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Councillor Hamilton-Gray with the pothole machine being trialled

Council trials pothole repair machine on Leicestershire's roads

Councillor Andrew Hamilton-Gray with a FoxConnect bus used by Leicestershire County Council to plug gaps in the bus service network

New trial bus service to operate for people living in the Bottesford area

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Padel centre applies for licence to sell alcohol

The closure sign on St Mary's Way, Melton - traffic flow has been reversed during the overnight second phase of work on Norman Way

Second phase of work begins on Melton Mowbray's inner ring road

Steam & Bean co-owners Robbie and Caroline Stephens

Train station cafe owners have created a unique community in just six months

The OOONO Co-Driver No1 traffic alarm alerts drivers to speed cameras

Speed camera warning device reduced to £27

Work taking place this week to remove the junction at Queniborough Image: Councillor James Poland.

Buses to return to village after new junction found to be unusable

Work taking place this week to remove the junction at Queniborough Image: Councillor James Poland.

Buses to return to village after new junction found to be unusable

The A52 marked in red where the overnight closure will be, with the diversion route marked in blue IMAGE National Highways

Overnight closure of A52 set to last nearly two weeks

A computer image of what the new charging bay will look like in the Chapel Street car park in Melton Mowbray

Work starts to install electric charging bays in Melton town centre car park

A Leicestershire Police safety camera van

Police safety camera vans to target Leicestershire drivers not wearing seatbelts
Drivers who don’t wear a seatbelt on Leicestershire and Rutland roads are to be monitored by police safety camera vans as part of a’pilot educational project’.
Nick Rennie

The new junction at Queniborough which has led Arriva to suspend its bus services

Anger over village's new road junction which prevents buses getting through

The St Mary's Way bus terminal in Melton Mowbray

Free Saturday bus travel to start for Melton Mowbray passengers

The section of Norman Way in Melton Mowbray which will be closed from October 19 to 31 Image: Melton and around from ABOVE Steely DRONE

Major town centre route to be closed to traffic for nearly a month

The driver test centre at Phoenix House in Melton Mowbray

Melton learner drivers wait more than 23 weeks for a test on average

Leicestershire Police are investigating a serious collision involving an elderly pedestrian

Elderly man seriously injured in collision involving a bus

A stretch of the railway at Kirby Bellars where important drainage work has been carried out

Railway upgrades completed to track and drainage systems in Melton area

Leicestershire County Council leader Dan Harrison watching a Pothole Pro in action

Council to trial new pothole machine on Leicestershire's roads

Councillor Andrew Hamilton-Gray with a FoxConnect bus

County's on-demand bus service clocks up 100,000 journeys

Lincolnshire Police are appealing for witnesses

Police sound appeal following death of motorcyclist on A607

A payment machines in Burton Street - Melton Borough Council is to replace all machines in its town centre car parks

Council vows to press ahead with new payment machines in Melton car parks

Melton Mowbray Railway Station

Some weekday Melton Mowbray train services temporarily cut from the timetable

Photos taken by residents of HGVs using weight-restricted Burton Road

Residents say 150 HGVs a day using weight-restricted Melton Mowbray road

Police are conducting a summer drink/drug-drive campaign in Leicestershire and Rutland

Nearly 100 motorists arrested on local roads for driving under the influence

Police are investigating

Police to investigate HGVs driving into Melton Mowbray on weight-restricted road

Police officers in Melton Mowbray's Wilton Road car park conducting a FATAL4 operation and launching a summer drink-drive campaign PHOTO Leicestershire Police

Police launch summer drink-drive campaign in Melton Mowbray

Police monitoring traffic on the new Pork Pie Way in Melton Mowbray

Police stop 'large number' of speeding drivers on Melton's new partial bypass

The aftermath of a collision at the A46 crossroads which involved Seagrave parish councillor Paul Simpson's wife several years ago

Step forward in dangerous A46 junction campaign after latest collision
A long-running campaign to improve safety at a busy Leicestershire junction has taken a step forward, following a recent multi-vehicle incident which shut the road for hours.
Caitlin James

A Mercedes seized by Leicestershire Police as part of Operation Hopper

Police seize more than 100 uninsured Leicestershire vehicles

Councillor Andrew Hamilton-Gray with the new Leicestershire grass-cutting team responding to immediate road risks

Council invests £50k in new grass cutting response team

Bottesford Railway Station, where car park 1 is closed for five weeks IMAGE: Google StreetView

Village railway station car park closes for five weeks

Road and Buses Minister, Simon Lightwood MP

Why we are investing £144M in improving Leicestershire's roads

Melton Borough Council representatives at today's bypass launch event, from left, Councillor Joe Orson, Mayor Councillor Siggy Atherton, leader Councillor Ronan Browne and chief executive Edd de Coverly

Focus switches to need for southern link with bypass set to open

Roads Minister, Simon Lightwood MP (second from right) and Dickinson and Morris Ye Olde Pork Shoppe manager Richard Griffiths (extreme right) pictured at the launch event today

Melton Mowbray's Pork Pie Way bypass to open fully to traffic on Monday

From left: Dave Collis, project delivery manager at Leicestershire County Council, Mike Barnett, county council head of service for highways and transport, with Jamie Missenden, James Burns, Gino Salvatore and Shaun Beales, from Galliford Try

Melton bypass project rated 'outstanding' for how it has supported the community

Local runners running the new Melton bypass on Saturday

Local runners take part in fundraising run on part of Melton's new bypass

Ian Sparrow pictured in High Street, Bottesford, where he has been campaigning for four years for a pedestrian crossing

Campaigner frustrated over delays to pedestrian crossing being installed

Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision at Cold Overton

Woman dies from injuries following road collision at Cold Overton

The iconic Melton Mowbray pork pie - which could inspire the name of the town's new bypass

Controversy rages over potential pork pie name for new Melton bypass

A public engagement exercise by the county council in Melton on the naming of the bypass

Thousands of people choose an option to name Melton's new partial bypass

A deep pothole (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Extra council staff drafted in after massive increase in Leicestershire potholes

A team from Leicestershire County Council pictured on Tuesday at a public engagement for the naming of Melton's new bypass

Shortlist announced for names for Melton Mowbray's new partial bypass

The map for the North East Melton Mowbray Distributor Road, which is almost complete and set to open next month

Residents to get a chance this week to name Melton's new partial bypass

Cormac Boylan (centre) with Steam & Bean owners, Robbie and Caroline Stephens

Full steam ahead for new cafe at Melton Mowbray Railway Station

The police closure of High Street, in Oakham, last week after a pedestrian was involved in a collision

Police appeal for witnesses after pedestrian dies following road collision
Police are appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian died in hospital following a road traffic collision in Oakham.
Nick Rennie

Roundabout three on the NEMMDR at the turn for Twinlakes Theme Park

Bad weather sets back opening date of Melton Mowbray's new relief road

Galliford Try workers pictured resurfacing the car park of The Hanger, Melton's air ambulance charity superstore

How Melton's bypass builders have supported countless community projects

Leicestershire Police officers are giving road safety advice to motorcyclists

Police give road safety advice to motorcyclists as many return to our roads

The council's Burton Street car park in Melton

COLUMN - My Melton with Kelly Davies

A council pay machine in the Burton Street car park in Melton

Have your say on planned new Melton car park payment machines

The A607 near the junction with Rotherby and Gaddesby IMAGE Google StreetView

Parish councils join forces to call for A607 near Melton to be made safer

Council work teams are responding to a surge in pothole reports across Leicestershire (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Council responds to surge in pothole reports across Leicestershire

Amelia Ufton with mum Marie and the family's cockapoo Lily

Melton family appeal for accident blackspot to be made safer

Dean Smith recovering part of a Roman pottery vessel

Remnants of dinosaurs and Roman artefacts among the finds in bypass digs

Network Rail working on the track

Buses to replace trains on routes through Melton this weekend

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