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

Youngsters from four schools took part in the finals of the North West Leicestershire section of an interactive Road Safety Quiz last week. The quiz is run annually by the County Councils Road Safety and Travel Awareness Team and this years final was held at Packington Village Hall, a neutral venue for the four teams who got the highest scores in the area.... 12 Feb 2008 Good score for schools in Road Safety Quiz

Learning Traffic Safety is something that is an important part of growing up. Efforts are being made to ensure that Children in Loughborough, and elsewhere in the County, learn about Road Safety.... 22 Jun 2007 Primary Schools Receive a Big Book

Highways, Transportation & Waste Management 10 March 2009 Playing it safe in road safety quiz Youngsters from 25 schools have taken part in the area finals of the Leicestershire Road Safety Quiz. Over 9,000 children from local schools have taken part in the qualifying rounds which have been held around the county since last November.... 12 Mar 2009 Playing it safe in road safety quiz

- Photo opportunity - Primary school pupils in the Loughborough area will be brightening up this winter as part of a major road safety campaign. More than 2,000 high-visibility vests have been donated to Leicestershire schools by technology company, 3M, which has its UK headquarters for health care at Loughborough.... 04 Nov 2008 Pupils brighten up to stay safe

Highways, Transportation & Waste Management20 July 2009Road safety measures for the Richmond Road areaNew safety features around Richmond Road and Tudor Road, Hinckley, have been installed as part of the County Councils bid to improve conditions for pedestrians in the area. The road and path improvements, costing 108,000, include parking lay-bys and new pedestrian crossing points on Tudor Road and Richmond Road, some of which have been placed near the entrance to Richmond Park.... 21 Jul 2009 Road safety measures for the Richmond Road area

Learning Traffic Safety is something that is an important part of growing up. Efforts are being made to ensure that Children in Loughborough, and elsewhere in the County, learn about Road Safety.... 22 Jun 2007 Primary Schools Receive a Big Book

Young people are being encouraged to go wild and explore the natural world with the wildlife pack Wild About this summer.... 10 Jul 2007 go wild and explore the natural world

Today (15 October 2007) saw the start of operation Sentinel, a multiagency partnership aimed to improve the environment in which they live and also to tackle crime, including robbery, burglary and antisocial behaviour. The focus of the action this week is the Storer Road area of Loughborough.... 15 Oct 2007 Operation Sentinel

Youngsters from four schools took part in the finals of the North West Leicestershire section of an interactive Road Safety Quiz last week. The quiz is run annually by the County Councils Road Safety and Travel Awareness Team and this years final was held at Packington Village Hall, a neutral venue for the four teams who got the highest scores in the area.... 12 Feb 2008 Good score for schools in Road Safety Quiz

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

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.

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

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