Council 'invests in Richard III's legacy'
Leicestershire County Council has pledged £250,000 towards creating a Cathedral Quarter around the final resting place of Richard III.The contribution includes a new work of art which signifies the...
View ArticleManu Tuilagi and Ben Youngs both named in Leicester Tigers squad for...
Four new signings are included in the 23-man Leicester Tigers squad as they begin the defence of their Aviva Premiership. All six of Tigers' British & Irish Lions are in the match-day squad with...
View ArticleLeicester City slash spending on agents' fees
Leicester City have slashed the amount of money they paid to agents last season, new figures compiled by the Football League have revealed. During the 2012-13 season City spent £407,300 on agent fees,...
View ArticleCollapsing church spire: Area of Leicester to close
The area surrounding St Mary de Castro church will be closed to the public from tomorrow after the building's spire was found to be in a dangerous state. Leicester City Council engineers revealed there...
View ArticleLeicester shisha café fire: Rival boss jailed for seven years
An arsonist convicted by a jury of causing a £100,000 blaze at a business rival's shisha café in Leicester was jailed for seven years today. Imtiyaz Patel (28) torched the Cloud Nine café on the third...
View ArticleTaxi driver 'too scared to work' after attack in Leicester
A taxi driver has told how he was too scared to work for nine months after he was attacked by a group of passengers.Harun Shah Zaman was attacked when he was working as a late-night cabbie in Leicester...
View ArticleQuestions over cash to remove crumbling spire
Church leaders are unsure where the £200,000 to remove the St Mary de Castro Church spire will come from.The crumbling structure has been branded an "imminent danger" by Leicester City Council and work...
View ArticleYoungsters in race to rescue dying fish from brook
Youngsters carrying buckets raced to the rescue of fish dying in a dried-up brook.A group of children had spotted the fish and frogs struggling in part of Syston Brook, which runs next to Deville Park,...
View ArticleLeicester Tigers v Worcester preview: Ryan Lamb can handle pressure
Leicester Tigers' new signing Ryan Lamb is plunged into the cauldron of tomorrow's Aviva Premiership opener.The fly-half steps in to replace Toby Flood, who suffered a frightening injury in last...
View ArticleBig Lottery Fund £250,000 fund: Cash for good causes
The Mercury has joined forces with the Big Lottery Fund by giving readers the chance to decide the destination of a £250,000 bonanza. Today, two more of the 16 groups speak to reporter David...
View ArticleBirch on the Ball: Alan Birchenall would like to see ex-players become referees
We just knew it didn't we! Not just one but two ex-City players – three if you include Charlton manager Chris Powell – inflicted a first defeat of the season on us, and both of them scored.After the...
View ArticleShock and sadness as Dominoes Toys 'bites dust'
Shocked workers at Dominoes Toys spoke yesterday of their sadness at being told the business had gone into administration.Sarah Thompson, who has been a manager at the shop for nine years, said: "It's...
View ArticleFirefighters find cannabis plants after blaze at factory
Firefighters tackling a blaze at a disused factory found cannabis plants worth up to half a million pounds.Police were called to the two-storey building in Brazil Street, off Aylestone Road, in...
View ArticleStar Trek fan jailed for child porn offences
A Star Trek fanatic Anthony Alleyne who turned his flat into a replica of the Starship Enterprise has been jailed for child pornography offences.Divorced Alleyne (60) spent "thousands of man hours"...
View ArticleLeicester Tigers v Worcester preview: Anthony Allen interview
Leicester Tigers centre Anthony Allen admits Worcester will bring an air of the unknown to Welford Road tomorrow.The reigning champions kick of the defence of their title against a Warriors side that...
View ArticleLeicester Tigers v Worcester preview: Manu Tuilagi and Ben Youngs back in squad
Leicester Tigers have received a late injury boost ahead of the opening game in the defence of their Aviva Premiership title.British & Irish Lions duo Manu Tuilagi and Ben Youngs both looked likely...
View ArticleDominoes Toys set to close as 'finding a buyer unlikely'
A much-loved toy shop is set to disappear from the city centre, the latest victim of intense competition from online and supermarket rivals.Dominoes Toys yesterday lost its struggle to stay afloat...
View ArticleLeicester Tigers v Worcester Warriors - live
It's the opening day of the season in the Aviva Premiership this weekend and we'll be covering the action live. Champions Leicester Tigers open their defence of the title against Worcester Warriors at...
View ArticleLive traffic and travel
09.40am: Area Traffic Control report that the northbound carriageway of the A1 near the junction with the A606 Oakham junction is closed due to an accident.For more local and national travel...
View ArticleLeicester man dies on holiday in Barcelona
A Leicester man has died following an accident on holiday in Spain, the Foreign Office has confirmed. The man is understood to be Joe Smith, a pub manager at the Orange Tree in High Street, Leicester,...
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