MARCH edition...

MELBOURNE has launched a bid to be named the UK Town of Culture.
The parish council is working with Arts Melbourne to deliver a submission that, if successful, would bring a prize of £3million!
It is a newly launched Government scheme and Melbourne will be competing in the small town category, which recognises towns with a population under 20,000. Others in the area vying for the award include Belper and Buxton among others.
Melbourne Parish Council chair Cllr Andy Dawson says of the bid: “We’re in it to win it.”

Full details of this exciting move are to be read in the latest edition of Village Voice, together with the story of how Calke Abbey took a starring role in the new Peaky Blinders movie. The National Trust building has been used as a significant location for The Immortal Man, which arrived in the cinemas at the beginning of the month and will screen on Netflix from March 20. Production crews filmed both inside the house as well as the Calke estate.

In the March issue you will also find out how Olive Kenning feels about celebrating her 100th birthday.
Melbourne born and bred Olive is the last remaining of six sisters and is proud to have received a card from the King and Queen.

Two local schools figure prominently in the edition. Pupils at Sale & Davys CE Primary School spent a day finding out about Chinese traditions at New Year – including a visit from a dragon – while Weston-on-Trent Primary gave their pupils the chance to find out more about what jobs grown-ups do. Parents with careers as fashion designer, dance teacher, vicar, doctor among others visited the school to talk to the children.

It’s another action-packed edition with news that local people may soon be able to enjoy the new sports craze sweeping the country. A plan has been put forward for two padel courts at the MSP.

All this and much, much more in your favourite local newspaper.