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By Steve Farrell2021-04-09T11:51:00+01:00 The Fresh Market Update campaign promotes the quality of the retailer’s ‘Select Farms’ and its commitments to sustainability M&S is relaunching its ‘Fresh Market Update’ TV and online ad campaign, showcasing the retailer’s farming partners. Nineteen ads are to air over four months across ITV, Channel 4 and YouTube, each introduced by ITV weather presenter Lucy Verasamy. The Fresh Market Update campaign, which first ran last year, promotes ...

Increase in coronavirus cases in Mansfield down to several outbreaks at schools Thats what is explaining almost all of that increase in Mansfield 13:48, 9 APR 2021 The testing site at The Manor Academy has been set up in the sports centre ready for pupils to return from March 8. Never miss another Mansfield story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these...

Libraries to reopen in Oakham, Uppingham, Ketton, Ryhall and Stamford  | Updated: 11:57, 08 April 2021 Libraries across the area are set to reopen for communities to use again from Monday (April 12). Rutland Library Service is offering an amnesty on long overdue books and DVDs as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are gradually lifted and buildings reopen. All of Rutland’s libraries are due to reopen next week, offering an ‘Order and Collect’ service and essential public computer u...

Woman and partner dupe police over penalty points - but get found out during messy break-up John Brackenridge was clocked speeding on two consecutive days, but Emma Wallace only confessed to putting his points on her licence after they split up A UK driving licence (file photograph Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you...

You can drop goods off at these charity shops now - before stores re-open Charity shops have been closed since early January, costing the local air ambulance charity £2.2m The air ambulance team with their new helicopters (Image: Leicester Mercury) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes the...

Rutland organisation Peppers prepares for Mental Health Awareness Week Mental health services have become more important than ever during the coronavirus pandemic. Organisations such as Pepper’s in Oakham are invaluable in bringing people together to tackle their personal issues. That’s why the team are throwing themselves into preparations for Mental Health Awareness Week, which takes place from May 10-16. Peppers The activities will not only provide people with a creative outlet but...

Greatest Loser 2021 title awarded at Oakham Slimming World Published: 06:00, 06 April 2021 Being the best at losing wouldn’t normally help you to scoop an award - yet one man from Oakham has done just that after being named the town’s ‘Greatest Loser’ 2021. Ray Banks who is a member of the Thursday 10.30am Slimming World group, has lost more than 6st to take the title, which is awarded to the member who has lost the most weight in their group. Ray, who’s gone from 18s...

Farm worker and author Jane E James publishes new novel, Looking for Lucy Published: 08:00, 06 April 2021 As a keyworker for an organic farm, Jane Richards admits she is ‘not as quick as she would like to be’ when it comes to writing novels. But despite the full-on duties of her day job, she has found time to write her fourth psychological thriller, Looking for Lucy. Jane, who writes under the pseudonym Jane E James, lives in Essendine and has taken literary inspiration from the loc...

Stamford business Equilibrium to open second Clarins salon in Mill Street, Oakham Published: 17:00, 04 April 2021 The owners of a successful beauticians in Stamford have acquired a new property to bring their services to people in Rutland. Samantha Hiseman and Selena Bailey, the owners of Equilibrium, are set to open a second Clarins salon in Mill Street, Oakham. Equilibrium was initially created by Samantha 16 years ago before Selena came on board in 2017 to develop the business side of it. ...

Danny Barker of Fitness Escapes raises fund for Mind with fitness challenge at Rutland Water A personal trainer has pushed himself to the limit to raise funds for a mental health charity. Danny Barker, owner of Fitness Escapes, completed a fitness challenge at Rutland Water dam on Sunday. It consisted of 1.5 miles of balls slams, throws, burpees and a long jump - a challenge he set his clients when he first began online classes a year ago - taking just under three hours. Danny Barker Danny, fro...