News in Ashby

Ashby's Venture Theatre is staging a production of classic whodunnit The unexpected Guest by Agatha Christie at the end of September and into October.

It is the first production at the North Street-based venue since February 2019.

North West Leicestershire Police's Rural Beat Team say they have found people using woodland bird hides as places for taking drugs.

The Team's latest newsletter did not reveal the location where the offenders were found, only that action was taken to stop it happening again.

Ashby de la Zouch Town Council has confirmed the return of the annual Statues fair next month.

The event in its usual form was cancelled last year - although a smaller version was set up to give the Pat Collins Funfair event some presence during its usual September slot, and maintain a tradition stretching back over 800 years.

The Covid-19 booster programme will be run from Measham Leisure Centre - with some groups of patients being lined up for a third vaccine jab.

Eligible patients from Ashby, Measham and North West Leicestershire will be invited offered a third booster vaccine.

NHS England has published a list of all the pharmacies that will be open in Ashby over the Bank Holiday weekend.

The list contains the name, address, opening hours and contact details of all the pharmacies that will be operating,

Ashby's Proms in the Park has confirmed the line up for this Saturday's event ay the Bath Grounds.

Organisers say that there are still some tickets available, details can be found on the Proms in the Park website HERE.

Families are being urged to be cautious because of high rates of coronavirus among young people as schools in Ashby and Leicestershire made their return for the new term this week.

Classes have resumed after the summer holidays this week - but public health officials at Leicestershire County Council are concerned that the infection rate among 11 to 16 year-olds in the county is now 582.8 cases per 100,000 people.

Officers investigating vehicle crime have arrested five people at a village just outside Ashby.

Leicestershire Police say that, following enquires, at 2pm on Tuesday (24 August), officers executed a warrant at a business premises in Boundary.

Central England Co-op stores in the Ashby area are asking shoppers to treat its colleagues with respect as part of a special summer campaign.

As part of Usdaw's Freedom From Fear campaign, the retailer is telling criminals and anyone who might physically or verbally threaten staff that 'it is not worth the risk'.

Ashby-based amateur photographer Martin Vaughan has been awarded Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) for his study of Birds of the National Forest.

It is the RPS's highest level of distinction.