News in Ashby

Coalville MP Andrew Bridgen has written to Labour Party leader Sir Keir Stamer to complain about a Facebook post allegedly written by North West Leicestershire District councillor David Everett.

Mr Bridgen repeats a claim that originally appeared on the Order-order.com website last Friday.

North West Leicestershire's Labour District Councillors have urged officers to "grasp the nettle" and press on with developing new planning policies to tackle the climate emergency.

At the council's last Local Plan Committee meeting, the three Labour members welcomed a new report which identifies a range of potential carbon reduction policies suitable for North West Leicestershire.

Sir Walter Scott - author of the novel Ivanhoe part of which is set in Ashby - is to appear on commemorative coins issued by the Royal Mint in 2021.

It is to mark the 250th Anniversary of his birth and he is featured on a £2 coin.

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January was was a record-breaking month for your local news website - beating the previous best set in July.

North West Leicestershire now has one of the lowest seven-day infection rates in the county.

From being an area of concern to health chiefs earlier this year - with Ashby identified as a Covid 'hotspot' - rates are now falling rapidly.

Pharmacies across Ashby, Measham and North West Leicestershire are supporting a new domestic abuse scheme which allows victims to discreetly signal that they are in danger.

North West Leicestershire District Council is working in partnership with more than 80 per cent of pharmacies across the district who have signed up to take part in the Ask for ANI (Action Needed Immediately) scheme.

A teenager who was the victim of a terrible Ashby bullying attack seen by thousands online - leaving her in hospital - is now making a name for herself in the beauty industry.

Katie Morris, 18, wants to show others going through the same ordeal that, no matter what has happened to you, it is possible to focus on a successful career path.

Leicestershire NHS says that from this week anyone aged 45 and over can book in for their Covid-19 vaccination as the programme continues to roll out.

In addition, the NHS in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) is continuing to urge all local residents in eligible groups that are yet to have their first dose of the vaccine to book in without delay.

A scheme to convert the Loudon House former care home in Ashby into a 'new secure residential institution facility' was been given planning permission by North West Leicestershire District Council on Wednesday night.

Despite strong objections from local residents, with over 770 people signing a petition against the Ridgway Road development, a motion to go ahead with the Rushcliffe Care Group plan was passed with six councillors voting for, and four against.

A former Ashby factory worker and her husband have scooped a £116,000 prize on Euromillions.

Ann Fawsitt used to work at KP Snacks in Ashby but now lives in Hatton, South Derbyshire.