A man and two children have died following a crash between a car and a lorry on the A5 near Hinckley[1]. Police were called to the A5 Watling Street near Burbage at 4.24pm on Friday afternoon to a report of a crash involving a silver BMW car and a lorr…
Road Closed signs. Tuesday May 12th 2020 (Photo: David Davies)Rugby’s motorists will have 12 road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.And two of them are expected to cause moderate delays – with drivers facing waits of b…
Angry Nuneaton train campaigners say West Midlands Railway treats passengers like ‘second citizens’. The Nuneaton, Bedworth[1] and Hinckley Rail Community Group (NBHRCG) want West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway to be forced to improve…
A developer’s second attempt to secure permission to build 80 homes in Burbage has been refused. Members of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council[1]’s planning committee rejected Redrow Homes’ request to build the homes at a meeting on Tuesday (August …
A pair of vacant factories in Hinckley town centre can be turned into new homes, councillors have ruled – with one set to be torn down. The buildings, in Wood Street, at the eastern corner of the town centre conservation area, have struggled to find te…
Nine new homes are to be built at Wyggestons Hospital. Wyggestons offers ‘affordable’ rented homes, support and care services for people aged 60 and older.
In 2019, Leicester City Council[1] gave the green light for a three-storey extension to the admi…
The A5 was closed for several hours after a lorry hit the infamous railway bridge outside of Hinckley[1] overnight. The bridge, which has resulted in a multitude of crashes and incidents over the years and was once dubbed the country’s ‘most-bashed’, w…
Patrols will be maintained around East Midlands Airport (EMA)[1] after reports of car cruising in the area – with dangerous drivers warned that their vehicles could be seized. Plane spotters had reported a series of incidents from drivers allegedly “re…
People concerned about the closure of hundreds of railway ticket offices across the country[1] have been given longer to share their views on the proposal. Five Leicestershire train stations could lose their ticket offices as part of a government plan …
Two major players in Leicestershire politics have criticised a government plan to potentially close hundreds of railway ticket offices across the country[1]. Both the Leicester city mayor and Leicestershire County Council[2] have spoken out against the…
A field in Hinckley[1] could be turned into four ‘much-needed’ pitches for the travelling community. Applicant David Winter has submitted plans to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council[2] to build a small traveller site on land adjoining Newquay Close….
Regular delays caused by lorries hitting a low bridge on the A5 in the Midlands are causing hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage to the economy, a new report suggests.
In the five years to last September, the bridge – which has been dubbed one of …
People have made their voices heard over the proposed £750 million rail freight interchange[1] on land east of Hinckley. Residents and public bodies have submitted representations to the Planning Inspectorate ahead of the next stage of the decision pro…
People have slammed proposals for a massive rail freight hub between Leicester and Hinckley[1] as a “blight on the community” and a “monstrosity” which would devastate the countryside and exacerbate traffic problems. Plans for the £750m, 440-acre Hinck…