News in Coalville

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.

Two men have been arrested in Coalville over on suspicion of being connected with the supply of Class A drugs.

Leicestershire Police reported that officers stopped a vehicle in Highfield Street, Coalville on Tuesday.

Coalville MP Andrew Bridgen has predicted a 'remarkable' renewal of the UK economy when Coronavirus restrictions have been eased.

With a severe downturn expected as a result of the Government lockdown, which has lasted almost a month, a recession has been forecast.

Central England Co-op Funeralcare is asking people in the Coalville to help families pay their respects to loved ones during this uncertain time.

Andrew Waldron, Funeral Director at Central England Co-op Funeralcare, in Coalville, has issued a plea for people to come together and help those who have lost someone close to them at this time.

Dan Wright and Paul Starkey had never met until a few weeks ago - now they have viewed online over one million times.

The reason? The duo's dance moves outside Morrisons Supermarket in Coalville have turned them into internet stars.

Leicestershire Police say their investigations into Monday's hit and run incident in Coalville - which left a man in hospital with life-changing injuries - are continuing.

They say they have spoken to people on Tuesday to try and piece together what happened and why.

Work will not start on removing traffic calming measures on Ashby Road in Coalville until after Coronavirus restrictions have been eased.

Leicestershire County Council will work with North West Leicestershire District Council on the scheme with ties in with the Coalville Regeneration Project.

A 33-year-old man has been left with 'life-changing injuries' following a hit and run incident in Coalville on Monday afternoon.

Detectives are appealing for witnesses to a non-stop collision.