As was the case for Easter Monday, Oadby St.Peter’s residents who would usually have a garden waste collection tomorrow (May Bank Holiday Monday) will have it collected later this week between Tuesday 7th and Friday 10th May.

You’ll need to make sure your garden waste bin(s) is at the edge of your property each day by 7am until it has been emptied.

Did you know that it was a Liberal MP, John Lubbock, who kick-started the introduction of Bank Holidays?

The idea was so popular that the Whit and August Bank Holidays were nick-named “Saint Lubbock Days” after his 1871 Act brought them in.

Tomorrow’s May Bank Holiday has only been in effect since 1978.

We’d both like to say a thank you to everyone who voted and helped in the Borough election for St. Peter’s on Thursday.

Both of us were elected as your Borough Councillors and we look forward to serving the residents and businesses of St. Peter’s Ward over the next four years.

The full result was:

David Carter (Liberal Democrats)	596
Ian Ridley (Liberal Democrats)	569
Conservative	344
Conservative	328
Labour	295
Labour	281

Whilst David was re-elected, Ian’s result represents a gain from the Conservatives, one of the record 703 gains by the Liberal Democrats across the country.