News

At Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS), we believe that the input of our community is invaluable in ensuring a safer future for everyone.

The CRMP is a comprehensive plan outlining LFRS's commitment to ensuring Safer People and Safer Places within our communities and workplaces. The plan focuses on identifying and mitigating foreseeable community-related risks and puts in place arrangements... Read More »

Time4Leicestershire is a free skills exchange initiative from Leicestershire County Council, where members can sign up to share their skills and knowledge and support others, and can request skills they would like to learn in return. 'Timebanking' differs from volunteering as it allows people to swap skills at a time that suits them, with no minimum commitment needed. For every hour of time somebody... Read More »

Message from Alicia Kearns, MP.

I'm sure you are aware the B6047 stretch of the 'Rutland TT' route has seen too many tragic road traffic incidents, including a recent fatality.

Many residents have contacted me time and time again to raise their concerns about the dangerous speeding on the route, often by those who have travelled from far away.

I have launched a petition calling for Leicestershire County... Read More »

Speeding is an issue raised with Alicia regularly by local residents as a major concern within the rural communities.

In response to this concern, she has launched a survey to identify speeding hot spots, and is asking for residents to submit their responses to five questions.

This will allow Alicia to map out which villages are most affected and where they are located, making it much easier for her... Read More »

Melton Borough Council has been made aware of scam telephone calls being made in the borough. The scammers are impersonating Council Officers and targeting Lifeline Customers. They are claiming that the contract is changing with the prices increasing, using this to try and access personal information, such as customers' Bank Details.

Please be aware that this is not Melton Borough Council, nor are these... Read More »

Have your say on our proposed Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) for the Loughborough area and South of Leicester area.

For full details please see here: Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans Loughborough area and South of Leicester area | Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council Highways has agreed to a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order at the above locations.

Road closures are required on Station Lane at the level crossing on the 26th August 2023 for 2 nights (21:00hrs – 05:00hrs) and on 31st August 2023 for 1 night (21:30hrs – 05:00hrs).

The Temporary Traffic Regulation Order will be implemented for public safety, so Network Rail... Read More »

Over the coming weeks we will be looking at purchasing some crime prevention items which will be available for sale to everyone.

Attached is a PDF document with these products, the sale of these items will go back into the pot to be able to keep purchasing more of these items.

We will be looking at holding some events across the Leicestershire area as well for people to come and see us to talk to us... Read More »

Almost 21 million reports have been made to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS), resulting in the removal of over 235,000 malicious websites.

SERS was launched by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the City of London Police in April 2020 to enable the public to forward suspicious emails to an automated system that scans them for malicious links. Since its launch, almost 21 million... Read More »

Melton Sport and Health Alliance, which is led by Melton Borough Council, are bringing back Let's Get Moving Melton Day on Sunday 9 July 2023 at Wilton Park 10am-4pm.

Following the successful event last year which saw over a 1000 in attendance to encouraging residents to "move more, more often", Let's Get Moving Melton Day is free to attend and will allow residents to take part in various physical activity... Read More »