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The 75th Anniversary of the Second World War was this year marked by two special occasions. Firstly we celebrated VE Day on 8 May and VJ Day on 15 August.

In May 2015 an article was published in the Kibworth Chronicle and I came across it recently whilst carrying out family history research.

It has just been made clear that the plans for the proposed new A 46 Expressway in Leicestershire have been cancelled.

It’s farewell to cricket after the strangest of seasons and it is absolutely appropriate to say a huge thank you to all of our players, coaches, ground staff, cleaners, bar staff, volunteers, committee members, members, sponsors and parents.

No stranger to long-distance fell running, Sam Pole has undertaken his biggest challenge yet, tackling the 268 miles of the Pennine Way.

There is a great deal in the news at the moment about people’s mental and emotional wellbeing, though these go hand in hand of course.

 In common with most organisations, we have no meetings and fewer activities to write about, so we thought we would share some of the humour contained in our WI’s Yearbook record of life during the pandemic.

Well, 2020 certainly hasn’t been the year for travel but I think we’ve all discovered somewhere new while we’ve stayed closer to home. Whether it was walking on the golf course, wandering down a lane we’d never noticed or picking up a takeaway from a restaurant or pub we’d never tried before. Delivering books around the village, we definitely found many previously untrodden paths!

 Due to COVID-19 restrictions, all of the major board honours and regular annual trophy competitions at the club were cancelled for the year.

Thanks to Tengo software we now have a great new logo and website where you can  make donations. We hope you like the logo and have a little look at the website, www.gemscharity.com.