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Speed camera locations this week
Mobile safety camera sites for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland - week commencing August 5, 2013 Core Sites Fosse Road South, Leicester A563 Braunstone Way, Leicester A563 Lubbesthorpe Way,...
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Warning for motorists ahead of Festival of Chariots
Motorists are being warned about possible delays due to the annual Festival of Chariots that takes place in Leicester today. The Hare Krishna Festival of Chariots, known as Rathayatra, is the second...
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VIDEO: Police investigate sex assault in city street
Police are investigating a report of a sexual assault in a city street. Part of Fullhurst Avenue, in Braunstone, Leicester, was cordoned off this morning as officers investigated the attack, which...
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Ambulance trust chief executive stepping down
The boss of East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust is to step down after two years at the helm.Phil Milligan, who was appointed chief executive in 2011, said he was looking forward to spending more...
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Drunken man brandished a meat cleaver at passers-by
A drunken man terrified passers-by as he waved a meat cleaver around in a street.Pradeep Desai damaged six parked cars in another incident, using a knife to scratch paintwork and causing damage...
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Mercury offers free ads to credit unions
The Leicester Mercury is offering free advertising to credit unions to help them compete against payday loan companies.We are supporting the campaign led by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and...
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Teenager dies on holiday
Tributes have been paid to an 18-year-old who died while on holiday with a group of friends on a Greek island.More than 200 people have laid flowers at Little Bowden Bowl, a skatepark in Market...
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£90m campus revamp plan
The latest plans to develop De Montfort University's campus have been unveiled.The university has proposed revamping the Fletcher Tower, in Newarke Close, which houses the faculty of art, design and...
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Woman rescued in bedroom fire drama
An elderly woman had to be rescued from her home after an electrical fault started a fire. Crews from Coalville Fire Station were called to Coalville Lane, Ravenstone, shortly before 11pm last night...
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Three injured as car overturns
Three people were injured after the car they were in rolled over on a slip road. The vehicle was travelling north east on the A46, heading along a slip road at the A50 junction near Groby when the...
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Live: Traffic and travel updates for Leicester and Leicestershire
11.09am: Heavy traffic on A6 Derby Road in Loughborough around Regent Place junction. Congestion also reported on A6 Swan Street/High Street, in Loughborough, around Market Place junction.9.50am: One...
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Hard work paying off for City's Jamie Vardy
Leicester City's match- winner Jamie Vardy has promised there is more to come from him this season.The 26-year-old capped a superb comeback at the Riverside Stadium with a stunning winner in the second...
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Leicester could get arena for sport and music
A multi-purpose arena to host large-scale music and sports events could be built in Leicester.Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said discussions had been taking place with Sport England about establishing a...
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Soulsby signals new approach to parking
Sir Peter Soulsby says he wants to make pay and display parking in Leicester simpler for drivers.The mayor plans to scrap the system where drivers have to input part of their vehicle registration to...
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Large snake discovered in garden pond
A large snake has been discovered trapped in netting in a back garden pond.Christine McAdam was in her garden in Aylestone, Leicester, on Friday afternoon when she spotted something in the netting that...
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PICS AND VIDEO: Leicester Caribbean Carnival
An exotic mix of calypso music and brightly-coloured dancers brought the flavoursome taste of the Caribbean to the city.About 30,000 people took part in the celebrations and visitors stood four deep in...
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MATCH DAY LIVE: Wycombe v Leicester City
Leicester City travel to Wycombe in the Capital One Cup tomorrow. If you cannot get to the game, we will be covering the game live with text commentary. Commentator James Sharpe will be providing all...
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Farmers facing an £800,000 crime wave
Thieves stole farming equipment and vehicles worth almost £800,000 in Leicestershire and Rutland last year. The figures were released today by specialist insurance firm, NFU Mutual. The insurer says...
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Victoria Cross winners set to be commemorated
The Government has unveiled plans to commemorate the bravery and sacrifice of Leicestershire's Victoria Cross winners from the Great War. Slabs will be laid across the UK to recognise those who earned...
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Man and woman cut free from car after accident on M1 sliproad
A man and a woman were taken to hospital today after being cut from the wreckage of their car following a crash on a motorway slip road in Leicestershire. The pair were released from their car after it...
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