Rothley stabbing

A 19-year-old man who was arrested following a stabbing in Rothley has been released on bail.

A police spokesman said a report had been received that a man had been stabbed in an alleyway off Woodfield Drive at 4.45pm on Saturday. A man was arrested by police a short time later in connection with the incident. The victim, a man in his 20s, was taken to hospital to be treated for injuries and has since been discharged. If you can help the investigation Call 101, quoting incident 424 of 25 April.

LOUGHBOROUGH MP Jane Hunt is encouraging residents to decorate their door for VE Day.

Mrs Hunt, is encouraging people to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, despite the current coronavirus lockdown.

She told the Echo: “On May 8th, we were all due to be marking VE Day with street parties, big events and parties with our neighbours. Sadly, we are unable to do that now as we continue to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

“However, that doesn’t mean that we should let this major anniversary pass without commemorating it. It just means we need to more creative and think of other ways of marking VE Day!”

Mrs Hunt is encouraging her constituents to decorate their front doors to mark the anniversary and to raise money for the Royal British Legion in the process. Some ideas could include:

• Drawing a picture of Loughborough

on the VE Day in 1945;

• Decorating the front door with 75 Union Flags or poppies; or

• Putting up pictures of relatives who served in the Second World War.

In short, anything to mark this special day. The more creative, the better!

Mrs Hunt added: “I am looking forward to seeing all the decorated doors throughout the constituency.

“Together we can celebrate VE Day and show our appreciate to all who served.”

Once residents have festooned their front door, they are encouraged to take a picture and submit it to jane.hunt.mp@parliament.uk and then to donate to the Royal British Legion via a dedicated Just Giving page: https:// www. justgiving. com/ fundraising/ TeamLoughborough if they possibly can.

More information can be found at: www.janehunt.uk/VEDay MP encourages people to decorate their doors for VE Day