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Isaac Ashe

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He/him. Online news for BBC East Midlands. Ex Content Editor at @leicslive inc work experience. Live music, bad puns and salty snacks. My views etc.

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  • Buxton Station shipping container takeaway served with eviction

    1 week ago | bbc.com | Isaac Ashe |Steve Beech

    Shipping container takeaway served evictionIsaac Ashe & Steve BeechBBCIsmail Rammo must find a new place to run his Syrian and English takeawayA takeaway operating from a converted shipping container in a car park outside a Derbyshire railway station has been ordered to leave. Ismail Rammo came to the UK as a Syrian refugee in 2018 and set up Essie Grill. He sold food from a container in front of Buxton station, having upgraded from a smaller trailer at the start of the year.

  • Council to keep new flats for homeless families

    4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Isaac Ashe |Hannah Richardson

    Leicester City Council looks set to keep an apartment block being built as part of a new 350-home development. The Waterside project, being delivered by the authority and Keepmoat Homes, is expected to be finished by the end of 2026, said the developer. So far, more than 200 homes - a mixture of houses and flats - have been built, as well as public open spaces on former factory sites along the banks of the Grand Union Canal.

  • Council to keep new flats for homeless families

    4 weeks ago | aol.com | Isaac Ashe |Hannah Richardson

    Leicester City Council looks set to keep an apartment block being built as part of a new 350-home development. The Waterside project, being delivered by the authority and Keepmoat Homes, is expected to be finished by the end of 2026, said the developer. So far, more than 200 homes - a mixture of houses and flats - have been built, as well as public open spaces on former factory sites along the banks of the Grand Union Canal.

  • 'Hard core' expected to ignore single-use vape ban

    4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Isaac Ashe |Helen McCarthy

    'Hard core' expected to ignore single-use vape banIsaac Ashe & Helen McCarthyBBCShops have been reducing their prices to clear stock ahead of the banLeicester Trading Standards has said it is gearing up to tackle a "hard core" of businesses it expects will flout an incoming ban on single-use vapes. Trading Standards said it had written to almost a thousand businesses in the city ahead of a ban on buying and selling disposable vapes from 1 June to advise them of the new rules.

  • Derby Hippodrome demolition decision defended by council

    1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Isaac Ashe |Asha Patel

    Image caption, The Hippodrome in Derby was set on fire deliberately, an investigation has concludedDerby City Council has defended its decision to use emergency powers to begin demolition work at a historical former theatre over "public safety" fears. Contractors started pulling down parts of the Hippodrome site in Green Lane on Sunday following a fire on Friday.

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Isaac Ashe
Isaac Ashe @isaacashe
19 May 25

The cause will be investigated today https://t.co/wPIQUHjowc

Isaac Ashe
Isaac Ashe @isaacashe
23 Jan 25

RT @isaacashe: Reminder you can find me over on https://t.co/C6xkFr6QMo too

Isaac Ashe
Isaac Ashe @isaacashe
22 Jan 25

I remember a few years back reporting on Loughborough via Charnwood bidding for city status and pretty swiftly realising that without a council of its own they weren’t eligible. https://t.co/Cfysy4foZx