Remembrance Festival

Following her success last year, once again the Lord Lieutenant of Rutland Dr Sarah Furness PhD hosted an outstanding festival in memory of the fallen. This year it was held at the Rutland Hall Hotel. Pictured is the rousing finale featuring the Uppingham School Pipe Band

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Lest We Forget

The Uppingham and Rutland community came together on Sunday November 10th to remember the fallen on Remembrance Sunday 2024. Pictured are military and civic guests at the monument in the grounds of Uppingham Parish Church. Following a two minute silence a large a large number of wreaths were placed at the monument by military, civic

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Rachel’s Goodbye

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

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Uppingham Webcam Upgraded

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

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Round Rutland Run 2024

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

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Neighbourhood Forum AGM

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

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Community Champions Celebrate 56 Years of Matrimony

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

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