Politics

The continuing rollout of superfast broadband, extra support for more vulnerable residents and improvements in educational facilities all form part of Rutland County Council’s budget for 2018/19.

People in Rutland can now view and comment on evolving designs for the regeneration of Oakham Town Centre.

The Lord Lieutenant of Rutland could be forgiven for seeing double in the next 12 months after identical twins earned the right to be two of his Lord Lieutenant’s Cadets.

Calls have been made to sack a Tory MP over claims he said Brexit voters were the working class “throwing a bit of a tantrum”.

Calls have been made to sack a Tory MP over his claims that Brexit voters were the working class “throwing a bit of a tantrum”.

Plans have been revealed to build a village on the site of an Army base which is set for closure in 2021.

A church service and parade to honour the heroes of the Battle of Britain is to be held.

A man followed in his military ancestor’s footsteps as he visited Passchendaele to pay tribute to those killed in the First World War battle there.

Rutland County Council has reached a compromise with Centrebus on the number 19 bus between Oakham and Stamford which will now be partially retained.

Conservative Gordon Brown has been elected to cover Ketton on Rutland County Council.

An MP is meet an education trust running a village primary school as he bids to save the facility.

Candidates have been nominated for the Whissendine and Ketton by-elections, to be held on July 20.

Two by-elections for vacant seats on Rutland County Council are to be held next month.

Voters showed their faith in Conservative Alan Duncan as they voted the MP into power for the Rutland and Melton ward for a sixth consecutive time.

Voters will go to the polls tomorrow (Thursday) to decide who will represent their consituency in Parliament.

People are being urged to show their support for the personnel at RAF Wittering when they parade through Stamford next week.