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• Ring and owner reunited

  I have a personal story that I hope you will find interesting enough to print.

• More than 10,000 on the waiting list for council house

  MORE than 10,000 households were waiting for a council house across Leicestershire last year - but the real figure is likely much higher as experts warn of a "chronic shortage" in housing.

• Good Clauses invited to partner up to host town Santas fun run

  ALTHOUGH Christmas may seem far away, Loughborough Rotary Club has said a firm festive favourite - the Santa Fun Run and Walk - will be held again this year.

• Tributes as proud firefighter Andy dies suddenly on leave

  A FIREFIGHTER has died suddenly while on leave.

• How unmown verges are encouraging wildlife

  AN INITIATIVE to turn roadside verges into wildflower areas, is continuing to gather pace.

• 90,000 women not up to date on cancer checks as the Jade Goody effect wanes

  ABOUT 90,000 women in Leicestershire have missed their latest smear test, according to newly released data.

• Silent suffering of abortion regret may be more commonplace

  A letter by John Catt states: 'Medical abortion is one of the safest procedures in medicine' (Loughborough Echo, July 27).

• Record temperature in the local area broken by 3.8c

  JULY will go down in history as containing the hottest ever day in both national and local records some of which go back 350 years.

• Corrections & complaints

  If we have published anything that is factually inaccurate, please contact the news team on 01509 232632, at loughboroughechoreachplc.com and, once verified, we will correct it as soon as possible.

• Miss appointment, pay £10? Try getting one!

  GOOD luck to the prospective Tory leadership candidate with his proposal to charge £10 for a missed appointment at the doctors.

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• Littering fines in county have plunged in the last year

  Fines for littering plunged by almost three-quarters in Leicestershire last year....

• Charnwood Borough Council planning applications

  THE list below, taken from Charnwood Borough Council's website contains validated and decided applications from this past week....

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  Costock ROAD FLOODING. Significant road flooding in Costock earlier this year has been highlighted by Rushcliffe MP Ruth Edwards in a report she has presented to the Environment Agency....

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• Wards restored to non-virus care with fewer Covid patients

  COVID wards are being switched back to their pre-peak status as the number of patients with the virus in the city and county's hospitals continues to fall....

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• Changes, extensions to pubs and care home are proposed

  CHARNWOOD Borough Council has received the following applications: Pingle Nook Residential Home, 229 Sileby Road, Barrow Upon Soar - Erection of a conservatory to the side of care home and alterations to the existing front and side gate - Awaiting decision Holly Lodge Farm, 275 Narrow Lane, Burton...

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  Kegworth Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnewsbtconnect.com AIR AMBULANCE CLOTHES BANK. Fundraisers are delighted that Kegworth now has its own Air Ambulance charity Clothes' Bank . The clothes' bank is located at the entrance to the car park just offNottingham Road in the village....