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We have launched our new website to bring you all the latest news and sports, information and entertainment. The new web address is www.leicestermercury.co.uk and it has the familiar Leicester Mercury masthead at the top of the home page. It will eventually replace the existing website – www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk – with the two running side-by-side for a while. The new website is a work in progress and we are continuing to develop it to give our readers the best service we possibly can. We will be adding new features over the coming months. We also want your feedback as your views are an essential part in developing the site. Our aim is to make it a brilliant one-stop shop for news and information; backed up by great videos, pictures and lots of opportunities to join the discussion on what is happening in your city and county. The new site is part of the Mercury's plan to bring this great and historic title into the new digital era. We'll continue to make sure that the newspaper serves all our readers who like the solidity of print. Even in the era of laptops and tablets, the newspaper is still a handy portable package which costs only 45p on weekdays and 60p on Saturdays, when it includes our award-winning weekend magazine More. However, we also want to make sure that we provide an unbeatable service to all those readers who choose to get their news online. We want to provide our digital audience with the sort of website they need – fast, engaging and interactive – while staying true to the values which have made the Mercury an essential part of Leicestershire life for so many years. That means continuing to be at the heart of all things local, and upholding the journalistic values of accuracy and integrity. We have already made strides in improving our digital services with more breaking news and sport, more opportunity for readers to comment and more videos which bring another dimension to our stories. And as a result we have seen the number of visitors to our web pages increase over the past few months. Now we want to take this development a lot further and the new website is the next step in that direction. The existing website, www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk, will continue for the next couple of months as we develop the new site. It will then be switched off. Please log on to the new site, have a look round and tell us what you think using the feedback form available on the new homepage. We welcome your views and suggestions. We will put up lots of interesting content but, most of all, it is your site – a local news and information service about what interests you. We hope you enjoy this new service.
WHAT'S ON THE SITE?www.leicestermercury.co.uk is already packed with all the great content you would expect to find – including...TOP CHANNELS You can still find all the great news you're used to in channels including ones devoted to Leicester City, Leicester Tigers, crime, entertainment, business, emergency services, photo galleries and more. Leicester City: www.leicestermercury.co.uk/leicestercity Leicester Tigers: www.leicestermercury.co.uk/leicestertigers Crime: www.leicestermercury.co.uk/crime Emergency services: www.leicestermercury.co.uk/999 What's On: www.leicestermercury.co.uk/entertainment Business: www.leicestermercury.co.uk/businessTOP VIDEOS Find all our latest videos at www.leicestermercury.co.uk/video These include: Tigers v Northampton: Fans and players celebrate the Aviva Premiership play-off final win at Twickenham. Watch Leicester primary pupils set fire to a Viking ship in their school playground. Dambusters 70: View footage of the flypast over Eyebrook Reservoir to mark the 70th anniversary of the raid. Police raid: Our crime reporter joined immigration officers as they raided three homes in Leicester. Leicester hosted the UK's first Mango Festival – and you can see what happened. You can watch dramatic footage from the scene when firefighters tackled a blaze at quarry in Croft. Local elections: Watch Tory leader Nick Rushton speaking after the Conservatives stay in power in Leicestershire.TOP GALLERIES You can even go online and upload your own pictures at www.leicestermercury.co.uk/pictures There are also hundreds of fabulous pictures taken by our photographers. Recent uploads include pictures of Leicester Tigers' victory over Northampton Saints in the Aviva Premiership play-off final at Twickenham, music-lovers enjoying the sun and sounds at Glastonbudget, the Dambusters flypast at Eyebrook and lots of pictures from the highs and lows of both City's Championship play-off semi-final matches.DISCUSSIONS There are plenty of lively discussions on articles at www.leicestermercury.co.uk Recent popular topics for debate have included plans to introduce residents' parking in part of Leicester, Muslim leaders in Leicester condemning the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby and, of course, discussion around Leicester City, manager Nigel Pearson and the play-off heartbreak.HOW YOU CAN TAKE PART www.leicestermercury.co.uk is your website and we want you to join in by posting your pictures, blogs, reports, notices and comments. You will need to register as a user and then you will be ready to publish. To post a picture, just log on to www.leicestermercury.co.uk/addpicture To add a story go to www.leicestermercury.co.uk/addstory To have your say on a story, simply go to the article online and fill in the "add your comments" box at the bottom of the article.

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