The right to freedom of speech and expression is recognized as a human right but does not mean you can say what you want here. Someone could stand outside your house and start shouting, dancing, playing music or even just looking at your house. They are on the public highway, they have the freedom to [...]
Entries Tagged as 'News'
“Open Forums”
May 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · News
A note to inform you that as suggested the forums have been introduced, so feel free to comment, add a question, topic or thread of your own. Go and read what is bothering Paul, J.B. and Lucylastic.
You will need to register there and that needs a working email address. You can change that address after [...]
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Major New Developement + Parish Council update
April 15th, 2010 · 15 Comments · News, community
The previous post led you to briefly guess on the position and amount of land earmarked for a significant developement. Blaby District Council has received an application to develop 56 industrial units as well as the allocation of an extensive plot for 250 new homes and possibly fast food outlets to serve them by Wilson [...]
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Do you know what this is?
April 14th, 2010 · 10 Comments · News
Junction 21a with part of our village in the bottom left.
Click the image for the larger picture and take a guess.
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“You’ve been googled”
March 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments · News
Have you checked out Google Earth of late?
Recently updated we now have street view and some you can see what ornaments are on your windowsills, you can see the children in the school playground, who is having a coffee outside Real Flavours, even who is nipping to the pub of a lunchtime.
More information at http://www.google.co.uk/help/maps/streetview/
What [...]
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Council Cuts
February 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · News, community
Did you catch David Parsons on the news yesterday regarding the 66 million pounds of approved cuts to Leicestershire’s County Councils Budget? Services earmarked include school bus services, libraries and road repairs amongst others. Whilst there are fears for the young, the elderly and the vulnerable, a budget loss of this size is likely to [...]
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“A Wreck or Ruin”
February 17th, 2010 · No Comments · News
Putting Kirby Muxloe into google I came across an entry about our castle on “Anglotopia.net” a large site that devotes itself to all things loved about Great Britain.
The entry was by Phil Hackett, the Chief Executive of Shakespear Country, the official Tourist Board for Stratford-Upon Avon, Warwick, Royal Leamington Spa, Kenilworth & the Cotswolds. Take [...]
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Catching Up
February 10th, 2010 · 2 Comments · News, community
With time away due to illness, what has been happening and what is to come?
Luke Bowyer a young Kirby resident of 6 organised a table top sale and collected £325 for Haiti earthquake survivors. The Royal Oak has made it into the top 10 restaurants guide in the Leicester Mercury last week. Kirby House is [...]
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A frozen moat
January 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments · News
Someone somewhere will keep a record of when the moat freezes over and if they do they can add this winter.
It has been frozen on and off for several weeks now but this last week seems to have made the ice thicker. It’s not shown here but the area around the bridge is free of [...]
Chip Shop Or Not?
January 10th, 2010 · 14 Comments · News
A recent comment that was potentially misplaced in Kirby Characters reads, “Barries the shop on Barry Drive has closed down. However me and my associate are after the Lease and change of use proposal for Kirby Fisheries opening mid 2010″. This struck me as somewhat odd, given that earlier in 2009 a communication was received [...]
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