Melton Mowbray

Good home wins for Lincolnshire sides

Spalding are still top of the Midlands Three East (North) table after a comfortable 20-8 victory over title rivals Melton Mowbray on Saturday. Lincoln remain in sixth place in the same league after running out 40-26 winners...

Tributes to marines killed in Afghanistan

Roadside bomb attack in Helmand takes British death toll in region to 300 Two Royal Marines killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan were named by the Ministry of Defence yesterday as Neil Dunstan and Robert McKibben. They died...

US 'friendly fire' killed marine

Marine Wigley "was immensely proud to serve", his family said "Friendly fire" was probably to blame for the death of a Royal Marine in Afghanistan, an inquiry has concluded. Jonathan Wigley, 21, was fatally wounded on 5...

New pipe organ to mark hall’s 75th anniversary

Past and present members of one of Bristol University’s student halls of residence, Wills Hall, celebrated the arrival of a new pipe organ. The organ was given to the hall by members of the Wills Hall Association as a birthday...

Your pictures: Remembrance Sunday

BBC News website readers around the world have been marking Remembrance Sunday. Reg Fairfoot was at the Remembrance ceremony in Souda Bay in Crete. Community groups in Melton Mowbray including representatives from the Girl...

Remembrance Day: Lasting pain of love that never dies

Published Date: 09 November 2008 'IWAS in bed," says Donna Barber. "It was about 11.35pm when somebody rang my doorbell. I always said he was just too good for this world." John and Catherine married on October 15, 1943, at the...

Thieves steal poppy appeal boxes

Burglars have stolen two poppy appeal collection boxes from a beauty salon in Leicestershire. Police said the containers were stolen during a break-in at the Harlequin Health and Beauty shop in Burton Street, Melton Mowbray....

Thieves steal Poppy Appeal boxes

Thieves have stolen two Poppy Appeal collection boxes from a beauty salon in Leicestershire, police have confirmed. Police said they were stolen from Harlequin Health and Beauty in Burton Street, Melton Mowbray between 1830 GMT...

Surprise £10,000 bequest for St Helier lifeboat appeal

THE St Helier Lifeboat Appeal has been boosted by a surprise £10,000 bequest from a man who is believed to have gone to sea only once in his life. Percy Spencer, who lived in Melton Mowbray and died at the age of 92, never...

Jonathan Ross Telethon: BBC Talent Donates Salary To Good Causes

NEWS that Jonathan Ross is to forgo £1.5milion pay is good news for Spanish waiters, and great news for the economy as a whole. Ross, a BBC employee and civil servant, realised the state of the Government coffers and offered to...

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