By The View, North West Leicestershire IMPROVEMENTS to bus services in North West Leicestershire will begin this Saturday. There is a new service linking Coalville to Leicester. The LC13 provides links between Leicester, Groby Road, Groby, Ratby Markfield Road, Botcheston, Merry Lees, Thornton, Bagworth, Ellistown, Hugglescote and Coalville. Some journeys
By The View, Ashby THE ASHBY office of a leading property consultancy has announced 23 promotions after what it says has been another successful year. Fisher German has promoted Scott O’Dell from the planning team and Matthew Pocock who works within the rural property management and minerals teams to
By The View, Ashby NORTH West Leicestershire Police have issued a thank-you after the organisation for last Sunday’s Ashby 20 race ran as planned. The annual race attracted around 1,500 runners for the popular event, which extends to a large area around Ashby. But police made it
By The View, Swadlincote THE Post Office has agreed to relocate Swadlincote Post Office to a nearby shop in the town. It will be based at Bonkers, 43C High Street, DE11 8JE. The existing postmaster wants to move the current Post Office at 8, Midland Road, into bigger town centre
By The View - Melbourne MELBOURNE Hall Gardens will be hosting The Lord Chamberlain's Men this summer as they present Othello - Shakespeare's tale of blind jealousy. On July 9, you will be able to see it performed how William Shakespeare first saw it. The Lord Chamberlain’s
By The View - Coalville CONSTRUCTION is underway on a major new £42 million housing development in Coalville by Lovell Homes. Initial groundworks have begun at the developer’s Swinfen Vale development on Beveridge Lane, Ellistown, marking a significant milestone in the ongoing regeneration of South East Coalville. The 10.4-
By The View - Coalville CASTLE Rock School in Coalville is celebrating after achieving an 'excellent' report in its latest Ofsted inspection - marking an impressive turnaround from an 'Inadequate' judgement four and a half years ago. In the report, inspectors praised the school for its “rapid journey
By The View - North West Leicestershire THE North West Leicestershire School Sports Partnership (NWLSSP) is celebrating its 20th anniversary, marking two decades of collaborative work to improve PE, school sport and physical activity opportunities for young people across the district. Part of a national initiative to create School Sport Partnerships,
By The View - Swadlincote UP-AND-COMING athletes in South Derbyshire are being given the chance to take their sporting careers to the next level with Everyone Active's Sporting Champions scheme. Relaunching this month and celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, the renowned programme empowers aspiring athletes to
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