News in Ashby

The more than 800-year long Ashby Statutes tradition is being kept alive this year despite the cancellation of the popular annual fair due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Pat Collins Funfair, North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) and Ashby de la Zouch Town Council mutually agreed last month that the event could not safely go ahead on safety grounds.

Year six students at Ashby's Woodcote Primary School are self-isolating after a pupil has tested positive for coronavirus.

Headteacher Suzanne Jones notified all parents today that the Willowbrook Close school had been advised of the confirmed case by Public Health England.

Ashby residents living with dementia - and their families - are being invited to take part in a relaunched pilot project designed to provide greater support in the home.

Leicestershire County Council in partnership with five district councils - including North West Leicestershire District Council - is looking for around 50 people with dementia from across the county, who live with a family member or an unpaid carer, to help test a new assistive technology system.

Detectives are still appealing for information and dashcam footage after a driver rammed a police car twice in Ashby before speeding off - narrowly missing hitting an officer.

The incident happened in Moira Road, shortly before 9pm on Thursday, 10 September.

Asda is to trial a new fresh food and essentials concept store at Ashby's Flagstaff Services.

It will be one of just three 'Asda On the Move' convenience shops to be launched at EG Group fuel station forecourts in the UK - all in the Midlands.

More than 20 employers will be offering opportunities at a critical time at North West Leicestershire's first ever virtual job fair.

With businesses and employment impacted by Covid-19, the job fair will shine a light on the opportunities available across the district, interactively allowing jobseekers to explore these opportunities and make contact with employers.

Two people 'walked away' from a car that crashed into a ditch in Packington this morning (Wednesday).

The incident occurred in Heather Lane and fire crews from both Ashby and Coalville attended.

Police are investigating a report that a man approached a young boy in Ashby town centre and asked him to get into his van.

The incident is thought to have happened on Monday afternoon in Market Street, near to the market. It was then reported by the boy's parent.

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed Parliament today (Tuesday) to introduce stricter lockdown rules which could be in place for six months.

He has been forced to take action after hospital admissions more than doubled in the past fortnight - with Britain has reached a 'perilous turning point' as in France and Spain.