A local bus service faces being axed in February. The 159 service between Hinckley and Coalville that also serves Newbold Verdon, Barlestone, Market Bosworth and many other local villages, is run by Roberts Coaches and receives a subsidy from Leicestershire County Counciil. The Coach company have announced they are ending the service after Conservatives Councillors withdrew funding.
Potential heart attack and stroke victims in West Leicestershire waiting an average of 50 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, shocking new figures have revealed.
Leicestershire's Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to bring in an emergency ban on banks repossessing people's homes over the Christmas period.
Speaking at Leicestershire County Council Leader of the Liberal Democrat opposition Councillor Michael Mullaney said:
A Hinckley County Councillor has called for a vital local bus route serving the town and many local villages to be maintained.
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Councillors unanimously backed a motion calling for employed unpaid Carers to be given a right to unpaid leave from work.