OCTOBER

PARENTS were ordered by police to take drunken children home from Melbourne Wakes.
Officers confiscated alcohol while patrolling the fair after issuing a dispersal order following reports of anti-social behaviour.
Police said: “In one particularly concerning incident, an officer attempting to provide medical assistance to a drunken teenager was surrounded by youths who subjected him to a stream of appalling obscenities and aggression.”
The full story on this is in our October edition, which also catches up with the saga of the manor oak tree in Kings Newton.
Some villagers want the tree to be felled while the local residents association wants it to be treated by lifting and reducing the crown, saying it is “iconic” and a part of the heritage of Kings Newton.

There are plans for a huge development at Swarkestone Nursery & Garden Centre.
If given the go-ahead, the whole development would involve a comprehensive refurbishment of the existing garden centre plus significantly extended and additional facilities. These would include outdoor golf, new restaurant, soft play area and farm shop. The scheme is well worth a more detailed look in our latest issue.

Melbourne Festival’s 21st birthday warrants the full centre spread treatment with plenty of pictures and report by Lucy Stephens. We also have the winners of the Emerging Artist award featured.

The work of late artist Eddie Morgan is to go on sale to raise money for Melbourne’s Community Care and civic society. Read how you can bid for some of his paintings and sketches.

Three packed pages of sport tell you how Ticknall Cricket Club avoided relegation, Melbourne Dynamo FC went on a four-win run, and the Melbourne Sporting Partnership celebrated its 10th birthday.

All this and much, much more to keep you abreast of everything happening in our area is to be found in the October edition of your favourite LOCAL newspaper.