Barwell - Independent Councillors

07/06/2026

06/06/2026

Notice of road closure/parking restrictions

06/06/2026

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Notice of Conservative club car park closure for essential surface repairs.

06/06/2026

DOG walkers risk being slapped with fines of up to £500 under a law coming into place this month. A legislation change, which will be active from June 29, will give councils the authority to issue …

05/06/2026

Huw Williams
Hazel Smith
Sarah Beale

He ignored a court order put in place to protect a woman he had stalked

05/06/2026

The facility failed to prove its lawfulness to the council

04/06/2026

Navy Helicopter Crash in Devon
Three crew have been named may they R.I.P.
Navy helicopter crew who died in crash
Trio were hailed as ‘heroes’ after avoiding nearby homes before crash

Tim Sigsworth
News Reporter
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04 June 2026 5:16pm BST

The Royal Navy air crew who died in a helicopter crash in Devon have been named and pictured.

Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, Lt Lily-Mae Fisher and Petty Officer Owen Green died after the Merlin Mk4 crashed in a field near the village of Sourton Down just before 4am on Wednesday.

Residents hailed the three as “heroes” who “saved lives” by avoiding nearby homes before it crashed.

Lieutenant Commander Chris Gayson was killed in the crash

The helicopter was flying at a very low level before its engines cut out, it plummeted to the ground and exploded, witnesses said.

The helicopter, which was almost destroyed in the disaster, crashed within a few hundred feet of the village, a Shell petrol station, a Travelodge hotel and a number of farms.

The helicopter, which was almost destroyed in the disaster, crashed within a few hundred feet of the village, a Shell petrol station, a Travelodge hotel and a number of farms.

Petty Officer Owen Green was in the helicopter crew

Sir Geoffrey Cox KC, the Conservative local MP, told The Telegraph: “It remains to be seen if the crew guided the stricken helicopter to an open field away from the adjacent dwellings and filling station.

“But if that is so, they deserve the highest praise, for the catastrophe and loss of life would have been far greater.”

A woman living near the scene said: “It’s heartbreaking thinking they might have been going over our house looking for somewhere to land.

“It’s so awful. But they avoided the houses and wires and A30 and the Shell garage and got it in the middle of the field. It’s awful to think about. But they saved lives by putting it down where they did.”

The helicopter was flying at a very low level before its engines cut out, witnesses have said
The helicopter was flying at a very low level before its engines cut out, according to witnesses

Eddie Amhof, a retired builder, 82, told LBC: “I do think that he must have put all his effort into getting away from properties and sort of let things happen when he got through open fields.

“I think he realised by that time that he had no longer control over the helicopter. But he made sure before that he got away actually from any, any built up area.”

The helicopter, which can carry up to 24 people, was based at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton in Somerset and belonged to the Navy’s Commando Helicopter Force.

04/06/2026

Blackburn Road Accident tuesday
Does anyone have footage of the accident? as i'm currently engaging Leicestershire County Council trying to get traffic calming measures and speed limit changes applied to the Fairacre Estate.
Not to mention ban HGV vehicles using the estate as a rat run.

NOTE**

I work at home I see you speeding, parking and driving your overweight trucks onto the estate. I have no problem reporting you.

Regards

Russ Roberts
Parish Council Chairman
Barwell - Independent Councillors
Hinckley Police
Martin England
Huw Williams

03/06/2026

The Bank of England are surveying the Country.

Public are being asked to help select UK wildlife to appear on new banknote series

The public are being asked to give their views on a selection of wildlife, native to the UK, that will appear on the next series of banknotes in a consultation launched today.

09/05/2026

Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough

The naturalist's seven-decade career was marked with a special concert at the Royal Albert Hall.