Lutterworth, England News

Brian Whitlock, 56, died at the scene of the incident, which occured between junctions 21 and 20 of the M1, near Lutterworth at 2pm last Tuesday.

Officers from Leicestershire Police's serious collision unit are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the M1 motorway near Lutterworth.

A six-year-old Leicestershire boy has developed the bone-softening disease rickets after too much sun cream stopped him from developing essential vitamin D. Chris Head, from Lutterworth, always had factor 50 sunscreen on when he played outside blocking the sunlight from his skin.

A school of fish is floating to Leicester after hundreds of people in Harborough joined together to support a Leicestershire Craft Centre project.

Cut open: As part of Road Safety Week, firefighters held a roadshow in St Peter's Square, in Highcross shopping centre The roadshow, held to coincide with National Road Safety Week, also included a computer simulation of braking distances while driving.

Grace Garner and Charlotte Broughton each showed rapid turns of speed to win stages in the three-day Isle of Man Youth Tour.

A celebration of the life and work in Lutterworth of jet pioneer Sir Frank Whittle is taking place in the town.

Crews from Lutterworth and Rugby fire stations wore breathing equipment to help tackle the fire which damaged a cooker and caused smoke damage to the kitchen.

The ruling Tory administration held on to control of the council last week, albeit with three fewer councillors than the 33 they went into the election with.

An old skool music festival featuring some of the biggest and best DJs and acts of the late 80s and early 90s is being held in Leicestershire next weekend.

On hard-running fairways and fast greens, Bailey's younger sister, Annabel, made it a real family affair by shooting 86 to finish as runner-up. Stuart Kinnaird, a member of the host club and a pupil at Lutterworth College, followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Alastair, in becoming boys' champion.

A heavy presence of firefighters were ready to spring into action at Bruntingthorpe Airfield yesterday after a fire started in an aircraft engine.

A man from Leicestershire has been charged in connection with a A 12 million seizure of cocaine earlier this month.

Shave said: "I am delighted to win this title again. The conditions were extremely tough, especially in the first round.

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