News in Ashby

An Ashby woman is using the current lockdown to supply Derby Hospital with woollen hats for premature babies.

Val Taylor knits them herself in 'traffic light' colours - this is so that nurses can keep the babies' heads warm and use the colours to see how well they are progressing.

If you were handed a bunch of daffodils around Ashby town centre earlier this week, it was done for a reason.

It was the idea of Ashby Day Nursery in North Street, and their pre-school three to four year olds who wanted to bring a 'random act of kindness' to the area on a Monday morning.

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 in 2009 for local services.

An Ashby woman is staging a fundraiser to pay for cancer treatment for her dog.

Debra Ann wants to raise £5,000 so that her bulldog Prince can get the attention he needs.

A Packington children's charity has received a £1,000 donation from the Amazon fulfilment centre in Coalville.

The Phoenix Children's Foundation raises funds each year, to then support children and young people with special needs and their families, by funding life-enhancing and enriching activities.

Residents in parts of North West Leicestershire have been told to take extra care over the coming weeks - as the district has jumped into the top 20 of the country's coronavirus hotspots.

Leicestershire public health chiefs have issued a warning residents.

A man tried to steal a 13-year-old boy's bike in Ashby town centre - before chasing him and his friends along Station Road.

Leicestershire Police are appealing for information to help identify a man after an attempted theft, in broad daylight, was reported.

Covid case rates in North West Leicestershire are the highest outside of Leicester according to the latest figures released today (Monday) - on the day the four steps out of lockdown were announced.

The seven-day infection rate in the district remains higher than in recent weeks.

Boris Johnson's roadmap out of lockdown has been met with caution in Leicestershire where a 'worrying plateauing' of infection rates has been revealed.

As the Prime Minister announced how the latest and hopefully last lockdown will come to an end, cases in the city and county have started to level off in the last week or so.