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A nursery is spreading positivity by sharing an initiative everyone can be involved in from their own home.

Little Angels Nursery and Preschool in Uppingham is encouraging parents and children to plant the seeds from their apples so that one day these will grow into a tree.

Childcare providers are increasingly struggling to get parents to agree to pay a voluntary contribution to take up their 30-hours place.

Nurseries, childminders and pre-schools that charged full fees during lockdown are facing mounting pressure to refund parents after an industry watchdog deemed it unfair to charge fees for services that were not provided.

More than £12m has been paid out by an East Midlands council in government-funded grants to in excess of 1,000 businesses to support them during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This week, Rutland and Melton MP Alicia Kearns is recognising the team at Little Angels Childcare, Uppingham, and Wymondham’s Kumar Rakshit, and Max and Will Moore for their outstanding response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.