News in Ashby

Ashby's independent shops and businesses are coming for Fiver Fest - which starts next weekend.

To show the importance of supporting our high streets, Ashby is joining with over 100 Independent High Streets across the UK, to put on very special £5 offers across two weeks in June in the Totally Local Fiver Fest.

Ashby 41 Club completed its latest climb last weekend at Staffordshire's Cheeks Point as part of a nationwide challenge.

The aim is to climb the 41 English county peaks during the National Presidency of Ashby 41 Club member Peter Good - which expires in April 2022 - he has an extra year because of Covid.

Ashby Venture Theatre has announced a new improv/acting class - but places are filling up quickly.

With lockdown measures slowly easing, the North Street-based venue says the classes are open to everyone aged 16 or more.

New proposals put forward on boundary changes could see residents of Appleby and Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe wards moved out of North West Leicestershire and into the Hinckley and Bosworth constituency.

The Boundary Commission of England has published its initial proposals for the redesigned electoral map, in an attempt to make each constituency more balanced in terms of voting numbers.

An eye test carried out at the Ashby branch of Specsavers might have saved the life of an eight-year-old boy.

When Catherine Sherriff was reminded that her son Alfie's routine eye test was due, she booked him an appointment straight away at the Market Street optician.

Donisthorpe Community Group's new rainbow benches were installed in the village over the weekend.

The new furniture is designed to provide a 'little piece of calm' - as well as remembering those affected by the Covid Pandemic.

Donisthorpe Community Group has raised £600 for a rainbow bench to be installed in the village to provide a 'little piece of calm'.

The idea came from Donisthorpe resident Peter Stewart Gale and a Just Giving Page was set up with the aim of raising £550 towards the bench.

• As half term comes to an end, Andrew Bridgen MP is urging constituents to take a Covid test before returning to the classroom

• Regular rapid testing twice a week remains the best way to find asymptomatic cases of Covid-19

Ashby could become a Business Improvement District this summer - in a move which would see £1million invested in the town over a five-year period and a number of fresh initiatives introduced.

A ballot will be held among Ashby's businesses next month - with the result announced on July 30.

Dave Burton has been an On-Call Firefighter with Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service's Ashby Station for more than three years now - but he never imagined that his job would lead him to volunteer for the ambulance service in the midst of a global pandemic.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, the National Health Service has been under immense pressure.