News in Ashby

Castle Medical Group in Ashby has confirmed that is contacting patients in the Over-80s age group to receive Covid vaccinations at the Measham Leisure Centre.

We reported on Friday that the Long Lane surgery in Coalville had said the North West Leicestershire jabs would be given at the Measham Hub.

The Ashby Santa Family Fun Workout raised £3,000 for local charities says the Ashby Castle Rotary Club.

Over the last five years, the Ashby Santa Fun Run & Walk has become a Christmas fixture in the calendar of residents in and around the town, with the event raising over £40,000 in this time - but it was yet another victim of the global Coronavirus pandemic in 2020.

Derbyshire Police say they will be reviewing all of the fines issued during the latest lockdown period to people driving from their homes to take exercise.

It means the two Ashby women who made national headlines for their visit to Foremark Reservoir will be contacted.

North West Leicestershire has seen coronavirus case rates rise by a massive 92 per cent over the past seven days.

It means the district's cases per 100,000 people is now 400.5.

Ashby councillor Nick Rushton has told people to 'Follow the damn rules' during lockdown.

The leader of Leicestershire County Council says it is time to stop looking for loopholes with Covid-19 infection rates set to reach their highest ever levels in Leicestershire in the coming days.

The North West Leicestershire Covid vaccination hub is to be based at Measham Leisure Centre has been given the go-ahead to begin next week.

Vaccinations are by appointment only, according to the Long Lane surgery in Coalville who confirmed on Friday afternoon that its over-80s patients were being contacted.

An Ashby woman has revealed how she and a friend were fined £200 for visiting Foremark Reservoir - and told her cup of coffee was classed as a 'picnic'.

Jessica Allen told BBC News she assumed "someone had been murdered" when she drove to the South Derbyshire attraction on Wednesday afternoon.

Local leisure operator Everyone Active has released its top home exercises to combat inactivity in North West Leicestershire following the announcement of a third national lockdown.

January is traditionally a popular month to begin a new fitness regime, but the closure of Ashby's Hood Park Leisure Centre, managed by Everyone Active in partnership with North West Leicestershire District Council, has raised concerns around physical and mental health.

North West Leicestershire councillor Terri Eynon has expressed concern about the delay in getting the coronavirus vaccine out to people in the disrtict.

And she feels there is too much concentration on 'mass vaccination centres' that look good in the media.

Police have been issuing lockdown fines to visitors to Calke Abbey today (Thursday).

They say have been clamping down on people arriving at the South Derbyshire tourist attraction from places such as Nottingham, Leicester and Burton.