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

THE Mayor of Charnwood has taken the right path to strengthen friendship links with Loughborough?s twin town of Zamosc.... 08 Jul 2008 Mayors visit to Loughboroughs twin town of Zamosc

A NEW Borough-wide twinning association is to meet for the first time next week. The Charnwood Twinning Association has been formed to help co-ordinate twinning activities in the area.... 12 May 2009 New Twinning Group Set for First Meeting

Press Release: Cllr. Mike Preston will be undertaking his first official visit in his new role as Leader of Charnwood Borough Council to Taylor s Bell Foundry in Loughborough on Thursday 11 June.... 10 Jun 2009 Council Leader's Visit to the Bell Foundary

Braving the damp weather yesterday (17th May 2008) visitors to Loughborough had plenty to entertain them.... 18 May 2008 Loughborough Picnic in the Park

A FANTASTIC opportunity to sample the culture of Loughborough s twin town during a three-and-a-half-week study scholarship is up for grabs.... 14 Apr 2009 SchwBisch Hall Scholarship Up for Grabs

The Pub Watch scheme in Loughborough is helping to make the town a safe place to go out according to police and Pub Watch members. 47 of the 48 pubs and clubs in the town are members of the scheme which has been running for five years. All of them are linked by a retail radio system which is monitored by the police and the towns CCTV operators. Licensees and door staff use the radios to share information about people who are drunk or causing problems and they have adopted a policy that if a ... 18 Aug 2007 Popular Pub Watch scheme in Loughborough proves its worth

The 780th November fair is coming to Loughborough and the news is that charnwood Borough Council have a good time lined up.... 01 Nov 2007 Loughborough Fair - Official Opening

LOUGHBOROUGH Fair has been coming to town since 1221 and with more technical and exciting additions to the fun every year Charnwood Borough Council has to put in plenty of work behind the scenes. The famous Sock Man sculpture and the Fountain monument in the town centre are among the first things to be protected from the heavy lorries by placing them in protective boxes.... 05 Nov 2007 Sockman hoarded up today

In true civic style the Mayor of Charnwood was led into the Market Place in Loughborough this evening as hundreds of onlookers watched. Speaking from the steps of the Wurlitzer he read from scrolls containing the Charters that allow the Borough hold a fair, and then to great applause from the croud he declared the 780th 2007 November fair open.... 07 Nov 2007 Mayor Officially Opens Fair

THIS FRIDAY (14 December 2007) will see Loughboroughs Market Place transformed into a Christmas wonderland as the biggest festive and French market arrives in town, welcomed by local stars on stage.... 11 Dec 2007 French Market Comes to Loughborough

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

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

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