The Government has revealed its provisional financial settlement for policing with a package of measures purported to be worth £970M nationally towards policing – but only if Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) use their council tax precept allowance fully. To enable it to claim this increase, the Government has raised the ceiling on the amount…
Budding Olympic athletes take part in police training at headquarters
Last Thursday (19th December) aspiring British Skeleton sliders were put through their paces at Leicestershire Police headquarters in Enderby. A group of 21 took part in a series of tests designed to stretch them and put them under pressure in readiness for the rigours of elite sport. This included team building exercises and Police Support…
Christmas bin collections
There will be different arrangements over the Christmas period for bin collections. See a guide to rescheduled days and how to report a missed bin below. Collection schedule changes Collection scheduled for Tuesday 25 December will now be on Saturday 22 December Collection scheduled for Wednesday 29 December will now be on Saturday 29 December…
Free leisure centre access for Emergency Services and frontline NHS staff this Christmas
This Christmas, Everyone Active will open the doors to its leisure centres for free to all members of the emergency services and frontline NHS colleagues. Everyone Active is the trading name for Sports Leisure Management Ltd (SLM), which operates leisure facilities at Enderby Leisure Centre in partnership with Blaby District Council. This goodwill gesture is…
Criminals claiming to be the police steal thousands
Police are warning members of the public about a telephone scam in which the offenders are pretending to be police officers and conning vulnerable people out of thousands of pounds. The criminals are calling residents, some of whom are elderly and vulnerable, claiming to be police officers. They then say that a relative has been…