Great Glen, England News

TEACHERS at Kibworth C of E Primary School are spearheading a science project which could net A 15,000 for their school and five others in the district.

THE CONTROVERSIAL topic of wind turbines and the impact of big housing estates on rural communities were among the subjects discussed when the president of the Royal Town Planning Institute visited Harborough last Monday.

PUBS, churches, care homes and other community groups in the Harborough district are being urged to support the third-annual BBC Radio Leicester Sing Christmas event.

A cup presented in memory of a former Leicester Mercury music critic and distinguished composer has been presented for the first time.

Children's ideas have been used in a major upgrade of play areas. Seven sites are being redesigned and improved in a 280,000 Harborough District Council programme.

Oadby: As part of the BBC Children in Need appeal, Beauchamp College will be staging its own Beauchamp's Got Talent show.

Knighton: A talk called On Being a Rebel in the 1950s at Leicester General Hospital was given by Pauline Wells, of Great Glen, to members of Knighton Drop In Centre.

Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire A beautiful weekend was the setting for exciting bike racing at the Porky Gulch Classic, hosted by Great Glen Trails.

Dyslexia awareness week has been marked with a series of events in schools. About one in 10 children are affected to some degree by dyslexia, which shows itself in poor reading, writing and spelling skills.

Schoolchildren have been painting, stuffing and pasting a 20-ft phoenix for the Rainbows Festival of Fireworks.

A Leicester man is starting a three-year jail term after admitted two serious assaults, police said.

A NUMBER of big bonfire and firework events are due to take place in the area this week .

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TOWN campaigners are being forced to retool in their battle against big housing development for greenfields in Great Glen.

Within its walls, Gill Hadland's cottage garden is bursting with fruit, vegetables, shrubs and flowers, as well as wildlife.

MORE THAN 60 supporters turned out for a thank you party organised by the campaigners who fought the controversial eco-town proposals.

Tens of thousands of extra homes may have to be built in Leicestershire to meet newly-revised Government targets, it emerged today.

THE NATIONAL Youth Jazz Orchestra will be in concert in Great Glen tomorrow from 7.30pm. The accomplished group are appearing at Leicester Grammar School off London Road in the village, tomorrow night .

A NEW group of residents in Great Glen, campaigning for a nature reserve, are staging a public meeting on the issue this Tuesday.

TWO CULINARY experts from the district will star in the Channel 4 programme Come Dine With Me next week.