News in Coalville

Two men were arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated attack on a lorry driver on the slip road at Junction 22 of the M1 - the motorway turn off for Coalville and Markfield.

The incident happened a week ago on March 1, early in the evening when there would have been traffic on the road, and now Leicestershire Police are appealing for witnesses.

Spring is here, lockdown is slowly easing and the reawakening of the events we have been missing is gradually taking shape.

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Coalville councillor Michael Wyatt has been in negotiations with County Hall to push for an HGV lorry ban along Bardon road.

He says he is trying to have the ban implemented when the new link road - which has yet to be started - is built.

Extra Covid testing is being offered to people living four areas close to Coalville after infection rates rose sharply in recent weeks.

More than 13,000 rapid community tests for Covid-19 have now been taken, across the county's seven sites.

The Castle Rock School plan to give students lateral flow tests on designated days this week as they prepare for to return to the classroom.

The Coalville school welcomes pupils back on Monday (March 8) along with the rest of the country.

The North West Leicestershire vaccination hub at Measham Leisure Centre has been told it is the 'most efficient and best organised in the county'.

Now Measham Medical Unit has announced the next steps in what it says has been a highly successful vaccine rollout.

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Covid vaccine supply will slow down in Leicestershire this week and next, it is understood,

Vaccination sites across the area will be receiving less doses than in previous weeks due to what have been described as 'low supply weeks'.

The confirmation that one of eight freeports in the UK will be established at East Midlands Airport will provide a 'much needed boost to confidence'.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced in Wednesday's budget that the airport was one of the chosen sites.

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