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The Leicester Marathon takes place on Sunday 14th October.  It starts off from and finishes at Victoria Park at 8.45 am.

Winter opening hours for Leicestershire’s recycling and household waste sites will come into force next week.

From Monday, 1 October, winter opening times will apply, with all sites continuing to open five days a week, but from 9am to 4pm.

The five day pattern of opening is arranged so that sites are open at weekends and a proportion of sites remain open each day for use by the public in the week.

Remember sites at Kibworth, Lount, Lutterworth, Melton, Shepshed and Whetstone are closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

The next farmers’ market will be on Wednesday October 10.

Producers from across the midlands come to Loughborough’s Farmers’ market to sell a wide range of interesting, organic and healthy food and drink.

We usually have around 15 to 20 traders attending, selling a wide range of excellent local produce such as meat, wine, bread, fruit and vegetables, cheeses, honey, eggs, homemade sauces and preserves.

Opening times:
9am and 3pm (this may change during November due to Loughborough Fair).

Tickets are on sale for the lottery, organised by the borough council, which aims to raise thousands of pounds for local good causes, charities and voluntary organisations

Among the latest groups to sign up are Bradgate Park, Falcon Support Services which helps people live independently and Fearon Hall Community Association in Loughborough.

For every £1 ticket, 60p will go towards helping a good cause and players can win up to £25,000.

To buy a ticket, please visit www.charnwoodlottery.co.uk where you will be asked to create an account.

When a participant chooses to support one of the registered charities or good causes, the organisation will receive a 50p donation, with 10p going towards a central community fund. If no charity is chosen, all 60 pence goes to the community fund.

A consultation about polling districts in Charnwood gets underway on October 1, 2018 and people are urged to have a say.

The borough council is required to review polling districts, places and stations every five years to ensure voting arrangements are up to date and fit for purpose.

This is an opportunity for people to recommend new polling locations and the Council is particularly keen to hear views on any access issues.

Geoff Parker, electoral registration officer, said: “This is an important review and it gives people the opportunity to put forward suggestions to improve local voting arrangements in time for the local council elections due in May 2019.

“We are particularly keen to hear from people who may have views on access arrangements to polling stations as we want to make sure everyone can exercise their right to vote with ease.”

There are more than 133,000 register voters in Charnwood and currently there are 76 polling districts.

The work is to take place over a 12-week period and the site is planned to close from the evening of Wednesday, 26th September 2018.

Anyone wanting to use an alternative waste site during the closure period, can visit the nearby Mountsorrel site on Granite Way (LE12 7TZ) or the Shepshed  site on Hathern Road (LE12 9RP).

To minimise disruption, the Mountsorrel  facility will be open from 9am to 4pm, seven days a week for the duration of the closure. The Shepshed site will remain closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Permits for the Loughborough waste site will be accepted at both Mountsorrel and Shepshed during the closure.

Due to the temporary closure of Loughborough tip for 12 weeks, from September 26, 2018 Charnwood BC will be collecting all wheelie bins from 6am as the rounds are going to take a bit longer to complete.

Please can you help us out and make sure your bins (green, black and brown if you have them) or bags if you use them, are out for 6am on the day of collection.

Putting them out the night before is fine, but please remember to clear them off the street as soon as you can.

Thanks in advance.

More information on the tip closure is on the county council website:

For a full list of activities available this half-term, please visit www.charnwood.gov.uk/holidayprogrammes to book, call 01509 634561 or email active.together@charnwood.gov.uk.