Loughborough

Highways, Transportation & Waste Management20 November 2009Launceston Road junction improvements beginWork on a new road layout to ease traffic congestion is starting at a key junction in Wigston next week. The £60,000 improvements to the junction of Station Road and Launceston Road include a new mini roundabout and an extension to the on-pavement cycle lane.... 21 Nov 2009 Launceston Road junction improvements begin

Highways, Transportation & Waste Management20 November 2009Accident-reducing road improvements in HinckleyWork is starting on the second phase of a £110,000 road improvement scheme to reduce accidents along a key route in Hinckley. The work on Dodwells Road and Normandy Way, which is being carried out by Leicestershire County Council, is due to start on Monday.... 21 Nov 2009 Accident-reducing road improvements in Hinckley

20 November 2009Seven schools receive. .... 21 Nov 2009 Seven schools receive £16 million revamp

University of Leicester PhD organise 'Materiality and Intangibility: Contested Zones', an event for researchers and artists working with museums... 20 Nov 2009 Interactive event to challenge views on museum culture

10th Man to walk on the moon to lecture at the University of Leicester in a filled-to-capacity public event... 20 Nov 2009 An audience with Apollo 16 Astronaut Charlie Duke

Trading Standards officers are running an undercover operation to check if traders are selling two of the most dangerous age-restricted products available to children.... 01 Aug 2008 Knives and Gas

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Butane is a killer!! is the strong message being put out to parents and retailers in the Loughborough and Charnwood area today by the Leicestershire Trading Standards Service. More young people aged 10-14 die from volatile substance abuse (VSA) than all the illegal drugs such as ecstasy and speed put together... 14 Dec 2007 Butane Kills

Community Services 1 May 2009 Stopping Sales of Cigarettes to Children A blitz on shops that illegally sell cigarettes to children is set to be launched by Leicestershire Trading Standards. The County Council s Cabinet will, at its meeting on 12 May, be asked to agree a plan of work for the Trading Standards Service to help stop children getting hold of and using cigarettes.... 02 May 2009 Stopping Sales of Cigarettes to Children

Trading standards in Leicestershire are urging retailers in Loughborough to heed the news that the law regarding the sale of tobacco products is changing this coming monday. From the 1st October 2007 it will be illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 and retailers are urged to ask for identification of anyone they suspect is under this age. ... 28 Sep 2007 Change in Tobacco sales Laws

Trading Standards have taken action against a Loughborough restaurant owner for substituting cheaper vodka for a branded one. Loughborough Magistrates heard the case in Loughborough on the 2nd July 20... 10 Jul 2007 trading standards test vodka

Police in North West Leicestershire have carried out a test purchasing operation as part of a summer crack down on alcohol fuelled anti-social behaviour. On Friday 10 August 2007 police officers visited 10 pubs in areas around Thringstone and Whitwick. They were accompanied by a 15 year old male who was told to give his true age if he was asked for his identification. Seven of the 10 pubs sold alcohol to the underage teenager. All seven members of staff who sold to the test purchaser are bei... 19 Aug 2007 7 out of 10 pubs caught out in test purchasing operation

The next time you leave a club in the early hours of the morning and head to the nearby take away shop remember that kebabs sold in Leicestershire may not be quite what they seem to be. By law a Kebab must be lamb or mutton however a recent survey by Leicestershire s Trading Standards Officers showed that they have meat from other animals in them. (beef and chicken). ... 29 Aug 2007 Kebabs not quite what they should be

Trading standards in Leicestershire are urging retailers in Loughborough to heed the news that the law regarding the sale of tobacco products is changing this coming monday. From the 1st October 2007 it will be illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 18 and retailers are urged to ask for identification of anyone they suspect is under this age. ... 28 Sep 2007 Change in Tobacco sales Laws

In the run-up to Bonfire Night the Trading Standards Service checked businesses and their premises in Loughborough, Charnwood and across the rest of the County and found fireworks displayed and stored safely as the law requires.... 29 Nov 2007 Trading Standards and Fireworks

A SERIES of free graffiti workshops could help creative youngsters avoid a brush with the law. Charnwood Community Safety Partnership, of which Charnwood Borough Council is a partner, is staging the six-week programme of graffiti workshops in three neighbourhoods to give 11 to 16-year-olds an alternative means of expression rather than daubing slogans and images on buildings throughout the Borough.... 18 Jul 2008 Graffiti Workshops in Loughborough and Charnwood

Andy Reed MP today announced the giving away of chess sets to schools. The chess sets are available for schools as part of a scheme to provide a quarter of a million chess sets into the school network. Negotiations with manufacturers and distributors means that ten sets and boards can be offered to every school in England. ... 13 Feb 2008 Loughborough MP Announces Free Chess Sets for Schools

14 motorbikes and mini-motos have been crushed after they were confiscated by police in Loughborough during a crack down on young people who drive dangerously and inconsiderately on roads, parks and public places.... 02 Jul 2008 Mini moto campaign in Loughborough is a crushing success.

Reports are coming in that Loughborough Town Centre was yesterday infiltrated by a giant robot. The robot which some eye witnesses say they saw in Market Place and Market Street at various times yesterday afternoon stood some 8ft tall, was metallic in colour, had blue glowing eyes and spoke in sound bites.... 27 May 2008 Robot in Loughborough Town Centre

Drugs testing of prisoners is to be introduced at Loughborough Police Station in a move to get offenders across the North out of crime and into treatment.... 26 Mar 2008 Drug Testing Prisoners in Loughborough

Community Services29 October 2009Leicestershire County Council reveals results of groundbreaking archaeology surveyLeicestershire County Council today held a press conference at Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre to announce the conclusion of a groundbreaking three year archaeological survey to locate the battle of Bosworth, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund grant. Battlefields Trust archaeologist, Glenn Foard, revealed an exciting collection of finds from the Battle of Bosworth of international archaeological significance.... 30 Oct 2009 Leicestershire County Council reveals results of groundbreaking archaeology survey

The popular, annual Charnwood Borough Council-organised event will open at 6pm on Wednesday, November 11th and run until Saturday, November 14th 2009.... 03 Nov 2009 Loughborough Fair

Police searching for missing man have found a bodyPolice searching for a 77 year old man from Loughborough, who has been missing since yesterday evening, have found the body of a man. Ernest Sanham from Park Road in Loughborough, was admitted to the Leicester General Hospital on Thursday 22nd October 2009 suffering from confusion.... 26 Oct 2009 Police searching for missing man have found a body

Information about being safe on Bonfire Night will be available for shoppers who visit Loughborough town centre on Wednesday.... 03 Nov 2009 Loughborough shoppers to benefit from Bonfire Night Advice

Street children in the third world and some of the most endangered animals on the planet are set to benefit from generous visitors the Great Central Railway. The award winning Leicestershire heritage line teamed up with two charities to raise money at special gala events.... 26 Oct 2009 GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY RAISES TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS FOR CHARITY

A SERIES of free graffiti workshops could help creative youngsters avoid a brush with the law. Charnwood Community Safety Partnership, of which Charnwood Borough Council is a partner, is staging the six-week programme of graffiti workshops in three neighbourhoods to give 11 to 16-year-olds an alternative means of expression rather than daubing slogans and images on buildings throughout the Borough.... 18 Jul 2008 Graffiti Workshops in Loughborough and Charnwood

Andy Reed MP today announced the giving away of chess sets to schools. The chess sets are available for schools as part of a scheme to provide a quarter of a million chess sets into the school network. Negotiations with manufacturers and distributors means that ten sets and boards can be offered to every school in England. ... 13 Feb 2008 Loughborough MP Announces Free Chess Sets for Schools

Reports are coming in that Loughborough Town Centre was yesterday infiltrated by a giant robot. The robot which some eye witnesses say they saw in Market Place and Market Street at various times yesterday afternoon stood some 8ft tall, was metallic in colour, had blue glowing eyes and spoke in sound bites.... 27 May 2008 Robot in Loughborough Town Centre

14 motorbikes and mini-motos have been crushed after they were confiscated by police in Loughborough during a crack down on young people who drive dangerously and inconsiderately on roads, parks and public places.... 02 Jul 2008 Mini moto campaign in Loughborough is a crushing success.

Radical changes to social care in Leicestershire will be outlined at a meeting next week. The County Council wants to personalise its social care and will update the Cabinet on the plans next Tuesday (29th July).... 22 Jul 2008 Radical plans to personalise social care in Leicestershire