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

University of Leicester academic explains surge in applications for American Studies degree courses following US election... 27 Apr 2009 Obama popularity 'bounces' American Studies into top choice for students

Leicester professor to argue ideas of divine liberation inspire modern-day politics at inaugural lecture... 10 Jun 2009 Let my people go

One of the first conferences to explore in an integrated way historical questions and theories of war and justice together with recent issues raised by the war on terror and the war in Iraq will take place at the University of Leicester on Monday 9th June. The Conference, War, Ethics and Justice in a Post 9/11 World is part of the conference series: Global Ethics in the 21st Century and will be run by the University s Centre for Diplomatic and International Studies.... 08 May 2008 WAR, ETHICS AND JUSTICE IN A POST 9/11 WORLD

American History expert highlights visual representation of iconic city, University of Leicester: Tuesday 6 October at 5:30pm... 02 Oct 2009 Preserving the cultural heritage of New York City

Barack Obama inspires Loughborough student s award-winning artwork A striking piece of artwork by Loughborough University Illustration student Simon Yewdall has won a national competition and is now being used in an advertising campaign for the new Ford Fiesta. In partnership with Ford, The Sunday Times Style magazine challenged its readers to create a work of art that represents the essence of here and now .... 28 Jan 2009 Barack Obama inspires Loughborough students award-winning artwork

A new book that explores the history and culture of minstrelsy in Britain has been published by a Loughborough University expert. Blackface minstrelsy is associated particularly with popular culture in the United States and Britain, and yet despite the continual two-way flow of performers, troupes and companies across the Atlantic, there is little in Britain to match the scholarship of blackface studies in the States.... 12 Mar 2008 Loughborough Author examines Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain

The time has come to address this treacherous tendency to misunderstand the place of the Holocaust. Professor Griselda Pollock will deliver the Aubrey Newman Lecture 2008 at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 6 May .... 06 May 2008 Holocaust

One of the first conferences to explore in an integrated way historical questions and theories of war and justice together with recent issues raised by the war on terror and the war in Iraq will take place at the University of Leicester on Monday 9th June. The Conference, War, Ethics and Justice in a Post 9/11 World is part of the conference series: Global Ethics in the 21st Century and will be run by the University s Centre for Diplomatic and International Studies.... 08 May 2008 WAR, ETHICS AND JUSTICE IN A POST 9/11 WORLD

New book examines Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain A new book that explores the history and culture of minstrelsy in Britain has been published by a Loughborough University expert. Blackface minstrelsy is associated particularly with popular culture in the United States and Britain, and yet despite the continual two-way flow of performers, troupes and companies across the Atlantic, there is little in Britain to match the scholarship of blackface studies in the States.... 28 Dec 2008 New book examines Blackface Minstrelsy in Britain

Local people share their views and memories of Olympic and Paralympic Games American athlete Michael Johnson s victories in Atlanta; Britain s Kelly Holmes winning double gold in Athens; and the murder of nine Israeli athletes in Munich in 1972. These are just a few of the memories, both good and bad, shared by people in Loughborough for a project undertaken by Loughborough University Library as part of the Cultural Olympiad.... 29 Dec 2008 Local people share their views and memories of Olympic and Paralympic Games

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 in partnership with local agencies is currently carrying out a review of homelessness and developing a new and updated strategy for the next five years. ... 30 Apr 2008 Charnwood Homelessness Policy

A BENEFICIAL project which helps steer at risk youngsters away from anti-social behaviour is being expanded across Charnwood ? and new volunteers are now needed.... 12 Jun 2008 Loughborough Mentoring Scheme Expanded

On Friday 25th May 2007 the town centre took on a distinctly Continental taste as le march Fran ais arrived in town. 30 stall holders and a few refridgerated lorries with French number plates arrived... 25 May 2007 French Market Comes to Loughborough

A SILEBY Sergeant has announced his pride in getting the Freedom of Entry to his own Borough. Sergeant Tom Crabbe (28) from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment, will be among the 220 soldiers that will exercise their right of Freedom of Entry to the Borough when they march through Loughborough next week (Tuesday, 19 June).... 14 Jun 2007 LOCAL SOLDIER PROUD OF FREEDOM.

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