A METHODIST chapel which was forced to close due to dwindling congregation numbers is set to gain a new lease of life after being put on the market for residential conversion.

MELTON’S Peacocks clothing store has been saved from closure, securing about 12 jobs, after the chain was bought by the Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group.

STAFF at Nickos Fish Bar in Melton have praised a loyal and much-loved colleague for 35 years service to the job in advance of her retirement in March.

DESPITE record low rainfall over the winter period Severn Trent Water has quashed drought fears but has said that the situation remains under constant review.

A WEDDING invite has been handed into the Melton Times after it was sent to the wrong address.

The first phase of a £150,000 scheme to revamp Melton Market Place is due to be completed this week.

A FREE money management course begins on Tuesday (February 28) in Melton. CAP Money is a comprehensive yet simple, three-session course to help people to manage their finances better.

MELTON is already home to the king of cheeses and now it is bidding to host the country’s biggest cheese fair.

FOLLOWING the recent £3.6m refurbishment of the Pera site in Melton, a number of new companies have moved into the Innovation Park.

AN open day and wedding fair is to be held at Melton registration office in the council’s Parkside civic suite in Burton Street.

A MULTI-million pound ‘School of Rural Food’, establishing the Melton borough as one of the leading sources of training in food craft skills, could be built within a year if funding for the project is secured.

MORE than half of the £15m which Melton Council has received from Sainsbury’s from the sale of its former Nottingham Road site has already been accounted for - it has been revealed.

A TENANTS group has hit out at Melton Council after they delayed a decision on an energy-saving solar panel scheme.

THE public are being invited to discuss future uses, possible plans and ideas to develop the vacant area behind Burton Street.

MELTON couples have a chance to win a wedding or civil partnership ceremony if they attend a county council register office open day in the town.

A POCKET money club for children is set to launch at Clockwise Credit Union in Leicester Street, Melton.

AN Indian animal hospital which provides support for up to 300 unwanted animals at any one time has moved its UK headquarters to Old Dalby.

STAIR manufacturers Jeld Wen have hit a new safety in the workplace record.

MELTON Council is holding a public meeting to discuss parking in the area surrounding its Parkside HQ.

A DAIRY is spreading the love after producing the world’s first aphrodisiac cheese sweets - just in time for Valentine’s Day.