LL News Blog

April 3rd Today at Oakham Castle saw the declaration of Rutland’s new High Sheriff, Col. Richard Chesterfield. Thanks to Richard Cole DL for his excellent year of service.

April 3rd. The official opening of Ketton’s refurbished play park at Hall Close took place today and I was delighted to cut the ribbon. £60,000 has been spent, using Community Infrastructure Levy funds received by the Parish Council.

April 7th. It was great to join the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the Rutland Historic Churches Preservation Trust, at a meeting at All Saints Oakham. Over the years they have donated over £1M to local churches.

March 22nd. Congratulations to all the police who won awards at the Chief Constable’s awards night, but especially to Rutland PC Edward McKinnon. Thanks to all for their bravery & public service.

March 18th. 18 teams took part ⁦in the annual Uppingham Rotary Technology challenge ⁦ at Uppingham School⁩ today. They were given a variety of problems to solve, matched to the various age groups participating. Great fun was had and great ingenuity was demonstrated. These are our future engineers in the making. ⁦

March 16th: Now beautifully illuminated, All Saints Oakham church welcomed back its former curate & now the Bishop of Lichfield for a celebratory service after completing the installation of effective subtle lighting. Thanks to all who supported the lighting project particularly Michael Latham, the master mind.

March 15th. Fun was the order of the day in Oakham today for the Oakham #Spring event. Lots of stalls, market, farmers market & music. Mill Street & the High Street became pedestrian zones with masses of family fun. I had to ‘judge’ Oakham’s shop windows and the Rutland Morris finished their performance with a ride on a very small railway…

Thanks to the organisers.

Click for a short video of Mill Street as you’ve not seen it before.

March 10th. A great start to the week! ⁦ For International Women’s Day we had three inspirational role models : our Bishop Debbie Sellin, Nadia Tikhonova (who talked about challenges facing Ukrainian women) and Tracy Moores on her career and business. The event underlined the importance of self belief. ⁦

Thanks to Rotaract for organising the event.

March 8th. Oakham School chapel ⁦was the venue for a hugely professional concert by local musicians of the Rutland Sinfonia. The event also showcased two outstanding young musicians who were given the experience & opportunity to perform with a full orchestra.

March 7th: For the first time a Leicester University building has been named after a woman! The schools of archaeology ancient history & museum studies has been named after the leading archaeologist Dame Kathleen Kenyon – a great way to mark international women’s day.