Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council

The bunting is up and the Morris dancers have been booked for the annual event.

The Leicester to Coventry motorway opened in 1977 but has never had a formal service station.

It can cost up to £5,000 to deploy litter pickers to safely clean up certain sections of the road.

Council planners say new homes next to a Leicestershire village would harm the area's rural beauty.

A government planning inspector said the scheme would "demonstrably outweigh" any benefits.

The authority has until June to make changes or the government will intervene.

Developers want to replace the Victorian factory in Hinckley with a block of flats.