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Let’s talk about exam stress, as a year 11 myself I know what it’s like.

Our club goes from strength to strength. Last year we had four teams in the Leicester League, and this year we have five, with several people trying their hand at League play for the first time. All are welcome to join our club, whether playing socially or competitively.

Colleagues at Eyebrook Wild Bird Feeds were delighted to win Gold for Farming and the Environment Award at the Northamptonshire Food & Drink Awards. It was a thrill for them to win the award which celebrates the great work of farmers in the Weetabix Growers Group, all farming in the most sustainable way, whilst supporting environmental initiatives.

MHO, Market Harborough’s very own orchestra, is preparing to give its 24th concert under the baton of Stephen Bell on Saturday 12November at 7.30pm at Market Harborough Methodist Church, Northampton Road.

A Christmas Fair in Gaulby Church on Sunday 11 December from 4pm. Father Christmas will be in attendance and we’ll have stalls, (if anybody would like to hire a stall, then they can get in touch with me), mince pies, mulled wine, a Christmas tombola, home-made Christmas cakes, cheeses and ham and various home made pickles. All very welcome.

Perhaps the most beautiful church in the Midlands region, and one of the finest parish churches in the whole of the England. This Gothic Revival Church is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture. It was started in 1760 and completed in 1761 by John Wing the Younger of Leicester.

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Leicester Tigers Foundation, “When we were Tigers” Monument located at Leicester Tigers Stadium, Welford Road Plaza, is to be formally unveiled by Peter Wheeler, DL on 11 November - Armistice Day. The unveiling will commence at 10.30am. The monument commemorates and celebrates the 54 Leicester Tigers rugby players who lost their lives as a consequence of war.

Amazingly from an idea proposed in the Editorial of this publication some six weeks ago the pop up, Welcome Kitchen - a meeting place with warmth and food, has already had two successful sessions (Even though it hasn’t been that cold outside!)

It’s now a month since our food bank became a hub of the Trussell Trust’s Leicester South Food Bank.

An Electric Vehicle Car Club in Kibworth

The Burton Overy Christmas Tree Festival is back. The Festival is celebrating its 21^st year, after a break during the pandemic.

After the success of the first Hallaton Christmas Fair last year, we are delighted to be holding this artisan Christmas Fair again on Saturday 3 December in the Church.

I well remember the ITV series ‘Wide Awake Club’ that was broadcast on children’s Saturday TV between 1984 and 1989. (I was grown up by then but still indulged myself by watching the occasional episode). You can find the cheery opening titles on YouTube.

On Sunday 23 October thirty-five neighbours and friends attended a Ploughman’s Lunch at 47 Main Street Kilby.  In the past the village enjoyed a harvest supper at The United Reformed Church on Main Street. Now we no longer have that facility, in order to keep the village together it was decided to have a Ploughman’s Lunch held at the home of John and Anne Emery.  Fortunately, after a very wet start to the day, the sun came out just before noon. Thankfully everyone arrived in sunshine.