News in Coalville

North West Leicestershire District Council has put social distancing measures in place so that work can restart on eight new council homes which are being built on the site of a former pub in Greenhill.

The current Coronavirus crisis meant that construction had to be suspended when materials ran short during the latest phase of the district council's bid to build 30 new homes per year. 

A Coalville charity arranged for a man's empty council flat to be furnished in just one hour after making an online appeal.

And they have praised the generosity of the local community who acted so rapidly despite the current Coronavirus crisis.

Coalville McDonald's could be open again in the not too distant future as the fast-food giant announced it is considering reopening its UK restaurants.

The company temporarily closed all restaurants in the UK and Ireland in March.

The operator of The Rowans has today (Tues) confirmed there have been Coronavirus-related deaths at the care home.

Yesterday, Coalville Nub News reported that the 54-bed Owen Street care home was coronavirus-free, with this information provided by operator HC-One Two die and five test positive at Parkmanor

North West Leicestershire Police have issued an appeal for anyone who has lost their mobility scooter.

The unusual find was taken into the North West Leicestershire District Council offices in Coalville.

Ibstock Brick has reopened this week following last month's decision to temporarily suspend operations at all the company's factories to support the Government's coronavirus lockdown.

The brick manufacturer started to bring some colleagues back into the workplace yesterday (Mon).

North West Leicestershire District Council has published a list of planned garden waste collections in the Coalville and Ibstock areas.

The Council had planned to let residents know by post after announcing last week that the key recycling connection was being re-introduced.

A man is wanted by Leicestershire Police in connection with a theft at Ibstock Miners' Welfare in Leicester Road.

Police would like to speak to him following the incident on April 12.

Frontline workers in Coalville have received hundreds of free meals thanks to an Ashby Italian restaurant and the support of its loyal customers and the wider community.

Staff at Coalville Community Hospital and crews at the town's ambulance, fire and police stations have all benefitted from Zamani's free food venture which has seen more than 1,000 meals delivered to local NHS 'superheroes' and other frontline workers.

Two residents at Coalville's Parkmanor Nursing and Residential Care Home have died as a result of contracting coronavirus and a further five have tested positive.

But two other residential care homes in the town - Coalville Care Home which is also run by Rushcliffe Care Group and The Rowans Care Home, operated by HC-One - are both coronavirus-free.