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MAY 2025 EDITION...
Welcome to our May edition and it’s seen a change in political colours over the county with the win of Reform UK in many seats including Melbourne and Aston.
In our pages this month we catch up with Melbourne’s newest county councillor, Charlotte Hill, who has taken her seat and says she feels proud that voters have put their trust in her in such numbers.
The housing application by Richborough Homes for up to 135 houses in Kings Newton is the biggest seen in the area for some time – we report on the lively meeting of Melbourne Parish Council which has voted to object to the scheme, as it is outside the settlement boundary.
Congratulations to local residents Tony Hurrell and Rebecca Russell, who have respectively won an Excellence in the Community Award in Aston-on-Trent and the first ever Freedom of the Parish Award in Elvaston.
VE80 celebrations have been marked in the area with a range of celebrations while the parish council has also been busy putting up the appropriate flags for that day and – earlier in April – St George’s Day.
There have been quite a few delays to commuters’ journeys over the past few weeks with the closure of the road between Aston and Weston-on-Trent and central Melbourne – Cadent Gas is in both areas conducting essential works. We’ve approached them to give us an update on the works.
Over in sport, it’s been a great season for Melbourne Rugby Club whose 1st XV won the NLD Cup for the second time, and they have had some impressive winning streaks over the past few months too.
And over in Weston, the annual Woodys girls’ rugby festival saw more than 1,000 people descend on the village to enjoy the very best of the sport – which is always a brilliant thing to report on.
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