News in Coalville

Coalville Police broke up a group of motorcycle riders causing anti-social behaviour on private land in Ellistown this morning (Sunday).

And they recovered a stolen bike (pictured) as a result.

Labour Councillors on North West Leicestershire District Council have submitted a series of proposed improvements to the Council's budget.

They feature new initiatives to help recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic, as well as additional investment in new council houses and electric vehicle charging points.

One person was trapped in their vehicle after a collision Coleorton this morning (Tuesday).

Two fire crews and the ambulance service were called to the incident which happened just after 9am at the junction of New Road and Loughborough Road and involved two vehicles.

Coalville's Long Lane Surgery says it will be able to offer small amounts of the Covid vaccine.

But it has made it clear that the option to be vaccinated locally is not being offered at the moment.

Three fire crews were called out to a shed blaze in Coalville this evening (Thursday).

Two vehicles from Coalville and one from Shepshed raced to Bridge Road after the alarm was raised around 8.15pm.

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Taxi firms in Coalville and North West Leicestershire have been praised for offering people free taxi rides to the vaccination centre in Measham.

For some people, the Measham Leisure Centre venue is not easy to get to without transport.

Ashby councillor Roger Bayliss has faced another call for his resignation following a refusal to apologise following the revelation that £667,000 had been lost from the Council's Housing Revenue Account due to error.

The discrepancy came to light earlier this month and North West Leicestershire District Council chief executive Bev Smith had apologised 'unreservedly' after details were listed in a confidential report.

North West Leicestershire District Council has frozen its portion of the council tax bill for a 12th consecutive year - recognising the financial challenges many have faced in a tough year.

It was confirmed at the full council meeting last night (Tuesday, 23 February), that a Band D property will pay £158.58 to the district council in the next year – exactly the same as a household in this band paid back in 2009 for the services the district council delivers.

Plans to convert the former Kowalski Jeweller's shop into a hot food takeaway have been given the go-ahead.

That is despite objections from both the Coalville Heritage Society and the Snibston Heritage Trust.