Flooding: The Path Forward I started this year looking forward to the changes we would make in the year ahead. But the beginning of this year, sadly, brought flooding again to our community. We saw heavy rain and record river levels leading to flooding. I saw the devastation. Some of the same homes and businesses […]
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Forward into 2025 Jeevun Sandher MP
Forward into 2025 Christmas started in Barrow Upon Soar for me this year, with the shine of the Christmas lights that I was kindly asked to switch on. This period is a special time to come together, appreciate what we have achieved in the past year and to look forward to the New Year. I […]
September Book Reviews
This month, Linda reviews three books written by Richard Osman, Freida McFadden and Matt Haig. The Thursday Murder Club – Richard Osman In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet up once a week to investigate unsolved murders.But when a brutal killing takes place on their very doorstep, the Thursday Murder Club find themselves […]
Reunification – The shape of things to come
Published April 22, 2024 | By GCR Admin Great Central Railway reveals dramatic new design and launches appeal for next phase of ambitious ‘Reunification’ project. The Great Central Railway is preparing to submit a planning application for it’s ambitious Reunification scheme. A new image has been released of the urban viaduct section, which will carry the line linking the […]
Pub of the Month
The Horse & Trumpet, Sileby
SLADE – CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF NOIZE
An interview with Dave Hill, Slade By Linda Rhodes SLADE – Without doubt one of the most exciting bands to come out of Great Britain in the past 50 years. With their unique blend of perfect pop-rock’n’roll, outrageous flamboyance and pure fun, and no less than 23 Top-20 singles of which 6 were No-1 smash […]
Pub of the Month October 2023
Restaurant review The Wheatsheaf Inn, Thurcaston By Linda Rhodes The original Wheatsheaf Inn was built around 1600 and is ideally situated at the top of the hill and near the village crossroads in Thurcaston, Leicestershire, it was originally two attached cottages and had a thatched roof. The present-day Wheatsheaf has become a much-loved local family […]
