News in Oakham

Rutland County Council is investing a further £110,000 into Oakham Enterprise Park (OEP) to support local business growth.

A former prison site, OEP was purchased by the council from the Ministry of Justice in 2012 and converted into a hub for small and medium-sized businesses.

Rutland County Council is reminding residents to get involved with Armed Forces Week - held each year to acknowledge and support current and retired armed forces personnel in our area.

The week of special events and activities begins with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Oakham Castle on Monday, 24 June.

The ambulance involved in last night's (Mon) collision on the A606 in Whitwell was transporting a patient to hospital, according to East Midlands Ambulance Service.

The service's ambulance and two cars were involved in the incident just before 7pm.

Organisations, families and individuals in Oakham are being sought to show visitors from Barmstedt Twinning Association all that is great about the town and forge new friendships.

A group of six residents from the north west German town will be in Oakham for five days early next month.

An ambulance and two cars were involved in a collision on the A606 near Whitwell yesterday (Mon) evening.

The incident happened on the main road towards Empingham.

Oakham in Bloom's fascinating history features in a five-page article in the summer issue of Evergreen magazine - thanks to the organisation's joint founder Joyce Lucas.

Evergreen, a quarterly publication that takes readers on a leisurely, often nostalgic journey, around Great Britain, encourages readers to submit articles to be considered for publication.

The world-famous Flying Scotsman will be steaming through Oakham later this month.

The iconic steam locomotive no 60103 is passing through Rutland as part of The Railway Touring Company's The Yorkshireman railtour from London Ealing Broadway to York on Saturday, 29 June.

An 11-year-old angler fishing in his first ever match stunned all the other adult competitors by reeling in first place.

Jamie Postlethwaite - who pays just £5 a year to be a junior member of Oakham Angling Society - bagged a bream and a roach in this morning's (Sat) four-hour match at the course fishing club's Oakham Canal fishery.

Hambleton Hall's michelin-starred restaurant features in the latest issue of Waitrose's Food magazine.

This month's (June) edition of the magazine has a retro flavour and a feature by Emma Hughes rounds up some of the British restaurants which 'have been quietly serving consistently fantastic food for decades'.

An historic Braunston-in-Rutland pub owned by the same couple for 19 years is up for sale.

Charles Boote and his wife want to retire and have put the The Old Plough on the market at £695,000 for the freehold interest.