Merry Christmas

Welcome to our December edition of the Village Voice – and it’s a Christmassy one!

News this month is particularly festive, naturally. On the front page we bring you our report of a single re-release penned by local singer-songwriter Andrew Horth which is being backed to go all the way to number one by our local MP Samantha Niblett.
There’s a serious side to the sparkle – the song is all about ‘Making Amends’ and serves as a reminder to ensure we see friends and family as well as looking after our own mental health. It’s also raising money for mental health charity Mind and comes after Men’s Mental Health Day was announced by the Government for the first time.
We wish the song our very best wishes and hopefully our front page spot might help give it a boost too.

There’s a lot more festivity inside our pages to get us all in the Christmas spirit. A Choir’d Taste once again gave a terrific Christmas concert in the Assembly Rooms and we were on hand to capture the occasion.
And while the weather did not get the memo on keeping things dry for the Melbourne Christmas Lights switch-on (it poured down) that didn’t stop lots of people getting their umbrellas out, coming out to see the big event and being merry in Melbourne Market Place.

Away from Christmas (must we?) we bring you lots of pertinent updates concerning our local government and planning issues.
Melbourne and Kings Newton residents are waiting for the result of a Planning Inspection held into whether or not up to 135 homes can be built on fields adjoining Kings Newton Lane – Frank Hughes has provided a flavour of the debate that went on in Swadlincote.
There are consultations concerning the next Local Plan for people to have their say on, while the proposals over how we will be governed locally continue to go full steam ahead. Will we have two councils? One council? We will find out next year.

Over in sport – exciting news for golfers, a new pay-as-you-go simulator is coming just up the road next year! Check out our back page for more.
Oh – and before we forget, we must tell you that Santa isn’t the only one making deliveries around here. We have a whole army of fantastic people – elves if you like – who help us put 6,200 copies of our paper through doors each month, which is no mean feat we can tell you.

There are some delivery rounds up for grabs in Melbourne, Breedon, Ticknall and Weston and we really need some help. Can you help us deliver? Contact Anthony on 07584 025852 or email: ads@melbournevillagevoice.co.uk if you can.

And on that note, all that remains is for us to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We’ll see you bright and early in 2026....

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