Man MOUNTSORREL POST jailed YOUR FREE COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
SEPTEMBER 2014
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No. 48
New Memorial Centre planned AMBITIOUS PLANS for a new £3.85million Memorial Centre have been submitted to Charnwood Borough Council. The Mountsorrel War Memorials Trust and Mountsorrel Parish Council are acting in partnership to bring forward the proposals which will see the old Memorial Hall demolished and replaced with a new building linked to the Soar Valley Leisure Centre. The new Memorial Centre would include: Ground Floor: • a multi purpose hall • a demountable stage facility and retractable seating • a crèche and green room with storage • two compact retail units • a cafeteria space First Floor: • flexible meeting room spaces • a community arts/music and performance room • a meeting room • a kitchen • storage for local organisations The plans also include a two storey extension to the Soar Valley Leisure Centre, a separate building for young people, and a community garden. Access will be from the mini-roundabout on Leicester Road and car parking will be increased
by 21 to provide 67 spaces in total at the Memorial Centre, and an extra 42 spaces at the Leisure Centre.
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Damon Waldrum (23) of Laurel Close, Mountsorrel and Jamie Jackson (23), of Humberstone Lane, Leicester were sentenced to six years in prison at Leicester Crown Court after being found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent. The court heard Jackson and Waldrum were among a group of four men who kicked and stamped on Paul Smith, after encountering him at an address in Mountsorrel on July 28, 2013. The victim required a five hour operContinued on page 2
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There is a current project fund of £3.4million, leaving a shortfall of £450,000. There are plans by developer Charles Church to build up to 130 dwellings off West Cross Lane and Mountsorrel Parish Council have re-
A MOUNTSORREL man has been jailed for six years for his part in an attack on a 24 year old man that left the victim with serious head injuries.
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