Politics

A town council says it needs treble the amount of money it was originally allocated when it formed last year.

Plans to transform the site of a former government building have been given the green light.

Plans to develop a new industrial site have been rejected.

Villagers have six weeks to try and save their library after councillors agreed with a budget proposal recommending its closure.

People can expect to pay more for parking - although some free time is being offered.

Angry residents attended a meeting last night to come up with ways to save their village library from closure.

A council is being asked to hand over £150,000 to support leisure services as part of wider plans to cut costs.

The refusal of plans to turn a farmer’s field into a travellers’ caravan site has been overturned on appeal.

Rutland’s MP says the future of Rutland County Council is in doubt as she organises a public meeting.

Plans for more than 170 new homes on the edge of a town have been approved.

A Lincolnshire farmer says renting out land to solar farm developers is five times more profitable than growing food on it.

A hearing to decide whether a ‘high risk’ county pub can get a new manager has been postponed.

A decision on whether to make changes to a street besieged by congestion has been deferred.

The Environment Agency says it is ‘unlikely to revisit’ the study which resulted in the closure of a pumping station.

Millions of litres of water could have been pumped out to sea if a decommissioned pumping station had been operating, says a drainage board.

A new project aims to position a historic house as the cornerstone of a town’s cultural offerings.

Council bosses will be using new Government funding to tackle homelessness in our area.

An MP has urged people to seek help if they are affected by flooding.

In her latest column, the MP for Rutland and Stamford looks at the flooding problems which have hit the area this week.

A well-used pavilion could be renovated — with a café planned in a bid to make the facility the heart of the community.