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Now a quarter of a century old. It is to be found along Langton Road, Foxton and it a wonderful lasting display. It's the Foxton Millennium Avenue.

In those halcyon days during the early part of the last century, when everything moved at much slower pace, village life seemed to remain pretty much unchanged for generations. Farmers worked the land and, in most cases, brought their families up to follow suit. One such place where this pattern appeared to continue is the beautiful village of Carlton Curlieu.

Visit art studios in Harborough and nearby villages to view paintings, jewellery, collage, sculpture and glasswork to meet and talk with the artists. This is an opportunity to view the wonderful creative work of twenty eight local artists on display.

Alex Leger will delight us with his tales of producing the BBC’s Blue Peter programme with Peter Purves, Lesley Judd and John Noakes. He describes encounters with an erupting volcano, climbing windmills, gorillas in Uganda, a life-threatening storm at sea and LuLu the baby elephant who ran amok and created, arguably, the funniest moment in Blue Peter history.

Organised by Welland Valley Cycling Club

The candidates for the Gartree Division, in alphabetical order, are as follows:-

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Dear Editor

‘Greens’ are having an informal drop-in session at The King’s Head on Wednesday 30 April between 6pm and 7pm? It’s a chance for folks to come and meet us and tell / ask us things about our community that are important to them.

It’s been a busy few weeks for Fleckney & Kibworth Running Club as we enter spring, with a variety of races to report. The Leicestershire Road Running League (LRRL) races are now underway with the 1st Race being our local Kibworth 6. We’ve had several of our runners competing in a whole host of different races already this year, achieving some fantastic results along the way. Well done team F&K, and great motivation for the rest of the year.