News in Coalville

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.

The Friends of Coalville Park has welcomed the decision to reopen it to the public.

It had been closed during the Coronavirus crisis.

A Coalville company is running a competition to provide 10 local key workers with a free meal.

English and Maths tutors Kip McGrath, based in High Street, has teamed up with Little Betty's Mobile, a locally run catering service.

North West Leicestershire District Council is bringing back garden waste collections to the Coalville area from next week.

They had been suspended during the Coronavirus lockdown along with cardboard collections.

A mothballed ward at Coalville Community Hospital is being fitted out today (Fri) with new beds and medical equipment to create extra capacity for coronavirus patients.

The move is part of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust's preparations to cope with increases of coronavirus-positive cases.

Morrison's dancers have been at it again…. This time as part of the BBC Big Night In which was shown last night.

Last week, Coalville Nub News interviewed Dan Wright about the entertainment he and the supermarket's security guard Paul Starkey have been putting on for queueing shoppers One million views and a retweet from the Cheeky Girls

A 16-year-old has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent after an incident in Whitwick on Wednesday which left a man with slash wounds.

But a 17-year-old, who was also arrested at the same time, has been released on bail.

A bid to build four large detached two-storey homes in Whitwick has been refused.

The planning application submitted by Cademan Development Ltd to construct the properties - with carports and associated access - off Loughborough Road has been turned down by North West Leicestershire District Council.