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The name of the South African wine estate Kanonkop is derived from a hill (kop) above the vineyard from where, years ago, a cannon (kanon) was fired to announce the arrival of sailing ships in Cape Town.

Kibworth Golf Club

Kibworth Mead Academy students have come back from the summer holidays with a really positive attitude. They have collectively achieved over 68,000 reward points for demonstrating our values of work hard, be kind and be proud. Which bodes really well for the school year.

At the new location, Kibworth Golf Club on Friday 1 November, Kibworth & Fleckney Rotary Club are holding their Annual Charity Bonfire & Fireworks.

At Ireland & Company we’re privileged to meet so many talented individuals from Kibworth. Starting out on a new business venture, a question that comes up time and again is how to structure their business. Where it is an individual or ‘one man band’ the choice is often between being a sole trader or operating through a limited company.

We have experienced some wet weather recently. Leicestershire residents are urged to be ‘flood aware’ and to be prepared for bad weather.

Have you ever tried table tennis? If not, what’s the worst that could happen? All are welcome to come and have a go free of charge at this low cost sport. I see youngsters shivering on the football field these evenings. I'm glad that I play an indoor sport which I can enjoy all year round, flooding permitting!

I’m trying to find out where this photo of me was taken about 55 or 56 year ago in 1968 or 1969.  It would probably be within a 5 to 8 mile radius of Bulkington, Warwickshire.

Harborough District Council have received the following planning application.

Edward Kennard (above) was Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire and a justice of the peace, who lived at ‘The Barn’(below), which was a large property situated on the hill off Shrewsbury Avenue in Little Bowden, Market Harborough. He had travelled in America during the Civil War (1861 – 1865) and entered Richmond, Virginia with the Northern troops. He won the second prize in the 1,000 miles motor competition in 1900 and was an ardent motor cyclist. Edward Kennard’s paintings in watercolours and oils were regarded as treasures in leading art circles, especially those done on china. Of which he had a unique collection. He also won several prizes for photography and was a well- known sporting novelist.