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

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

5 June 2009 Have your say on the future of education in Loughborough, Quorn and Barrow The County Council will begin a major consultation exercise next week to seek views on how around 80 million of Government Building Schools for the Future (BSF) funding could be used to transform secondary education in Loughborough, Quorn and Barrow. The consultation will involve the distribution of almost 15,000 booklets to schools, parents, carers and others with an interest in schools in the area.... 06 Jun 2009 Have your say on the future of education in Loughborough, Quorn and Barrow

Cabinet Office21 July 2009Support for transforming education in Loughborough, Quorn and BarrowThe results of a major consultation exercise on the future of education in Loughborough, Quorn and Barrow show clear support for the transformation of learning in the area. Responses show the preference is to develop through secondary schools (for ages 11-19 or ages 11-16 with separate Post-16 provision) so that pupils do not have to transfer school at age 14.... 21 Jul 2009 Support for transforming education in Loughborough, Quorn and Barrow

2 July 2009Have you had your say on the future of education in Loughborough, Quorn and Barrow?There is still time for parents, pupils and local residents to take part in a major consultation exercise and help to shape the future of education in Loughborough, Quorn and Barrow. Leicestershire County Council is seeking views on how 80 million of Government Building Schools for the Future (BSF) funding could be used to transform secondary education in the area.... 04 Jul 2009 Have you had your say on the future of education in Loughborough, Quorn and Barrow?

13 July 2009Primary school success in Vale of BelvoirPrimary schools in the Vale of Belvoir have had a successful first year since expanding their age ranges. From the start of this academic year, primary schools in the area have retained pupils up to Year 6 (age 11) rather than them moving on to secondary school after Year 5.... 14 Jul 2009 Primary school success in Vale of Belvoir

County Council leader and local County Councillor today visited Limehurst High School in Loughborough to view first hand the good work undertaken by the school which has recently received high praise from Ofsted.... 05 Nov 2007 County Council Leader Visits Limehurst High School

Belvoir High School in Bottesford and Loughborough University are working together in a ground-breaking initiative to improve the quality of trainee science teachers. Loughborough University requested to work with Belvoir High as one of its five partner schools following the successful placements of trainee teachers at the school over a number of years.... 22 Feb 2008 Loughborough University and Belvoir High School

Each year the local Rotary Clubs hold a speaking competition for school students with a Chair, Speaker and a Proposer of the Vote of Thanks. The team winning the local heat progressing to a District (Northampton to Nottingham) semi final and then final with the best two teams then going even further towards a National Final.... 04 Mar 2008 Rotary Club of Loughborough Beacon

Conservative Shadow Schools Minister, Nick Gibb MP, and prospective Conservative MP for Loughborough, Nicky Morgan, visited two local schools earlier this week in order to assist the Shadow Education Team to understand the issues facing our schools as well as seeing some of the successes.... 18 Apr 2008 Humphrey Perkins High School and Loughborough C of E Primary School host visits

Young cyclists have celebrated the end of their road safety course with a ride through Charnwood Forest, to the village of Woodhouse.... 16 Jul 2008 Village ride for cycling students from 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.

Dr Eleanor Milne to speak about this timely work on Thursday 19 November at the University of Leicester ... 20 Nov 2009 The Carbon Benefits Project

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

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