News in Ashby

Leicestershire County Council cabinet will be updated next week on how coronavirus-hit community-managed libraries - including Measham - are being supported.

Members will discuss a report which confirms an additional one-off £58,000 grant towards each library's running costs, on top of the existing contributions which the county council is making as part of its overall financial support.

Police have received reports this morning (Thurs) about a dog running loose in Ashby and attacking pets.

A Leicestershire Police spokesman said: "We have received two calls to a report of a dog on the loose in the Malvern Crescent and Clifton Drive area of Ashby this morning.

Members of Ashby Branch Labour Party are out and about this week delivering a new Autumn Newsletter highlighting local issues in Ashby's Willesley ward.

The new Ashby Labour Rose leads on the condition of the Royal Hotel which has been deteriorating since it was closed in 2018.

A schoolgirl was offered a lift by a stranger in Measham yesterday (Weds).

The approach happened in Atherstone Road, at around 3.20pm.

Ashby MP Andrew Bridgen showed support for British food and farming on Back British Farming Day (Weds) by visiting local farmer and NFU Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland county vice chairman Joe Stanley.

The visit to Joe's farm near Ashby recognised the crucial role farmers play in producing food for the nation and caring for the countryside.

Ashby councillors have expressed concern at the prospect of traffic congestion in Nottingham Road when work starts on the proposed new Money Hill housing development.

Town councillors have been told work could begin 12 months from now.

Leicestershire Police's chief constable is warning officers will enforce the tougher social gathering restrictions if residents do not follow the Government's new 'rule of six'.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that from Monday (14 Sept) social gatherings of more than six people will be unlawful.

Social gatherings of more than six people in Ashby and beyond will be banned from Monday (14 Sept) - with some exceptions - under a tightening of Government coronavirus restrictions.

The move comes after a spike in infections has prompted concerns over a second wave.

Building work is nearing completion at a housing development in the village of Heather, where a limited number of homes remain for sale.

Bellway is building a selection of just 34 homes at Heathlands, off Swepstone Road, with 29 of the homes being provided for private sale and five as affordable housing.

Ashby motorists face a major diversion when a section of the town's Leicester Road is closed from tomorrow (Thurs).

The stretch between The Croft and Ruthyn Close is scheduled to be shut to traffic for up to two weeks to allow Network Rail to undertake infrastructure maintenance and repairs and for various highway maintenance works.