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The 2024 Round Rutland Classic Vehicle Run held on September 1st has been declared an outstanding success with many drivers indicating they intend to participate again next year. A specially extended route of 60 miles took drivers through many of Rutland’s smallest villages and accessed some very narrow rural roads. Commenting on the success of […]

Uppingham Town Council has appointed a new Town Clerk. He is Adam Lowe, the current Mayor of Oakham and a longstanding community champion for Rutland. As a qualified parish clerk with many years of experience as a county and parish councillor, Adam was unanimously appointed by a full meeting of Uppingham Town Council. One of

The 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Uppingham Neighbourhood Forum was held on Thursday August 15th 2024 in the Garden Terrace of The Falcon Hotel, Uppingham. Guest contributors to the very well attended meeting included the Uppingham Surgery Patient Participation Group Chair John Leslie, Uppingham Town Council Town Mayor David Ainslie BEM and Youth Space

Neighbourhood Forum Community Champions Margaret and Ron Simpson this week celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary. For the last 25 years the couple have served the Uppingham and Rutland community, with many more years of public service in the East Midlands and North East before that. Currently active in the Rotary movement, the UppWatch good neighbour

Uppingham First is to work with CPRE the countryside charity on a number of rural housing and climate action projects in 2025. The move is in support of a number of grant bids being made by the charity and follows the distribution by CPRE of a new Rural Housing Design Guide and a grant aided

The 2024 Uppingham Feast has been declared an outstanding success and the best for many years. Enhanced by glorious weather and excellent footfall, participating stall holders, event visitors and supporting bands confirmed they were all very pleased with the tremendous support the Feast had received. A packed evening market place heard local and guest bands

Uppingham First and the Wills Group have announced details of this summer’s programme of musical entertainment which is to underpin the Social Sunday afternoon events. Live music is on offer every Sunday from 2pm to 4pm in Uppingham Market Place throughout the summer. See the above poster for details.

The popular Round Rutland Classic Vehicle Run is now open for bookings into this year’s event. The Run has been extended for 2024 to a sixty mile tour of Rutland’s villages. Download the route and book in at www.stiltoncheeserun.uk

What an excellent D Day commemorative event on June 6th in Uppingham! Pictured is Deputy Mayor and Uppingham First Chair Mark Shaw inspecting the troops. Well done Town Mayor David Ainslie BEM, Uppingham Town Council, civic guests and the supporting volunteers that made the event possible.