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A Loughborough-based animal charity is asking people to consider adopting ‘older age pooches’ (OAPs) for this weekend’s Grandparent’s Day. Dogs Trust Loughborough[1] has said since June this year, almost forty per cent of people wanting to adopt a dog …
Valencia Waste Management, formerly known as Viridor Waste Management, has been fined a total of £3 million following the deaths of two workers in separate incidents.
Michael Atkin, 63, and Mark Wheatley, 31, died following incidents in 2019 and 202…
A man has suffered a potential back injury[1] after crashing near a golf course this morning. The incident prompted the response of ambulance teams and fire crews to the scene.
The collision occurred at around 2.50am on Monday (September 11) when fire …
Michael Atkin, who was 63 at the time, and Mark Wheatley, who was 31, died following incidents in 2019 and 2020 respectively at the two separate sites, both run by Viridor at the time.
In a statement on Friday (8 September), the HSE said it investigat…
A camera has been set up in a Leicestershire town which uses artificial intelligence to catch people littering. Charnwood Borough Council[1] has announced it is piloting new technology named LitterCam in Warwick Way, Loughborough, over the next 12 week…
The mum of a Sutton Coldfield man crushed to death says she is haunted by seeing him dying under a skip as the firm responsible was fined millions. Mark Wheatley died following an incident at the Dartmoor National Park Conservation Works depot in Bovey…
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Last update: August 2023.
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Two people were taken to hospital after a lorry and car collided on the M1 on Wednesday, August 16. The smash, at around 1pm, led to a complete closure of the motorway between junctions 21A and 22.
Traffic was abruptly halted and held stationary on app…
Visitors are invited to step back in time to the 1960s at the Great Central Railway[1] next weekend. The Leicestershire attraction is holding a ‘Railways at Work Gala’, complete with the sounds, sights and atmosphere of a busy mainline railway in the 1…
Great Central Railway[1] (Nottingham[2]) Ltd (GCRN) has received a grant of £40,000 of grant that will allow it to complete a part-finished carriage[3] shed building that will accommodate four operational passenger carriages.
The £40,000 funding was gr…