News in Oakham

Rutland Water Mini Golf reopens tomorrow (Sat) after an exciting and extensive make-over.

A Rutland Water spokesman said: "The course has taken eight weeks to refurbish and is a significant upgrade.

Rutland libraries are offering free access to some of the UK's most popular magazines through a new online service.

Rutland Library Service members can read more than 130 full-colour digital magazine titles including BBC Good Food Magazine, Amateur Gardening, The Economist, Men's Fitness, Empire, Top Gear and GQ.

Residents are being invited to share their ideas and suggestions on ways to boost biodiversity through Rutland County Council's grounds maintenance activities.

The council is responsible for grounds maintenance on most public land, including roadside verges, public open spaces and closed churchyards. This includes grass cutting, weed spraying and hedge trimming.

Rutland libraries are launching the children's space-themed Summer Reading Challenge 2019 this weekend - with the chance to win a signed copy of Major Tim Peake's book Ask an Astronaut.

The challenge invites four to 11-year-olds to borrow and read any six library books, with this year's Space Chase theme inspired by the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Phil Newby, a 48-year-old father of two with motor neurone disease, has today (Weds) issued his full claim to the High Court to review the law on assisted dying.

The legal challenge differs from the cases that have gone before by asking the High Court Judges to review and balance expert evidence for-and-against assisted dying in much greater depth than the English courts have ever considered previously.

Uppingham has failed in its bid to win a slice of the £675m Future High Street Fund.

Rutland County Council put forward the town's application for the Government fund in March - seeking £5.2m to improve the town's attractiveness to public and private sector investment through a range of potential initiatives.

An angling society is riding on the crest of a wave after an appeal on Oakham Nub News helped it hook a new rowing boat.

Oakham Angling Society needed to replace its five-year-old inflatable boat - consigned to the scrapheap after numerous punctures caused by jagged overhanging branches - with a new vessel.

A husband and father-of-two from Rutland, diagnosed with motor neurone disease at just 43-years-old, is campaigning to change the law on assisted dying.

Phil Newby, who can no longer walk, use his hands or lower arms, has launched an online CrowdJustice fundraising page to take his legal case to court.

A long-standing Rutland County Councillor will not be continuing in the role after failing to meet the deadline to formally accept the position he won in May's local government elections.

As a result of Christopher Parsons missing the statutory deadline a Notice of Vacancy is to be published for the council's Ryhall and Casterton Ward.

Oakham Angling Society is hoping to hook a catch of a different kind - a replacement rowing boat for the course fishing club's Oakham Canal fishery.

The society's inflatable boat has been consigned to the scrapheap after numerous punctures caused by jagged overhanging branches.