News in Oakham

A permission hearing is being held today (Tues) for terminally-ill father-of-two Phil Newby who is challenging the blanket ban on assisted dying.

Forty-nine-year-old Mr Newby, who moved to Rutland from Stamford in 2007, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease when he was just 43.

A golf buggy was taken on a late-night joyride around the course at Rutland Water Golf Club in Edith Weston.

The buggy was taken from outside the Manton Road club's clubhouse at about midnight on Wednesday (16 Oct).

Police have revealed details of the haul of cash, jewellery, bikes and personal belongings stolen from five homes in Oakham and Uppingham in just one day.

Burglars broke into two homes in Oakham's Stamford Road and three in Ayston Road, Uppingham, in just a nine-and-a-half-hour period on Monday (14 Oct).

A woman helped an an 88-year-old shopper with her trolley, sat beside her on a bench outside Oakham's Tesco store - and then stole her cash.

The callous thief preyed on her victim after standing close to the pensioner as she got cashback from the South Street store between 1.15pm and 2pm on Thursday (17 Oct).

Five houses in Oakham and Uppingham were targeted by burglars on Monday (14 Oct).

Thieves broke into two homes in Stamford Road, Oakham, and three in Ayston Road, Uppingham in just a nine-and-a-half-hour period.

Oakham in Bloom has lodged an objection to McDonald's proposed restaurant and drive-thru in the town on the grounds the landscaping would create 'a stark and ugly environment'.

And the volunteer organisation has taken the 'unprecedented' step of suggesting a 'more thoughtful' landscaping design for the proposed site at Hawkesmead estate, off Lands End Way.

Rutland County Museum marked 50 years of history and community with a special celebration attended by more than 130 guests.

The Oakham museum has been celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout this year, having been officially opened by the Duchess of Gloucester in May 1969.

Local charity For Rutland has welcomed a £1,000 donation from the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation, made possible by Rutland County Council.

Enterprise carries out charity fundraising on behalf of business customers and accepted Rutland County Council's nomination to make a donation to For Rutland at the start of this year.

Teenage South Luffenham F4 racing driver Teddy Wilson is teaming up with legendary sports marketing mogul Brian Sims to speak at Leicester Business Festival next month.

Brian is the former professional racing driver turned sponsorship and marketing expert who secured multi-million-pound deals with global corporations in Formula 1. 

A rare Anglo-Saxon gold buckle is to be the centrepiece of a new special display at Oakham's Rutland County Museum.

The buckle, only the fourth gold buckle to have been found in England, will go on show at the Rutland County Council-run museum next Wednesday (23 Oct), alongside pieces of a copper alloy Coptic bowl.