News in Coalville

Last week, the Prime Minister set out the Government's roadmap for easing lockdown restrictions in England, and although I believe we should be driven by data rather than dates, what it does offer is offer hope that this will be the irreversible end of lockdown.

The positives are that we are the first major country in the world to set out a plan to end the Covid-19 restrictions, and this has only been made possible by our vaccine programme which is the envy of Europe - those aren't my words but that of Germany's most popular daily newspaper.

The latest coronavirus case figures issued by Public Health England show that North West Leicestershire has the third highest rate in England.

Last week, Leicestershire County Council issued a statement saying that the region was No11 in the country.

North West Leicestershire Police are reminding 'a minority' of hairdressers, barbers and nail salons that they cannot re-open before April 12.

A message posted on the police Facebook page this week highlighted the fact that some were not sticking to the rules.

Morrisons has today (Wednesday) announced it will be donating over half a million meals to local pet rescue centres to help feed the nation's cats and dogs - after demand for pet food has surged during lockdown.

Last year saw an unprecedented rise in pet ownership.

North West Leicestershire District Council has detailed the areas where residents are entitled to a rapid community Covid test.

Residents of town and villages around Coalville have been told they can have the tests whether they work from home or not.

Coalville-based community arts organisation, Mantle Arts, has launched a new collection of CDs and booklets as part of their project, North West Leicestershire Voices, bringing local people's memories of the past to life.

In the 1980s and early 1990s, Mantle Arts made a series of recordings of local people talking about their memories of living in North West Leicestershire.

Council officials have revealed the name of the Coalville barbers shop fined £1,000 for opening during lockdown.

Police said in a social media post this morning (Tuesday) that they had raided the shop and found evidence of haircutting taking place.

Police raided a Coalville barbers shop on Saturday and issued the owner with a £1,000 Covid fine for breaking lockdown rules.

The operation was a joint effort between North West Leicestershire District Council and Leicestershire Police.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for the whole of England, with heavy winds and rain forecast from Wednesday evening.

The warning is from 21.00 hours tomorrow night (Wednesday) until 15:00 on Thursday.

Thringstone residents have been left shocked and angry after a woodland bench was set on fire and destroyed in an act described as 'wanton vandalism'

The blaze comes just over a week after a similar incident in Holly Hayes Woods in Whitwick where community buildings were destroyed by fire Fire destroys Whitwick community project