Leicestershire

Fatal road traffic collision on Melton Road Officers from the force s Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collision on Melton Road. The collision occurred at around 7.... 08 Jun 2009 Fatal road traffic collision on Melton Road

Appeal following graffiti incident in Leicester Police in Leicester are appealing for witnesses after an incident of graffiti. The incidents happened at around 7pm on Saturday May 30, 2009 when a resident of a house heard a noise outside her front door on Pindar Road.... 08 Jun 2009 Appeal following graffiti incident in Leicester

Witness appeal following serious collision in Netherhall Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision on Ivychurch Crescent in Netherhall. The incident happened at about 9.... 08 Jun 2009 Witness appeal following serious collision in Netherhall

Missing girl returns home safe and well Officers investigating the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl have confirmed she has returned safe and well. Sarah Dunn was reported missing from home on Monday May 25.... 08 Jun 2009 Missing girl returns home safe and well

National Tackling Drugs Week (8-12 June, 2009) launched Tackling Drugs Changing Lives that s the message behind the national campaign which the police and Community Safety Partnerships across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are taking part in. The work Leicestershire police and their partners do to tackle drugs, reduce drug related crime and educate people about the effects of drugs will be highlighted during the National Tackling Drugs Week (8-12 June, 2009).... 08 Jun 2009 National Tackling Drugs Week (8-12 June, 2009) launched

Community Services 4 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.... 06 Jun 2009 Spy Dog author visits Loughborough Library

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 24 February 2009 Children s Author at Blaby Library Blaby s children are in for a real treat this April as local author, Pippa Goodhart, is holding a story telling session at Blaby Library. Pippa is renowned for her fanastic children s sessions and will be reading from some of her many published works.... 25 Feb 2009 Children’s Author at Blaby Library

Community Services 4 February 2009 Minister opens 1 million library A 1 million state-of-the-art library, offering wireless internet access, an area for teenagers and CD listening posts, was officially opened today by the Minister for Culture, Barbara Follett (February 4). Leicestershire County Council s Oadby library has proved to be a big success since it opened in November, with around 100 visitors per hour and around 1,000 new members in two months.... 05 Feb 2009 Minister opens £1 million library

Community Services 11 May 2009 Leicestershire libraries continue to improve It s been a record year for Leicestershire s libraries, new figures revealed today. The County Council s library service says that: The number of visitors in 2008/9 has risen by 13 per cent, to 3,853,867 Issues of books rose by over three per cent in the year to March, the fifth year of continual increases 10,000 positive comments were made about the staff More than 50% of the population used the service last year More people than ever joined the libraryMargaret Bellamy, Head of Library Services, said: I m delighted that people are recognising all that the service can offer and making our libraries a success.... 11 May 2009 Leicestershire libraries continue to improve

The Oadby neighbourhood beat team will now be holding their surgeries in the Oadby Library, from January 6, 2009.... 24 Dec 2008 Oadby change venue for their surgeries

Community Services 3 November 2008 New library opens in Oadby A state of the art new 1 million library is about to open to the public in The Parade in Oadby. It is the 10th new library to be built by Leicestershire County Council and will be open for business from 9.... 26 Dec 2008 New library opens in Oadby

Community Services6 January 2009Family win Wii in library storywriting competitionA family (The Johnston family) from Braunstone Town are celebrating winning a Nintendo Wii . The prize was awarded to the family for creating their own version of a traditional story for Telling Tales, a story writing competition run by Leicestershire Library Services for the Family Learning Festival that took place in October.... 07 Jan 2009 Family win Wii in library storywriting competition

Community Services 6 January 2009 Family win Wii in library storywriting competition A family (The Johnston family) from Braunstone Town are celebrating winning a Nintendo Wii . The prize was awarded to the family for creating their own version of a traditional story for Telling Tales, a story writing competition run by Leicestershire Library Services for the Family Learning Festival that took place in October.... 08 Jan 2009 Family win Wii in library storywriting competition

Community Services 19 January 2009 Children can pick first county book prize Children can now vote for their favourite book and the winner of the first-ever Leicestershire Children s Book Prize. Children in Leicestershire have been busy reading and choosing their favourite books over the past three months, and a shortlist of six has been announced.... 20 Jan 2009 Children can pick first county book prize

Leicestershire Constabulary are investigating a second fatal collision on the M1 northbound. The first collision happened at around 8.... 12 Nov 2008 Second collision on M1 northbound

Leicester men guilty of smuggling 36m of cannabis Anjam Nazir, Mohinder Singh, Baljinder Singh Three men from Leicester have pleaded guilty to their part in one of the country s biggest Cannabis smuggling operations. Leicestershire Constabulary is now able to provide details about the 36m drugs investigation following the conclusion of the trial at Winchester Crown Court today (Tuesday June 2).... 02 Jun 2009 Leicester men guilty of smuggling 36m of cannabis

Volunteers are being sought to take part in a new study at the University of Leicester which will have important implications for forensic research. Participants are required to spend just 30 minutes undertaking memory tasks and questionnaires which will help to shed new light on the relationship between personality, the experience of life adversity, and eye-witness memory.... 23 May 2008 Forensic Psychology

Fatal road traffic collision on Melton Road Officers from the force s Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collision on Melton Road. The collision occurred at around 7.... 08 Jun 2009 Fatal road traffic collision on Melton Road

Missing girl returns home safe and well Officers investigating the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl have confirmed she has returned safe and well. Sarah Dunn was reported missing from home on Monday May 25.... 08 Jun 2009 Missing girl returns home safe and well

Leicestershire Constabulary are investigating a second fatal collision on the M1 northbound. The first collision happened at around 8.... 12 Nov 2008 Second collision on M1 northbound

Leicester men guilty of smuggling 36m of cannabis Anjam Nazir, Mohinder Singh, Baljinder Singh Three men from Leicester have pleaded guilty to their part in one of the country s biggest Cannabis smuggling operations. Leicestershire Constabulary is now able to provide details about the 36m drugs investigation following the conclusion of the trial at Winchester Crown Court today (Tuesday June 2).... 02 Jun 2009 Leicester men guilty of smuggling 36m of cannabis

Volunteers are being sought to take part in a new study at the University of Leicester which will have important implications for forensic research. Participants are required to spend just 30 minutes undertaking memory tasks and questionnaires which will help to shed new light on the relationship between personality, the experience of life adversity, and eye-witness memory.... 23 May 2008 Forensic Psychology

Fatal road traffic collision on Melton Road Officers from the force s Serious Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collision on Melton Road. The collision occurred at around 7.... 08 Jun 2009 Fatal road traffic collision on Melton Road

Missing girl returns home safe and well Officers investigating the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl have confirmed she has returned safe and well. Sarah Dunn was reported missing from home on Monday May 25.... 08 Jun 2009 Missing girl returns home safe and well

Appeal following graffiti incident in Leicester Police in Leicester are appealing for witnesses after an incident of graffiti. The incidents happened at around 7pm on Saturday May 30, 2009 when a resident of a house heard a noise outside her front door on Pindar Road.... 08 Jun 2009 Appeal following graffiti incident in Leicester

Witness appeal following serious collision in Netherhall Police are appealing for witnesses following a serious road traffic collision on Ivychurch Crescent in Netherhall. The incident happened at about 9.... 08 Jun 2009 Witness appeal following serious collision in Netherhall

National Tackling Drugs Week (8-12 June, 2009) launched Tackling Drugs Changing Lives that s the message behind the national campaign which the police and Community Safety Partnerships across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are taking part in. The work Leicestershire police and their partners do to tackle drugs, reduce drug related crime and educate people about the effects of drugs will be highlighted during the National Tackling Drugs Week (8-12 June, 2009).... 08 Jun 2009 National Tackling Drugs Week (8-12 June, 2009) launched

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

University of Leicester astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to peer across 7.5 billions light-years, halfway back to the big bang, to photograph the fading optical counterpart of a powerful gamma-ray burst.... 11 Apr 2008 HUBBLE PINPOINTS VISIBLE GLOW OF BRIGHTEST GAMMA RAY BURST