News in Ashby

Ashby School has issued a coronavirus update confirming positive tests from a 'small number of students' - and says it has serious consequences as 'between 20 and 60' must self-isolate for 14 days for every case.

Head teacher Geoff Staniforth wrote to parents again this week and says keeping the spread of the virus to a minimum means 'difficult times'.

Ashby United Community Football Club are supporting this year's Rainbow Laces campaign which will take place from November 26-December 13 - with the focus day being Wednesday, December 9.

An Ashby United committee member has donated a pair of laces for every player and coach to wear in their boots during this period to help show their support for making sport a game for everyone - especially supporting those from an LGBT+ background.

North West Leicestershire District Council is playing a key role in a new perpetrator programme that tackles domestic abuse.

It is being rolled out across Leicestershire after the county successfully bid for more than £240,000 from the Home Office to expand specialist provision for perpetrators of domestic abuse to help change their violent behaviour.

Two drugs raids were carried out in the Coalville Neighbourhood Policing Area last week - in Moira and Ibstock.

Leicestershire Police posted a You Tube video (above) showing the two moments police entered the properties.

Vitalize Physiotherapy says it plans to return to its Ashby base once the current lockdown is over.

The company has been working from its clinic in Swadlincote during this month.

Ashby traders are setting up a virtual Christmas Market with coronavirus restrictions still looking like they will still be in place over the festive season.

The Ashby Town Centre Committee have taken the decision to go online this year with a national lockdown in place until at December 2.

A public consultation on joint plans to change the age range at schools in the Ashby and Ibstock area have from August 2022 has a month left to run.

They have announced plans to join LiFE Multi Academy Trust (MAT) which would see Ashby School cater for pupils in the 11-18 age range and Ibstock Community College and Ivanhoe College becoming 11-16 secondary schools.

•Leicestershire to receive an extra £900,000 to boost cycling and walking infrastructure

•The Active Travel Fund is designed to create safe space for cycling and walking

Road works affecting the area around Smisby Road in Ashby over the next month have been confirmed by Leicestershire County Council.

In all, there will four separate weeks of closures in the run-up to Christmas.

Leicestershire's buses are the worst in the country for arriving on time.

New data published by the Department for Transport (DfT) shows that bus services in the Leicestershire County Council area - including Ashby and Coalville - arrived late for 37 per cent of their scheduled stops in 2018/19, which are the latest figures available.