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

Community Services7 July 2009Libraries and museums get more socialYou can now find and connect with libraries and museums on a range of social networking sites from Facebook to Twitter - as well as two new blogs. Leicestershire County Council has recently launched the blogs so people can easily pick up the latest news about museums and libraries online.... 09 Jul 2009 Libraries and museums get more social

Community Services20 July 2009New Online Reference LibraryHow big is the largest squid in the world? Where does the shortest man live? How do you make rubber? Why is the sky blue? Who were your ancestors?You can find the answers along with loads of other information via the Online Reference Library service at home on your computer. This new online service has been set up by Leicestershire County Council Library Services and provides a wide range of information which can be accessed at home on the internet.... 21 Jul 2009 New Online Reference Library

Community Services 24 April 2009 Oadby Library helps the internet-shy Friday 15 May is Silver Surfers Day and there will be free sessions in libraries across Leicestershire where older people (50 100+) can find out what the internet can do for them. This could include keeping in touch with friends and family across the globe to booking a holiday, doing the shopping, sharing photographs, catching up with missed TV programmes and much, much more.... 29 Apr 2009 Oadby Library helps the internet-shy

Community Services 8 June 2009 Spy Dog author visits Loughborough Library Local best selling author Andrew Cope will be coming to Loughborough Library on Thursday 18th June between 3. 45 and 4.... 10 Jun 2009 Spy Dog author visits Loughborough Library

Community Services22 October 2009Melton Library launches Community Health and Wellbeing ServicesMelton Library is launching its new Community  Health and Wellbeing Services on Monday, 9th November and is inviting people to drop in between 10am and 2pm to see what is on offer. There will be:Books and information about health and wellbeingFantastic fiction and poetry to lift your moodFree health checksFun exercise taster sessionsOpportunities to find out about free swimmingOpportunities to find out more about your local health surgeryAnd much, much more…….... 22 Oct 2009 Melton Library launches Community Health and Wellbeing Services

Loughborough academic puts spotlight on pro-anorexia in cyberspace In the same month British MPs have called for social networking websites to do more to monitor pro-anorexia groups a Loughborough University academic has published a book that investigates the subject in depth. The Medicalization of Cyberspace, co-written by Loughborough s Dr Emma Rich and Andy Miah of the University of the West of Scotland, is the first ever book to explore the relationship between digital culture and medical sociology and investigate the culture of pro-anorexia groups on the internet.... 27 Dec 2008 Loughborough academic puts spotlight on pro-anorexia in cyberspace

Community Services 23 April 2009 Loughborough Library helps the internet-shy Friday 15 May is Silver Surfers Day and there will be free sessions in libraries across Leicestershire where older people (50 100+) can find out what they can do on the internet. This could include keeping in touch with friends and family across the globe, booking a holiday, doing the shopping, sharing photographs, catching up with missed TV programmes and much, much more.... 24 Apr 2009 Loughborough Library helps the internet-shy

Community Services 24 April 2009 Oadby Library helps the internet-shy Friday 15 May is Silver Surfers Day and there will be free sessions in libraries across Leicestershire where older people (50 100+) can find out what the internet can do for them. This could include keeping in touch with friends and family across the globe to booking a holiday, doing the shopping, sharing photographs, catching up with missed TV programmes and much, much more.... 29 Apr 2009 Oadby Library helps the internet-shy

Community Services 29 April 2009 Discover the delights of cyber-life at the library Around 10 million over-50s in the UK haven t yet discovered the delights and benefits of the internet and Silver Surfers' Day aims to change that. On Friday 15 May libraries across Leicestershire will be offering free sessions for those aged 50 to 100+ years to get them started on the internet and give them an appetite for more.... 30 Apr 2009 Discover the delights of cyber-life at the library

Community Services 29 April 2009 Earl Shilton Library helps the internet shy 2009 Friday 15 May is Silver Surfers Day and there will be free events in libraries across Leicestershire where older people can find out what the internet can do for them. From keeping in touch with friends and family across the globe to booking a holiday, doing the shopping, sharing photographs, catching up with missed TV programmes and much, much more, the internet has something for everyone.... 02 May 2009 Earl Shilton Library helps the internet shy 2009

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

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

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

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

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