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- 3rd July 2008
I ran the Race for Life last night at Castle Donnington. Great Event - we ran the 5km around the race track - tremendous atmosphere and wonderful to see so many women all running or walking to raise money for Cancer Research UK. I was running in memory of
- 26th June 2008
The Crown at Old Dalby is in the news yet again. This time in The Leicester Mercury, putting the journalists into a delimma, because they couldn't decide which of the delicious looking dishes to try. To read the article, click here. To visit their feature
- 24th June 2008
River Nene Organic Vegboxes in Melton Mowbray won an award at their recent Annual Conference, beating over 100 other franchisees. They were awarded the Franchisee of 2008 Runner Up, for their continued commitment to Customer Service, Product Development
- 23rd June 2008
I've just about recovered from the 100km Pork Pies and Pot Holes that ride I did last weekend. It was a superb route and I had a thoroughly enjoyable day. The organisation was excellent and my thanks to everyone who sponsored me for local rotary Chariti
- 14th June 2008
I went to Marshall Land Rover on Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray this week and got to read some interesting material whilst in their comfortable waiting area. Land Rover it seems won not one, but two Best Car Awards this year in the What Car 2008 awards.
Congratulations to Jack and Carolyn Harrison from The Crown, at Old Dalby. The pub got a great write up last week for its food, ales, wines and atmosphere in the Daily Telegraph. Over the past years, only three Leicestershire pubs have been reviewed by the
- 9th June 2008
Throughout May, thebestof ran awards across the country to find the best new businesses for each town and city. As you would expect there were hundreds of businesses nominated across the country and thousands of local people voted. In the Melton Mowbray
- 1st June 2008
Dreadful news about the fire at the Melton Borough Council Offices, which started at 7.30am on Friday 30 May. Luckily, with it starting so earlier only a few people were in the building - thank goodness no-one was injured. It's goood thing these days th
- 29th May 2008
Congratulations toThompson's Family Butchers on Market Place, Melton Mowbraywho have won a Best Business Award in the Best Family Business Category.Owned and run by husband and wife team, Diana and Ivan Thompson, they have been established for over 18 year
- 29th May 2008
I've just got back from another training run - they don't get any easier. I'm training for 2 events at the moment.
The first one is on Sunday 15 June. I'm doing a 100km cycle ride to raise money for Rotary Charities. This should be a great event. As