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South Leicestershire has a woodland coverage of 3-4% (Surrey’s coverage is 25%) and it is decreasing with Ash dieback. Harborough Woodland is a not for profit community group set up in February 2020. Its aim is to increase woodland cover by planting trees and hedgerows and to reduce the risk of flooding through natural flood management (NFM). NFM schemes use vast numbers of trees and hedges. The roots, soil and fungi of one metre of mature hedge is a live sponge that can hold and slowly release 3 to 5m3 or tonnes of potential flood water (hedgelink.org.uk)

Dear Sir

Older volunteers at the monthly lay-up of Kibworth and District Chronicle will be saddened to learn of the untimely death of Stuart Bennett (aged 73). As caretaker of Kibworth Village Hall, Stuart would many years ago, wake up early on a Sunday morning and singlehandedly set up the hall with all the tables and chairs ready for our monthly lay up.

Just a few examples of the results are listed below:

Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital will be holding a Coffee Morning and Table Top Sale on Saturday 13 January in Kibworth Village Hall LE8 0LN from 10am until 12.45pm.

The twenty second Burton Overy Christmas Tree Festival since the year 2000, took place at St Andrew’s Church, during the weekend of the 1st- 3rd December.

A former West End dance star who danced alongside the great Rudolf Nureyev will open his new FitSteps® FAB fitness classes in Kibworth this January.

As part of our 40th birthday celebrations, Leicestershire Wildlife Hospital are running a Kibworth ‘Local Scene’ Calendar Photo competition.

The Parish Council’s November meeting was held on 2 November in the Studio at the Kibworth Community Hub.

Many of you will have seen that the Children in Need campaign this year raised millions for national charities. Your Rotary Club is appealing to you to think about donating locally.