News in Ashby

St Helen's Church is organising an Easter egg hunt for children this week - and we at Ashby Nub News are offering a £20 prize for the best design.

The people of Ashby are being asked to colour in, draw or paint - or decorate - an egg shape.

Some of Ashby's Hood Park Leisure Centre's staff are retraining as refuse collectors during the Coronavirus crisis.

North West Leicestershire District Council says that despite closing the Ashby venue - and the Hermitage Leisure Centre in Coalville - no-one has lost their jobs as a result.

Ashby MP Andrew Bridgen says Prime Minister might have delayed going into hospital because he did not want to overshadow the Queen's speech on Sunday.

Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital in London with "persistent symptoms" on Sunday evening after suffering 10 days of symptoms.

Who needs Joe Wicks when Ashby's Woodcote Primary School has Miss Longmore?

While the country is working out with celebrity instructors online, the Willowbrook Close-based school has its own version.

Crews from Ashby Station Fire Station were one of several called to assist at a large blaze at a commercial building in Melton Mowbray on Sunday.

The crews from Ashby were mobilised to the fire on St Bartholomew's Way, Melton, which started in the early hours.

A new date has been fixed for next year's Ashby 20 - and organisers have also named a charity they would like donations to go to in recognition of last month's cancelled race.

The Aldi-sponsored event had to be called off less than 48 hours before the start due the increased spread of Coronavirus.

Ashby MP Andrew Bridgen says that the UK economy is now in 'intensive care'.

And he has urged the public to follow Government guidelines and stay at home while restrictions to battle Coronavirus are in place.

Ashby Ivanhoe FC have announced a major new plan to re-structure itself as a community football club - with a view to buying their Lower Packington Road ground.

From June 1, they will become the newly-formed Ashby Ivanhoe Football Club CIC - which stands for Community Interest Company - and hope their base will become a 'community hub' for the town in line with the club's ethos.

An Ashby man who let off fireworks during the 8pm tribute to NHS workers on Thursday says he is a pyrotechnics professional with two special reasons to support emergency workers.

Andy Coker, from Atkinson Road, has responded to complaints from people who had serious concerns and said he should not have done it.

Police officers on beat duty in Ashby found four people in a car and in possession of cannabis - while also breaking the rules on social gathering during the Coronavirus crisis.

North West Leicestershire Police say the individuals were caught parked off a main road.