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 Big Knitting Group invites you to join in with this years big knitting challenge - Knitting a Picnic!... 06 Apr 2008 Charnwood Picnic Knitting

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

10 September 2009Learning opportunities for adults with learning disabilitiesLeicestershire Adult Learning Service offers a range of courses for young people and adults with learning disabilities who are over the age of 19. These courses take place in a variety of settings across the county, in both the daytime and the evening, and are for preparation for life and work.... 10 Sep 2009 Learning opportunities for adults with learning disabilities

Community Services 29 May 2009 Celebrate Local History Week with Oadby Library Historian Martin Sharp will be leading an informative and nostaligic walk around old Oadby as part of Local History Week. The event will take place on Tuesday, June 9th between 7pm and 9pm.... 30 May 2009 Celebrate Local History Week with Oadby Library

Community Services 5 June 2009 Local children s author Rose Impey to visit Oadby Library A highly regarded and well known local children s author and story teller is to visit Oadby Library. Rose Impey will be making an appearance at 4pm on Monday, 22nd June.... 06 Jun 2009 Local children’s author Rose Impey to visit Oadby Library

The Big Knitting Group invites you to join in with this years big knitting challenge - Knitting a Picnic!... 06 Apr 2008 Charnwood Picnic Knitting

There are a couple events coming up at the library in Loughborough shortly. Discover the delights of cyber-life at the library.... 14 May 2008 Loughborough Library

Community Services 19 December 2008 Loughborough Librarys annual childrens Christmas party Photo Opportunity: Loughborough Library is to hold its annual Christmas party for children aged 0-5 years at 10 am on Tuesday 23rd December 2008. There will also be a wriggly readers session for the youngsters to take part in.... 04 Jan 2009 Loughborough Librarys annual childrens Christmas party

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 Win a GoLearn course Leicestershire Library Services and Leicestershire Adult Learning Service will be celebrating Adult Learners Week from 9 to 15 May by giving everyone the chance to win a free course from the 2009/10 GoLearn programme of learning opportunities for adults. The prize winner will be able to choose from a wide range of computing, languages, arts and crafts, health and fitness or general interest courses in venues right across the County.... 30 Apr 2009 Win a GoLearn course

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

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

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