News in Ashby

An Ashby woman has revealed how she and a friend were fined £200 for visiting Foremark Reservoir - and told her cup of coffee was classed as a 'picnic'.

Jessica Allen told BBC News she assumed "someone had been murdered" when she drove to the South Derbyshire attraction on Wednesday afternoon.

Local leisure operator Everyone Active has released its top home exercises to combat inactivity in North West Leicestershire following the announcement of a third national lockdown.

January is traditionally a popular month to begin a new fitness regime, but the closure of Ashby's Hood Park Leisure Centre, managed by Everyone Active in partnership with North West Leicestershire District Council, has raised concerns around physical and mental health.

North West Leicestershire councillor Terri Eynon has expressed concern about the delay in getting the coronavirus vaccine out to people in the disrtict.

And she feels there is too much concentration on 'mass vaccination centres' that look good in the media.

Police have been issuing lockdown fines to visitors to Calke Abbey today (Thursday).

They say have been clamping down on people arriving at the South Derbyshire tourist attraction from places such as Nottingham, Leicester and Burton.

Donations for Ashby Trussell Trust Foodbank are being accepted outside Blackfordby Old School Room between 10am and 2pm on Saturday, January 9.

Organisers say a volunteer will be sitting in a clearly designated car and accepting any donations in an appropriately socially distanced manner.

The G-Park complex planned for the outskirts of Ashby is set to be given the go-ahead next week by North West Leicestershire District Council - but there is strong opposition from key figures and organisations in the town.

And the development has been described as a 'monstrous ugly building'.

If you are thinking of popping into the McDonald's at Flagstaff Services in Ashby for a walk-in takeaway - don't.

The fast food chain has announced that all its 1,300 restaurants across the country have been closed for walk-in takeaways.

A new housing development in Ashby is fast becoming a hotspot for first-time buyers looking for an affordable place to find their first home.

Bellway West Midlands' Ashtree Gardens, which is being built off Burton Road, comprises 114 two, three, four and five-bedroom properties for private sale.

The Campaign To Reopen The Ivanhoe Line is preparing to submit its next step in the Restoring Your Railways process at the end of January.

The group is working hard to continue its work with Network Rail and the Department for Transport despite the sad death of chairman Geoff Bushell two months ago.

Around half the Covid-19 infections currently being confirmed in Leicestershire every day are the more infectious mutant strain of the virus, according to the county's top public health boss.

Mike Sandys, Leicestershire's director of public health, said today (Tuesday) that the new strain has already moved into the Midlands from the south east of the country and is likely to be behind the recent spike in cases confirmed each day.