Rutland and Stamford Sound

 Stamford Town Council say they're extremely disappointed that the Pride flag has been removed for the second year running, damaging the ropes of the town hall flagpoles.

 Rutland County Council says it's improving visibility at dangerous road junctions and blind bends by making a second rural grass cut of the season.

 Over a hundred children from six Rutland primary schools have been shown the value of volunteering.

 A meeting is taking place this week to gauge interest in establishing a Men's Shed in Stamford.

A 21-year-old man from Glinton has been summoned to court accused of criminal damage to the clock in the Market Square at Market Deeping.

The new commanding officer of the Vikings at Kendrew Barracks says his soldiers are just returning from a training exercise in Kenya and are unlikely to be on parade for Armed Forces Week this week.

 Children were able to see their work on display in an exhibition last Friday at the Odd House in Oakham, which is now an Oakham school building.

Felicity and Hatty are performing an Acro routine as Mario and Luigi at The Dance World Cup in Spain next month. They are both students of The Dance Academy, based in the village.

 The start of Armed Forces Week in Rutland is being marked today with a flag raising and short ceremony at Oakham  Castle at 10.30.

 Ryhall Library has been saved.

A free event for teenagers is taking place on Stamford Rec this afternoon.