Rutland and Stamford Sound

 Public bonfire and firework events are taking place in Stamford, South Witham, Castle Bytham and Barrowden this evening.

 Poppy sellers are giving the appeal one last push today, with cadets supporting the sale alongside the Royal British Legion on the markets in Oakham and Stamford.

 Ploughing through the ages is on show at Hall Farm Little Casterton today.

Three rare ammonite fossils discovered in spoil heaps at Grange Top Quarry at Heidelberg Materials Cement in Ketton are now within the collections of Rutland County Museum and have given researchers new evidence about the county's Jurassic past.

 A play about the First World War through the eyes of women in a Lancashire town is raising money for the Stamford Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.

Firework season begins in Rutland and Stamford with bonfire night on Thursday and Diwali this weekend too, but our pet dogs may struggle with anxiety and stress due to the loud bangs and flashes.

 Rutland County Council has started the new formal preparation of Rutland's latest local plan.

 Lincolnshire Police have linked the theft of a tipper truck from Bourne with the gates being rammed at Ruskington Garden Centre.