News in Coalville

A Coalville community group wants to turn the Hermitage Leisure Centre into a multi-purpose venue when it closes next year.

A new leisure centre is currently under construction and Coalville C.A.N. hopes the Whitwick site can be used for the benefit of the community.

A man was taken to hospital after his electric wheelchair was involved in a collision with a car in Coalville yesterday afternoon (Wednesday).

The incident happened on the A511 by-pass at the roundabout junction with Thornborough Road.

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Whitwick councillor Tony Gillard says that steps are being taken against an 'unauthorised encampment' in Brooks Lane.

Cllr Gillard has posted a message on social media saying that a court date has been set in July to petition for an injunction against the encampment.

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Children in the Coalville area will have a raft of activities at their fingertips this summer after leisure operator Everyone Active linked up with holiday course provider TayPlay.

Everyone Active, which runs Hermitage Leisure Centre in Whitwick in partnership with North West Leicestershire District Council, has brought in TayPlay to deliver camps for children aged 5-11 (year one-year six).

An Ibstock man who sexually abused a woman and two men when they were just children has been convicted of his crimes.

Stuart Newbold was found guilty of a string of offences – committed between 1997 and 2000 – following a trial at Leicester Crown Court.

EU citizens living in the Coalville area are being urged to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme before the deadline of Wednesday, June 30.

People in the region are also being encouraged to check that family, friends and neighbours that need to apply have done so – especially those that are elderly or vulnerable.

North West Leicestershire District Council has been shortlisted in the national 2021 Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management.

The council has been nominated in the Best Local Authority Recycling Initiative for their Recycle More... campaign.

Like many, I suffered an overwhelming sense of disappointment when Freedom Day was pushed back from June 21st.

Many businesses and individuals had planned around this date, and given that the message was 'we'll protect and vaccinate the vulnerable and we will then be free', they can be rightfully feel let down by the decision to delay a further four weeks before the easing of restrictions.