News in Oakham

An successful and award-winning Oakham company has celebrated its royal recognition.

Woolroom, based in Pillings Road, is UK's leading wool bedding specialist, and was recently honoured with a Queen's Award for Enterprise, the first and only business in Rutland to have so far won a Queens Award.

A number of new road safety campaigns and initiatives will be launched in Rutland this autumn to highlight the dangers of speeding and promote consideration for all road users.

The work is being led by Rutland County Council, Leicestershire Police, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, and the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety Partnership (LLRRSP). Local residents will also be directly involved.

Oakham's long-awaited Neighbourhood Plan is moving closer to being put to a public vote.

The plan, which aims to guide development in Oakham and Barleythorpe until 2036, went through a consultation phase earlier this year, before it was given to a planning inspector for inspection, as previously reported by Nub News.

Embracing the Christmas spirit with open arms, Rutland Hall Hotel & Spa, has revealed its Christmas festivities featuring an indulgent Residential Package.

Decked for the holidays with seasonal décor and promising an experience that balances merriment with relaxation, the the refurbished and re-branded former Barnsdale Hall Hotel, is offering an exclusive 'Residential Package' aimed to take all of the stress out of the festive season during December.

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Rutland's 7-day case fell over the weekend, in contrast many other places, including nationally.

The county is also reached 9 weeks without a single fatality.

Councillors have deferred a decision concerning a planned extension to a quarry in Rutland.

The county council's planning committee had been advised by planning staff to approve the extension, when it met last week.

A fresh bid to review a controversial planning decision that led to a county council by-election, which the ruling Conservatives lost to the Liberal Democrats, has come to nothing.

In July, Rutland County Council's Planning Committee voted to grant planning permission for a development of 62 homes on land off Braunston Road- a decision greeted with 'disgust' by campaigners.

Cutts Close may well be the centre of Oakham Town Council's Christmas festivities this year.

A report by town councillor Sally Wadsworth is recommending a move from the traditional lights switch on in Market Place.

Rutland MP Alicia Kearns has issued a last minute call to farmers.

The plea comes as a deadline for her farmer's survey is just several days away, after being launched last months.