Rutland and Stamford Sound

It's hoped a hundred butterflies can be created in Collyweston this afternoon in celebration of Sir David Attenborough's centenary.

It's the final day of the Royal Kennel Club's International Agility Festival at the Rutland Showground with 18 rings running throughout and cool areas for the dogs and their handlers.

 It's the final day of Oakham Baptist Church's Summer of Love, a four-day free festival of food, fun and celebration.

 It's thought the eldest of the 3 Manton Bay Osprey chicks has begun his migration.

 Rutland County Council is asking anyone hoping to dispose of household waste at either of their centres at Cottesmore or North Luffenham to postpone their visit until next Saturday.

 A van fire on the A1 yesterday afternoon near Thornhaugh is believed to have been the fish and chip van that visits several of our local villages.

 It's a week to go until the Rutland Flower Show opens at the Rutland Showground, and organisers hope to build on a successful debut last year with more of the same variety of opportunities to buy and learn about plants, soil, and flowers.

 A man from Ryhall is taking his tuk-tuk to Hunstanton today to raise money for a local charity that cared for his wife.