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Flooded traders call for answers
Traders say they want to know why town centre businesses were submerged despite millions of pounds being invested in a flash flooding prevention scheme. More than 40 shops, offices, pubs and...
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Police appeal for information following public order incident
Police are appealing for information after a driver was followed and then threatened and abused. The victim was at the junction of Humberstone Lane and the A607 Newark Road, in Syston, intending to...
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CCTV appeal: Do you recognise this man?
Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with a shop theft. The incident happened at a store in Derby Road, Ashby, north west Leicestershire, where a man took five...
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Top Gear indeed as best of Leicestershire features in show
Vehicle manufacturers from Leicestershire took part in a best of British showcase on hit TV show Top Gear.Caterpillar in Desford and Triumph motorcyles in Hinckley sent vehicles down to London to...
View ArticleCouncil's loan to bank sees 181 homes bought
A council scheme to allow people to get a foot on the property ladder has led to 181 home sales.Last year Leicestershire County Council agreed to lend Lloyds TSB £10 million so it could offer mortgages...
View ArticleForklift thief rammed his 4x4 into police car
A man who injured two police officers when he rammed their car with a 4x4 vehicle during a £60,000 raid on a timber yard has been jailed for four years.John Harty, (28), left one officer needing spinal...
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Police called to help with eviction of disabled tenant
A disabled man was left partially dressed in the street in his wheelchair after being evicted from his home.Police had to break down the front door of Vincent Tumulty's house in Leicester yesterday...
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Live traffic and travel updates
10.26am: Delays in Middleton Street, Aylestone, Leicester, both ways between A426 Aylestone Road and Braunstone Lane East, due to temporary traffic lights. 10.05am: Tailbacks on exit slip road of M1...
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Delivery driver crushed by his own van
A delivery van driver was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after being crushed against a wall by his own vehicle. Emergency services were called to London Road, in Uppingham town centre,...
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150 drivers caught breaking new limit in just 90 minutes
A speed camera van caught 150 people breaking a new 40mph limit in just 90 minutes.The van spent an afternoon parked on the A50 at Field Head, between Leicester and the M1, where a 40mph limit was...
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Teenager found hanged after being bullied online
A grieving dad has told how his teenage daughter hanged herself after being bullied for months by internet trolls on a website linked to a string of suicides. David Smith, of Lutterworth, has demanded...
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Stabbed dog walker's plea for justice
A man who was stabbed in the neck while walking his dog in the countryside has made a fresh appeal for help bringing his attacker to justice. The 64-year-old is still undergoing treatment after he was...
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'Homeopathy obsessive MP is out of touch with voters'
A Tory MP has been accused of obsessing over fringe issues after raising the use of homeopathy in farming in Parliament.David Tredinnick has been criticised for submitting an Early Day Motion about a...
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Business set to close doors over car-free zone concerns
A businessman is quitting his city centre shop, blaming a proposed pedestrianisation scheme for his decision.Pete Butler has run Cartridge World, in St Martin's, since 2008 – but he will be shutting up...
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Woman and child injured by escaped cows
Two cows escaped from Melton cattle market this morning, injuring a child and a woman. The air ambulance and road ambulances were called to the scene to treat the casualties, while the police marksman...
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Father of hanged teen Hannah calls on PM to stop online bullying
A grieving father today made a personal appeal to the Prime Minister after his teenage daughter hanged herself following months of abuse on a social networking site. Dave Smith called on David Cameron...
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Armed robbery at village Co-op this morning
Three masked robbers attacked a security guard as he delivered cash to a village shop this morning. The robbers are reported to have hit the guard in the head with a metal bar or hammer before grabbing...
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Landowner faces manslaughter charge after man was killed by bull
A landowner has been charged with manslaughter two years and nine months after a man was killed by a bull on his farm. Roger Freeman, 63, of Glen Parva, was walking with his wife Glenis, 67, near...
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Richard III: Historian claims he was 'airbrushed out of king story'
Historian Dr John Ashdown-Hill claims he has been airbrushed out of the city's Richard III story, despite making one of the project's pivotal discoveries.On Monday, February 4, the University of...
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Driver, 95, has death by dangerous driving case dropped
A 95-year-old woman who ploughed into two cyclists, killing one and leaving the other seriously injured, has had her court case dropped. Elderly motorist Alice Ross passed out behind the wheel of her...
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