Comma and Red Admiral have been conspicuously absent.

Editorial - March 2024 - As editor of this community publication I occasionally browse Facebook pages entitled Kibworth and Smeeton Information Exchange. It is excellent for keeping everyone abreast about what is going on in and around the neighbourhood. I particularly appreciate the humorous comments when traffic signals are regularly installed on the A6 for the odd road improvements, or not.