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Residents and businesses are being invited to have their say on a masterplan that will guide the development of land South of Station Road in Market Bosworth.

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council is reintroducing free parking in five town centre car parks on Saturdays in the run up to Christmas.

Community leaders are backing calls for a concerted effort to drive down coronavirus rates across Leicestershire.

Officers investigating a serious assault in Nuneaton have arrested a man.

A new purpose-built £8m mental health facility for young people in Leicestershire has this week welcomed its first inpatients.

Officers investigating an attempted robbery in Atherstone are appealing for potential witnesses to come forward.

Senior council, health and police figures across Leicestershire have made an unprecedented commitment to work together to drive down infection rates in the final days of the second coronavirus lockdown.

Seven charities in Hinckley and Bosworth have received emergency funding of more than £160,000 from the Government's £200 million Coronavirus Community Support Fund.

Twycross Zoo's youngest of eight critically endangered Black-Headed Spider monkeys, Ernie, has celebrated his first birthday.

Assistant Chief Constable of Warwickshire Police, Debbie Tedds has issued a warning to people about holding parties and gatherings in their homes.

Businesses across Hinckley and Bosworth that have been forced to temporarily close during the second lockdown are now being urged to apply for a grant.

Eight members of staff and five pupils at The George Eliot School in Nuneaton have tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating.

London and Liverpool will be placed in Tier 2 of England's new system of COVID-19 restrictions, but Birmingham and Manchester will be in Tier 3.

The government will announce today which areas of England are in which tier as part of a tougher system.

The number of coronavirus infections across the UK is showing signs of levelling off - but positivity rates remain in high in some areas and among secondary school children and young adults, according to the ONS.

A convicted terrorist facilitator who was in touch with the Manchester Arena bomber in the months before the attack is about to be released from prison.

Premier League clubs in Liverpool and London will be able to welcome some supporters back into their stadiums after the Government announced which tiers different areas of the country will be in after the end of the second lockdown.

Napoli are considering renaming their stadium in memory of Diego Maradona after the club legend died aged 60.

Gordon Taylor will resign from his position as chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) at the end of the season.

Fly-half George Ford has been brought back into the starting XV for England's Autumn Nations Cup vs Wales, with skipper Owen Farrell shifting to 12 and the pack unchanged. 

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen is to replace Johnny Depp as the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald in the third Fantastic Beasts film, Warner Bros has announced.

A judge has refused Johnny Depp permission to appeal a court's ruling that he assaulted ex-wife Amber Heard.

US fashion model Halima Aden - who has fronted campaigns for the likes of Rihanna's Fenty Beauty and Kanye West's Yeezy - is quitting runway shows, saying the industry has forced her to compromise her religion.

Argentina World Cup winner Diego Maradona has died aged 60.