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BBC News
20 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Date set for district council office demolition in Coalville
A provisional date has been set for the demolition of a former council office block in West Leicestershire District Council vacated the ageing buildings in Whitwick Road in 2023 after ruling them to be no longer "fit for purpose".The intention to demolish the offices was later confirmed, with the site initially eyed up as a potential location for a was later changed, with the authority confirming housing would replace the 1970s buildings on the land. An application has now been submitted by the council to see if it will need to seek formal planning permission for the demolition work, the Local Democracy Reporting Service documents say the authority is hoping to begin tearing down the building on 11 August, with work expected to be completed about a month later."The former council office buildings have been vacant for approximately two years and are becoming increasingly derelict," the document say. "[The] costs of maintaining the derelict buildings are a drain on public funding."Demolition work will not include the historic Stenson House registry office building, which fronts onto the ageing offices. That site has recently been refurbished, and will be the centrepiece of a planned new public square.
The Independent
5 days ago
- Health
- The Independent
Tina Satchwell – the ‘lovely girl' whose life was marred by loss
Tina Satchwell was known for her love of clothes, her two pet dogs and the bargains she could seek out in car boot sales dotted around Co Cork. Just 24 hours before she was murdered by her husband of 27 years, Tina spent the day browsing stalls at Carrigtwohill, a town east of Cork city centre. She bought a black jacket and a dress and hung it up over a door in the living room in the home she shared with Richard Satchwell. According to Satchwell, the items remained there for a long time after her death. Mrs Satchwell (nee Dingivan) was from St Bernard's Place in Fermoy, Co Cork. In the 1980s she moved to Coalville outside Leicester in England, to live with her grandmother. It was while she in was Coalville that she met her future husband, when she was aged 17 and he was 21. Satchwell admitted that he told his brother he would marry Tina the first time he saw her. He proposed to Tina in October of 1989 at a place called Mount Pleasant. The couple were married the following year on Tina's 20th birthday in Oldham. There was no one from Satchwell's family at the wedding, as they did not approve of their relationship. Satchwell, who had described himself as quiet and overweight, had married his 'trophy wife'. The couple eventually moved back to Ireland, and lived in various properties in Co Cork and then Fermoy before buying a house in Youghal in 2016, some 40km from where she grew up. They were not well known in Youghal, and socialising with locals did not exist in their tight-knit world where it was largely just the two of them. Anyone who did know Tina, or met her, would often recognise her as a glamorous woman, who had a love of fashion and clothes. The court heard she was petite, weighing around eight stone. Angela Sheehan, who described herself as an acquaintance of Tina, said she was a woman who loved her fashion, high heels, hair, makeup and jewellery. She told the trial that is what they would often talk about when they met, and she described her as a 'lovely girl' who was pleasant, bubbly and good for a laugh. Tina was rarely seen without her beloved dogs, Heidi and Ruby. While she had a great affection for animals generally, she loved her two dogs, particularly her chihuahua, Ruby, and had considered them her children. Satchwell and Tina bought Ruby in 2014 after Tina had been struggling with the death of her brother Tom in 2012. Satchwell said that Ruby brought something into Tina's life that she always wanted – a nice small dog to accompany her. Heidi, he said, was for him. They also shared their home with their pet parrot, Valentine. The court heard Tina's voice only once during the trial when a video was played during a media appeal with Prime Time Investigates in 2018, in which she speaks to their now dead parrot, Pearl. 'What have you got there, Pearl?' she is heard asking the bird in a soft Cork accent. Satchwell told the reporter that the parrot died in the January before his wife disappeared. Tina had spent most her life believing Mary Collins was her sister, until she discovered that she was her biological mother. She made the discovery at the time of her confirmation when she was looking for her birth certificate. Tina had been raised by her grandmother, Florence, who she thought was her mother and had referred to her as that for all of her life. The two had a good relationship and were close, but Tina was in shock at the revelation of who her biological mother was, and felt she had been lied to for a period of her life. Sarah Howard and Tina were half-sisters and shared the same mother, however, Tina spent most her primary school years believing that Sarah was her niece. Tina and Sarah were very close growing up, but their relationship changed following the discovery, with Tina feeling resentment and hurt that she was not raised by her biological mother while Sarah was kept. Sarah said that she and Tina had not spoken in the 15 years before she died as their relationship was up and down. There could be a period of years where they were close and get on well but there were also years in which they would argue and not speak to each other. Few people could give a good insight into Tina's marriage, however. When Sarah was asked how she would described the relationship, she said: 'Odd.' She said that Satchwell used to call Tina his 'trophy wife' and 'trophy girlfriend'. Ms Howard had told the court that Satchwell was obsessive about his wife, and she thought he was controlling of her. Tina had once confided in her sister that she knew she could not get away from her husband, and that he would follow her to the ends of the earth. Tina dealt with a number of tragedies in her life, including the death of her brother Tom in 2012. The two were very close and Satchwell said his sudden death hit Tina hard, and that she had cried a lot for him. Tina had adored him and he adored her, Sarah previously said. She had been badly affected by his death and spent years struggling to deal with it. After Tina's family got her remains back in 2023, they buried her in two graves – half of her ashes were put with their beloved grandmother, Florence, who raised Tina, and half were placed next to Tom.
BBC News
26-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Council shelves proposed parking charge rises around Coalville
Plans to increase parking charges in and around Coalville and Ashby have been West Leicestershire District Council had been looking at increasing fees at the car parks it the authority has confirmed it will freeze rates based on feedback from 4,500 residents and businesses received during a consultation held earlier this month."We recognise that it's a tough time for our town centres," said deputy council leader Michael Wyatt. The authority said it had launched a review of charges to try to cut the amount it spends subsidising parking because its income from car parks is outstripped by the cost of running them. Wyatt said: "Throughout the course of the car parking review, we've reflected on what people have told us. "We have also done a lot of engagement with partners and businesses in the district, who are understandably concerned about the current economic climate and ongoing pressures on the high street."While we do need to balance the running costs of our car parks, we also understand that they must be priced competitively to encourage people to continue to visit and work in our town centres."Therefore, we've decided that our car parking fees and charges will remain as they are for the foreseeable future."
The Independent
16-05-2025
- The Independent
Listen: Prank 999 caller requests armed police to gorilla in busy town centre
A prank caller dialled 999 to report a "gorilla" in a town centre in Leicestershire in a call released by police to remind the public to only use the line in an emergency. The teenager made a hoax call to ask officers to attend a shopping precinct in Coalville. When asked for his contact information, the caller said: "I've forgotten where I live because I'm on loads of cocaine." Leicestershire Police warned: "These calls can prevent real emergencies from being addressed promptly. "Only call our 999-emergency line when it's absolutely necessary. Every second counts in an emergency."
BBC News
09-05-2025
- BBC News
Fraudsters target elderly victims in Coalville car park scam
Police have issued a warning after they received another report of people "fraudulently" posing as car park attendants in Coalville to target elderly said victims were approached and guided to specific machines in Leicestershire to pay for parking and then told to insert a bank card and verbally "register" their April, three cases were reported to the force - two at car parks in Coalville and one in Glenfield - with as much as £1,300 taken in one the most recent incident in Coalville, Leicestershire Police advised people to ask for a verified ID if they are unsure that someone is a genuine parking attendant. The force said it believed the machines had been tampered with to retain the cards and victims were carefully there are no descriptions of the suspects McIntyre, from the force's economic crime unit, said: "This is something new that unfortunately, while first reported to us last month, seems to be continuing as a way of fraudulently taking money from, again, elderly victims, so we know that these people are targeting those they believed are vulnerable."Our advice remains the same; you will never be asked to verify your PIN in such circumstances and if you are unsure that someone is a genuine car parking attendant, ask for a verified ID."If you are not sure and have any suspicion a criminal offence is being commented, please do not enter your card into the machine and contact police."
