Cllr Liz Blackshaw

01/09/2026

♻️New weekly food waste collection service – coming in November for most households in Charnwood!

Due to start week commencing 2 November 2026, the majority of properties will receive a weekly food waste collection.

Those living in properties which share a bin store such as blocks of flats and sheltered accommodation will join the service early next year.

There are NO CHANGES to bin collection days.

The new service will help to cut carbon emissions and produce renewable energy.

It’s all part of the Government’s Simpler Recycling and Councils are legally required to offer the service. It will run alongside your usual household waste and recycling collections.

You don’t need to do anything to get started. We’ll be delivering caddy packs towards the end of September. You will receive:
➡️An indoor kitchen caddy
➡️Supply of caddy liners
➡️An outdoor food waste caddy with a lockable lid
➡️Leaflet with instructions on how to use the service and what can and cannot be recycled

For updates, sign up for email alerts: www.charnwood.gov.uk/alerts

Or visit our dedicated food waste web page: www.charnwood.gov.uk/foodwaste

27/08/2026

The BBC is cutting £500 million and one in ten jobs, with staff on Newsnight expecting their programme to go.

A TV licence costs £180 a year and carries no vote in how the BBC is run.

The Charter Review should make licence fee payers members, with a real stake and a say.

26/08/2026

Books, reading, and libraries give us power, and for many kids (even here in the UK) it all started with Dolly Parton.

Here’s the letter that she sent to children who ‘graduated’ from her Imagination Library, which began operating in the UK in 2008.

By the end of 2024, it had distributed more than 6 million books to children in the UK.

Be more Dolly - Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, for as long as you can.

Rest in peace Dolly, we will always love you.

Mountsorrel Library
Mountsorrel Educational Fund
Mountsorrel Methodist Church

19/08/2026

Good luck to all those picking up exam results tomorrow!
May you get exactly what you need for your next steps in life!

19/08/2026

19/08/2026

Update- the owner has been found!
A tortoise has been found safe and well near 168 Loughborough Road Mountsorrel. A door knock was conducted but with no success.
The finder is looking after them until we hear from you.
Please send message with a photo and a telephone number if this is your tortoise to help us get it back to you as soon as possible.

18/08/2026

18/08/2026

16/08/2026

I know, I can’t quite believe it either.

A6 QUORN/MOUNTSORREL BYPASS SLIP ROADS
Leicestershire County Council Highways has agreed to a Temporary Traffic
Regulation Order at the above locations.
Temporary road closures are required on the slip roads of the A6 on 24th August
2026 for 1 day, from 10:00 till 14:00.
The Slip Road will be closed, in both directions, between the A6 and Farley Way.
The Slip Road will be closed, in both directions between the A6 and Barrow Road.
The Temporary Traffic Regulation Order will be implemented for public safety to allow
Leicestershire County Council refresh road markings on the A6 bypass.
The proposed alternative diversion routes will be signed on site.
During the closures, alternative routes available to all traffic can be viewed at
https://one.causeway.com/applications/network/?tm=GB151868332