Just one or two more points to bring to your attention; the non essential shops will open from Monday 15th June and no doubt many of you will be pleased to hear this. Taking advantage of this will however be different with a number of measures in place temporarily to ensure a safe environment for all. Social distancing is of course required and each premises will have their own particular approach... Read More »

I should have added to the update yesterday that unfortunately support seems to have dropped off for the Foodbank box at 20 Stamford Road. I have suggested they collect fortnightly but this week only three items in the box.

Please can I stress there is still a high demand for this serviceand I should have included in update yesterday at present the government has not indicated the voucher system for... Read More »

The Exton and Horn Parish Council wish to recruit a new Parish Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer sometime before the end of the year, due to the retirement of the present incumbent .

This is a 'part time' occupation, and the hours taken to cover the work involved varies from week to week. A minimum of 6-9 hours per week should be expected and this increases when meetings are being arranged and Agendas... Read More »

Just one or two things to pass on to you after the recent conference call with the RCC, I am sure you are all pleased to know that gradually the lockdown is easing.

Schools

The schools all opened Year 1 and 6, so congratulations to all involved and particularly our own school Exton and Greetham Primary where staff worked so hard to ensure the safety of the pupils following the guidelines and all the... Read More »

Dear all

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Dear ResidentsThe Leicestershire Police would like to publicise their neighbourhood link to enable residents of Rutland to be aware of issues in the County. Please sign up if you are interested.http://www.neighbourhoodlink.co.uk/

Neighbourhood Link :: Register hereWelcome to Neighbourhood Link. Neighbourhood Link, the community messaging system for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Our aim is to... Read More »

Dear Residents

The weather continues to ease our way through this next phase of the lockdown and I am sure we all feel lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the country at this time. The message via Rutland tourist website is not encouraging people to visit the county for the Bank Holiday weekend and stresses that Rutland Water is closed for the forseeable future, but if the fine weather continues... Read More »

Dear All

I hope you all enjoyed VE day and raised a glass and a flag or two?The messages from the Government are not always very clear about what we can and what we cannot do but the Clerk can only give you facts as we are told them from the Rutland County Council. There was disquiet last weekend when I believe a number of cars and people were on the village green. I did not see as I was at home so... Read More »

On 12th May the Exton War Memorial was cleaned by a specialist company paid for by the Parish Council assisted by a grant. The names on the memorial are now more clearly visible.

Thanks to Terry Connolly for the picture which show the cleaning in process.