The county council is putting the finishing touches to its plans to re-open seven of its recycling and household waste sites next week.

The selected sites will open seven days a week to county residents - with a booked appointment only - from Monday, 18th May. They are at Barwell, Lount, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Mountsorrel, Oadby and Whetstone.

Seven other sites at Bottesford, Coalville, Loughborough,... Read More »

Rogue traders have been out offering work and knocking door to door. The work that has been carried out has not be done so in accordance with relevant legislation, which often means that the consumers do not know who they are dealing with, have not been given the correct rights and will probably be unable to claim on any guarantee offered. Furthermore, these traders are stating that they offer discounts... Read More »

Please visit this link for full information:

http://www.melton.gov.uk/news/article/413/ve_day_best_dressed_window_competition

A Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO) is to be made for the following location: Station Lane Kirby Bellars.

The purpose of the TTRO is to allow Network Rail to undertake annual level crossing tests.

The TTRO will incorporate a temporary road closure. The duration of the restriction is not anticipated to exceed a period of 1 day only commencing on the 28th June 2020 (06:30am – 14:00pm).

The public should be on the lookout for a sophisticated fraud that involves fraudsters sending fake bank letters.

The convincing letters being sent are a replica template from banks and include their logo, address and signature from a customer service representative.

The letter tells recipients that there have been some "unusual transactions" on their personal account or that there is an outstanding... Read More »

Please see the attached document for further information.

Sadly, so far, a total of £2,360,727 has been reported lost by 1,072 victims of coronavirus-related scams according to Action Fraud reports.

To date, Action Fraud have received 4,241 reports of coronavirus-related phishing emails.

Be on your guard!
Criminals continue to exploit the coronavirus pandemic to defraud innocent members of the public. Currently, coronavirus-related frauds make up 3-5%... Read More »

Do you need help or support during the coronavirus pandemic. Please see the attached for information.

The health, safety and wellbeing of our community is paramount, which is why we are temporarily changing the way we deliver services with immediate effect.

Melton Borough Council remains open and is working proactively with local and national agencies to co-ordinate the response to Coronavirus outbreak. We are making all possible preparations to ensure we are able to support priority services for our... Read More »

• Arriva have been asked by Long Field Academy in Melton to make a small change to journeys on service X5 that serve their site. This affects journeys leaving Leicester at 0720 & 0740 and journeys leaving Melton Windsor St at 0840 & 1505 on Mondays to Fridays.

X5 Leicester to Melton – 0740 journey now departs at 0720.

X5 Melton to Leicester – 1505 school day service no longer routes... Read More »