Loughborough

Chief Executive's4 November 2009Get involved in Markfield, Ratby and Groby community projectsMarkfield, Ratby and Groby residents can pick up the latest news and help choose how £20,000 will boost their local area at an interactive meeting. At a Dragons' Den-style workshop held earlier this autumn, people pitched ideas for community projects which would benefit from a share of the money, voted for their favourite and compiled a shortlist.... 04 Nov 2009 Get involved in Markfield, Ratby and Groby community projects

Andy Reed supports the drive by Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) to let workers know their rights... 04 Nov 2009 Reed Supports Campaign on Pay and Work Rights

Young people in Leicestershire achieved Bronze and Silver Arts Award this year and are now starting their journey towards a gold award.... 03 Nov 2009 Councillor for Culture at Charnwood Borough Council presents Arts Award

A man who dumped bags of garden waste on the roadside has been ordered to pay out more than 300 by magistrates. Keith Sweeney (52) of Ashleigh Road, Leicester, admitted to flytipping in Loughborough Road, Rothley, on June 11. ... 03 Nov 2009 Flytipper fined after dumping garden waste

A series of roadshows aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour and improving community safety have proved popular with Charnwood residents.... 03 Nov 2009 ASB roadshows prove popular

24 August 2009Students Rack Up Record ResultsLeicestershire's young people are celebrating after notching-up record post-16 results. The figures, which are provisional at this stage, look set to be the County's best ever and show that most schools have reported rises.... 24 Aug 2009 Students Rack Up Record Results

18 August 2009Good luck message for post-16 studentsYoung people in Leicestershire awaiting their exam results are being wished the best of luck. Over 3,000 students will collect the results of post-16 qualifications this Thursday (20th August).... 18 Aug 2009 Good luck message for post-16 students

1 September 2009Record breaking GCSE results for LeicestershireIts been a record breaking year for Leicestershire after youngsters collected the countys best GCSE results ever. For the first time in the county, provisional results have revealed that more than two thirds of pupils (67.... 01 Sep 2009 Record breaking GCSE results for Leicestershire

4 August 2009Top class results for Leicestershire's 11 year oldsNew figures reveal that Leicestershire's 11-year-olds remain in the top third across the country. Key stage two results published today show that county pupils still rank above the national average and continue previous years' successes.... 04 Aug 2009 Top class results for Leicestershire's 11 year olds

Cabinet Office3 November 2009Cabinet to consider new new way forward for County schoolThe County Council’s Cabinet will be asked to consider consulting on a new way forward for a Leicestershire school at its meeting on November 10th. Cabinet members will decide whether to launch a six week consultation exercise about King Edward VII School in Melton.... 03 Nov 2009 Cabinet to consider new new way forward for County school

Finalist for outstanding new teacher award. Natalie Slote from De Lisle Catholic Science College in Loughborough has been shortlisted for the East Midlands 2007 Teaching Awards. ... 13 Jun 2007 Finalist for outstanding new teacher award.Finalist for outstanding new teacher award.

This morning (1st October 2007) Burleigh College in Loughborough opened its doors to visitors, parents and prospective students. Burleigh is currently celebrating the news of a superb improvement in the examination results and the level of improvement was the highest in the county.... 01 Oct 2007 Burleigh College Open Day

Hind Leys Community College in Shepshed will be given Specialist Arts status on Friday and is among 87 schools being designated to operate as specialist schools from September, taking the total number of specialist schools to 2886 (88% of all eligible state secondaries). ... 01 Feb 2008 Hind Leys Community College

Eric Goodyer, Labours Prospective Parliamentary candidate for Charnwood, has welcomed new figures published this week showing that record numbers of young people in Leicestershire are staying on in full-time education at 16.... 25 Jun 2008 More 16 & 17 years staying at at school than ever before

Cabinet Office 7 November 2008 Multi-million pound bid to boost schools Schools across Leicestershire could receive a multi-million pound revamp, after the Government invited the County Council to bid for cash. Loughborough and Quorn could be first in line for a 80 million revamp, followed by Hinckley and Earl Shilton and North West Leicestershire and Shepshed.... 30 Dec 2008 Multi-million pound bid to boost schools

What has to be one of the best firework displays in the county is being held at Loughborough University tonight.... 03 Nov 2007 Loughborough Firework Display

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

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

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

Charnwood Borough Council is embarking on an expanded CCTV scheme where funding is uncertain, the usefullness in preventing crime is questionable and there maybe alternatives to the erosion in privacy it will cause.... 02 Apr 2008 Charnwood CCTV Concerns

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

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

Coin scam in LoughboroughPolice in Loughborough are hoping the general public will help them solve two crimes which involved large quantities of commemorative coins. The suspect has been selling Charles and Diana Royal Wedding coins to vulnerable elderly people at a retirement complex on Craddock Street in Loughborough.... 21 Oct 2009 Coin scam in Loughborough

9 October 2009Celebrations as young people's achievements are rewarded!Over 200 young people from Leicestershire were praised for their achievements in obtaining their Duke of Edinburgh Awards.  A special presentation evening in honour of all involved took place last month (20th September) at the Sketchley Grange Hotel in Burbage, Hinckley.... 09 Oct 2009 Celebrations as young people's achievements are rewarded!

CNH today successfully sought and gained an Anti Social Behaviour Injunction against Pauline Smith of 16 Pinfold Gardens, Loughborough. ... 21 Oct 2009 Anti Social Behaviour Injunction Served Against Loughborough Resident

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