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Friday, 29 November 2024 11:48

29/11/2024

BLACK FRIDAY

Leicestershire Police has warned that online shoppers lost over £11.5M to fraud during last year's festive season.
During this time of year, they urge residents to research sellers to check their legitimacy and use a credit card or secure payment platform.

LIGHTS

It is going to start feeling festive in Loughborough today as it's the town’s Christmas Lights Switch-on.
The Christmas lights will be switched on at 18:30 by nine-year-old Felicity the winner of this year’s Light up Loughborough competition.
Cllr Jenni Tillotson told Fosse107 what is special this year in Loughborough.

Take a look at Loughborough's new loos

As part of a £300,000 renovation of the public toilets in Loughborough town centre, card payments are now being accepted.
Company fined after machine crushed workers fingers

A machine manufacturing company in Shepshed, Leicestershire has been fined £170,000 after an employee’s fingers were crushed when his hand became trapped beneath a machine during a lifting operation.
Town Hall reopens after fire

Loughborough Town Hall has reopened to visitors after a fire earlier this week.
New exhibition shows how BRUSH keeps the lights on

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A new exhibition has opened up in Loughborough charting the history of one of the town's best known and longest-standing industrial firms.
100 years of Shelthorpe estate

Residents are invited to celebrate the centenary of Loughborough’s Shelthorpe estate with a special community event next month.
Man jailed for 10 years for killing pub-goer

A man who punched a pub-goer on a Christmas night out in Leicestershire in 2025 has been jailed for 10 years after being convicted of manslaughter.
Latest Covid vaccine clinics in Charnwood

There are specific slots for 16 and 17-year-olds.
People urged to get their covid jab in the next two weeks ahead of restrictions lifting in England

Health bosses in Leicestershire are encouraging people to get the jab so you can 'get back to what you enjoy.'