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On Saturday November 9th the Uppingham community came together to mark the end of Canon Rachel Watts public service as Rector of Uppingham Parish Church. Pictured is Rachel with her family in a well attended church service, thanking the community for all their support during her time in Rutland. In December Rachel is to take […]

Residents of Rutland and Stamford are to see and hear much about a new logo this month (pictured at ‘read more’). Its publication confirms a decision of the national board of CPRE, the countryside charity, to expand the reach of its former Rutland branch to now include the area of Stamford and South Kesteven. Commenting

Uppingham First is pleased to announce that the Uppingham Webcam has now completed its recording hardware upgrade and is once again helping to protect the local community including businesses located in the market place and high street. By agreement with the Office of the Information Commissioner the camera hardware retains its images for a maximum

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