News in Ashby

The Government's vaccination programme continues apace, and we have had the recent welcome news that over 50 per cent of adults have now been vaccinated.

Most of the vaccinations in North West Leicestershire have taken place at the extremely efficient vaccination centre which had delivered up to 500 jabs a day, and I am pleased that I am booked in to have my jab imminently.

Schoolchildren in Ashby now have more time to take part in the Raring2go! Letterwriting Competition, as the deadline has been extended until May 4.

The competition invites children in the local area to write about their lives during lockdown, in the hope of brightening the days of local care home residents.

Ashby School praised the 'maturity and gratitude' of its pupils as 5,000 Covid tests were carried out in nine days.

The school's headteacher Geoff Staniforth made the comments after students returned to the classroom following the first stage of the easing of lockdown.

More than 50 of North West Leicestershire's least energy efficient council homes will get a revamp thanks to £700,000 of funding.

North West Leicestershire District Council's successful bid to the Government's Green Homes scheme has secured £264,000 to improve the energy efficiency of homes of low-income households.

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North West Leicestershire District Council has been handed £93,218 as part of the Government's Welcome Back Fund.

This is the region's share of a £56million allocation across the country.

Ashby's branch of Santander is to close in July, the bank has announced.

It is among plans to close 111 branches across the UK.

The lateral flow test centre at Swannington Village Hall is being opened up to all residents next week as lockdown restrictions start to ease across the country.

The move means that anyone living or working in the county without symptoms can take a quick swab test at the test centre - one of seven across Leicestershire.

Castle Medical Group in Ashby is urging people over 50 who have not yet received their Covid vaccine to contact them before Saturday.

The health centre says that the last supply of vaccine for first vaccinations only will be used at the Measham hub this Saturday (March 27).

Thanks to the huge number of people who read our stories and have listed their services on our online newspaper over the past year.

Ashby Nub News, just 16 months old, currently averaging 50,000 page visits a month and last week alone, the figure was more than 20,000. Already this year, we have had 180,000 page views. That puts us on course for at least 750,000 views in 2021 - particular as lockdown measures ease and events return to the local calendar.