Ninth earthquake recorded in Rutland

An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.8 has been recorded in a county hit by a series of tremors, the British Geological Survey (BGS) has confirmed.

The epicentre was near the town of Oakham in Rutland, in the East Midlands, at 22:40 BST on Tuesday.

Reg Burrell tweeted that he felt it in Castle Bytham, a village in Lincolnshire.

Read more from the BBC News website.

Swayfield now has superfast broadband!

Here is some great news if you live in Swayfield and use Cabinet 2 (from the Corby Glen phone exchange). You can now get superfast broadband.

Swayfield phone exchange - 22-09-2015

To check if you get if you can get superfast broadband and what speed you should get. Check out www.dslchecker.bt.com.

Public Meeting, Castle Bytham : 01/09/2015

Public meeting tonight at the Castle Bytham Village hall. About the revised plans for the quarry.

Pulic meeting : 01/09/2015

Real Ale Sale @ The Castle Inn

Castle Inn, Castle Bytham“£2.50 a pint TUES, WED, THURS evening this week only.
~ when its gone – ITS GONE ~ 🙂
In case you have not seen our in-house Signs we are CLOSING for a wee annual break. From Friday 4th – Thursday 17th. We are OPEN again on FRIDAY 18th SEPTEMBER @5pm. This leaves us with the awful chore of drinking all the beer before we run away. So we thought you may want a little slice of the action. Happy Holidays! C & E x”

Fire crews tackle tractor blaze in Little Bytham

Firefighters tackled a tractor on fire in a field in Little Bytham this afternoon (Sunday, August 9).

Read more from the Stamford Mercury website.