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Wine with food or on its own? This bottle needs company.

Smeeton Westerby Parish Council has appointed LB Planning to advise on the controversial planning application 25/00793/OUT. In a recent letter to Harborough District Council, LB Planning highlighted a serious issue with the Site Location Plan. 

During the summer we enjoyed an entertaining talk about Rockingham Castle and a mouth-watering demonstration of creating beautiful chocolate items. In August we celebrated our 107th birthday with a meal and quizzes.

We thought Last Minute Theatre had experienced many challenges over our 25 years -

Public parish council meetings were held on 26 August and 23 September 2025 in the Studio at the Kibworth Community Hub.

At Edmonds & Slatter Opticians, we take pride in delivering the highest standard of visual care to our patients. We're equally delighted to extend that same commitment to excellence in hearing care, thanks to our connection with The Hearing Care Partnership.

Illston-on-the-Hill WI had that excited ‘back to school’ feeling at their September meeting. Almost all members were able to be present. After the usual short business meeting, we were entertained by our speaker for the evening, Chris Knight. His presentation was titled ‘Auntie, the war is over’.

Leicester Cathedral will host one of our foremost local choirs this autumn. The Harborough Singers, who regularly appear in cathedrals across the UK and sang at York Minster in March, are delighted to be able to present a concert of reflective and uplifting music, in their local cathedral on All Saint’s Day, Saturday 1 November. 

Fleckney 1 were confident going into the final Elbow Tankard match to decide the fourth semi-final team. They were fully expecting to overwhelm their own second team, but were pulled up short when the latter went into a 4/0 lead. The first team dug deep with Bob Pateam buting 5 from 6, and Andy Haddon 4 from 6, to grab a 12/8 victory.

Three years after retiring I was stuck in a rut; I “needed to get out more”. So in 2011, after seeing an article in the Kibworth & District Chronicle, I went to Kibworth Bowling Club’s open day. This decision I have never regretted. I was made to feel very welcome and introduced to “mats, bias, jacks and woods”. After an hour’s bowling the coach bought me a beer at the club’s bar.