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News published April 2022

• Parkrun comes to Burbage

  Published 29 April 2022

  Burbage now has a parkrun. Every Saturday morning at Hastings High School there is a timed 5K (just over three miles) walk, jog or run that everyone is welcome to participate in.

• Council work in partnership with Hinckley & Rugby Building Society to support Ukrainian refugees

  Published 29 April 2022

  The Borough Council and Hinckley & Rugby Building Society are working together to support Ukrainian families who arrive in the United Kingdom to join family members.

• Centenary commemoration for war memorial: published 28 April 2022

  Published 28 April 2022

  HINCKLEY'S WAR MEMORIAL was dedicated in a public event on Friday 20 May

• Town celebrates St Georges Day

  Published 26 April 2022

  Hinckley celebrated St George's Day with a special programme of traditional entertainment on Saturday (23 April). 

• Partners band together to support Ukrainian refugees

  Published 13 April 2022

  Press release issued on behalf of the Local Resilience Forum (LRF).

• Appeal launched to trace families of war memorial fallen

  Published 12 April 2022

  Local historians and the Royal British Legion are trying to trace the relatives of two Hinckley mothers who each lost three sons in World War One.

• Family fun promised at Burbage Common Open Day

  Published 11 April 2022

  A FUN-PACKED day for the whole family is promised when Burbage Common holds its annual open day on Sunday 8 May.

• Town set to celebrate St George’s Day

  Published 06 April 2022

  Final preparations are now underway to celebrate St George's Day with a special programme of traditional entertainment in Hinckley town centre.