News in Coalville

Leicestershire County Council has funded a local scheme to provide 200 meals for 12 weeks for vulnerable people in the Coalville area.

Coalville Education Partnership now have three months' worth of backing to provide the Hugglescote, Donington Le Heath and Coalville Community Response Hub with food.

Fluffy The Parrot has returned to his Coalville home safe and well.

The bird flew away on Monday, prompting owner Shamsuddin Ziauddin to put out an appeal to try and find him.

Coalville residents will be able to spot Elon Musk's Starlink satellite train tonight (Tuesday).

The satellites have been seen all over Western Europe, with many saying they looked like 'Santa's sleigh'.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder as part of an investigation into a hit and run collision in Coalville last week which left a man with serious injuries.

Police were called to Belvoir Road last Monday (13 April) following reports that a grey Vauxhall Astra had struck a man before leaving the scene. The incident happened just before 1.45pm.

A Coalville man has issued an appeal in an attempt to find his lost parrot.

The bird, called Fluffy, flew away from his home in Waterworks Road on Monday.

The Charles Booth Centre in Thringstone has been awarded £5,000 by the Co-op's Community Fund.

Central England Co-op has shared out £6,660 between three good causes in Leicestershire to ensure they can continue their vital community work during the Coronavirus outbreak.

North West Leicestershire District Council has given an update on the latest situation with waste collections in Coalville during the Coronavirus lockdown.

Cardboard and garden waste collections are still suspended but the Council issued a full list on Monday of what is being collected, and what is not.

A Coalville community group helping vulnerable people in the area during lockdown has gone from strength to strength in the space of just five weeks.

Hugglescote, Donington Le Heath and Coalville Community Response Hub, carry out shopping and other errands, while cooking hot meals twice a week during the Coronavirus crisis.

Internet celebrities Geoffrey and Pauline Walker are using their 360,000-strong Instagram following to help raise £15,000 towards the installation of a mobility lift for their community centre in Thringstone.

The couple became famous in February when they made an emotional online appeal to try and find Pauline's purse which had been stolen on a shopping trip Internet purse theft couple win £1,000 on national TV

Central England Co-op - with branches in Coalville and Hugglescote - is rewarding its 7,400 frontline staff for going above and beyond for their communities with a pay bonus.

The business is saying 'thank you' to its colleagues in stores for keeping them stocked with vital food and essentials, its distribution team based in Leicester for working around the clock to ensure the delivery of vital stock reach stores and funeral staff for going the extra mile to support families who have a lost a loved one at this uncertain time.