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

Loughborough says YES to engineering enterprise Loughborough University is encouraging enterprise among postgraduate research students and postdoctorial research staff through the 2009 Engineering Young Entrepreneurs Scheme (YES). Engineering YES, which is being run in conjunction with Nottingham University and the Rotary Club of Loughborough Beacon, will take place at the Novotel Hotel in Long Eaton from 14 17 June.... 11 Jun 2009 Loughborough says YES to engineering enterprise

LEGO final comes to Loughborough Engineers of the future will be showcased at Loughborough University this Saturday (24 January) when the UK Finals of the First LEGO League are held on campus. The competition will involve 24 teams from across the UK who have all battled through regional heats to get to the showpiece event this weekend.... 20 Jan 2009 LEGO final comes to Loughborough

Student entrepreneurs reveal winning business ideas Three enterprising students have been awarded cash prizes to develop their innovative business ideas, after winning a student business plan competition. The annual competition organised by Loughborough University s Enterprise Office aims to encourage and support students in the area of small business planning.... 29 Dec 2008 Student entrepreneurs reveal winning business ideas

On Tuesday 11th March 2008 at the National Space Centre in Leicester teenagers from eight schools in the East Midlands will put their consumer knowledge to the test when they take part in the regional finals of the Young Consumer of the Year Competition and the Consumer Challenge Quiz.... 07 Mar 2008 Trading Standards Competition for Loughborough School

University welcomes new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise Loughborough University has appointed Professor Phill Dickens as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise to lead the University s core strategies of building on its knowledge transfer achievements and exploiting its intellectual assets. He will also be instrumental in maximising the scope for innovation and creativity in the expansion of the university s enterprise activity.... 22 Jan 2009 University welcomes new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise

Three talented Loughborough University students have been awarded cash prizes after winning a competition for producing innovative product designs.... 23 Jun 2007 Innovation prizes awarded to student designers

Representatives from Loughborough University, BAE Systems and the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) recently gathered at the campus to celebrate five years of successful partnership.... 05 Dec 2007 Loughborough University and EMDA

On Tuesday 11th March 2008 at the National Space Centre in Leicester teenagers from eight schools in the East Midlands will put their consumer knowledge to the test when they take part in the regional finals of the Young Consumer of the Year Competition and the Consumer Challenge Quiz.... 07 Mar 2008 Trading Standards Competition for Loughborough School

Church Hill Junior School won gold at a Badminton Festival hosted by Loughborough University earlier this month. The University welcomed tens of aspiring young badminton players onto campus for the annual event, which is now in its fourth year. ... 18 Mar 2008 Church Hill School take Badminton title at University event

Three enterprising students have been awarded cash prizes to develop their innovative business ideas, after winning a student business plan competition.... 24 Jun 2008 Loughborough entrepreneurs reveal winning business ideas

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