News in Ashby

Leicestershire County Council is helping Foxes' fans get on the road to Wembley – by running lateral flow tests for those supporters with tickets for Saturday's FA Cup final.

Leicester City supporters from the Coalville area who are planning to go to Wembley can be tested at the North West Leicestershire testing centre at Swannington Village Hall.

Ashby councillors have voiced more concerns over the development of a 66-unit care home planned for Moira - after the second phase was put forward this week.

One described it as 'a carbuncle in the forest'.

Moira's Timber Festival is creating the first 'forest soundmap' of the world ahead of this year's event - which is being held from July 2-4.

Festival organisers are inviting people from all around the world to record one-minute snippets of sounds from forests near them and upload them.

Castle Medical Group in Ashby has marked International Nurses Day.

The Burton Road surgery posted a photo of some of its nursing team on its Facebook page.

Developers planning to build 605 houses at Money Hill in Ashby have been warned they could have 'blood on their hands' if they allow extra levels of construction traffic to use Nottingham Road.

Fears have been raised among Ashby de la Zouch Town Councillors and local residents over plans to send heavy vehicles along the already busy route.

Hood Park Leisure Centre is set to relaunch group exercise classes in what has been called "a huge boost" for the mental health of the community.

The Ashby venue, run by Everyone Active in partnership with North West Leicestershire District Council, reopened on April 12, after three months of closure due to the third lockdown.

Ashby's Concordia Choir is coming out of lockdown and needs a new Musical Director.

The choir plans to begin rehearsals again soon after meeting online for the past year.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to the nation this evening (Monday) to confirm what we will be able to do from next Monday - May 17 - as lockdown rules ease still further.

Having friends to your house and drinking inside a pub, rather than outdoors, are among the changes coming next week, reports the BBC News website.

First, congratulations to John Coxon. I wish him good luck for the next four years.

Above all, special thanks go to all those who voted for me. I was very proud to be selected to represent Labour for Ashby.

Ashby Civic Society has underlined its opposition to the new G-Park warehouse complex which will be built on the A42 junction near Corkscrew Lane.

The development was given planning permission by North West Leicestershire District Council despite objections from Ashby de la Zouch Town Council and the Civic Society.