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'Web attack' on Leicester's Globe pub: Man arrested

Detectives investigating an offence of malicious communication have arrested a man in connection with the incident. The 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of malicious communications...

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Tributes paid after death of Birstall councillor Stuart Jones

Tributes have been paid to a councillor who died earlier this week. Stuart Jones passed away on Monday after a short illness. The 67-year-old Conservative had represented the Birstall Wanlip ward on...

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Leicester City team news: Sean St Ledger and Tom Hopper join injury list

Defender Sean St Ledger and young striker Tom Hopper have joined the injury list at Leicester City. St Ledger picked up a groin and abdominal injury while on international duty with the Republic of...

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Man airlifted to hospital after van crash in Donisthorpe

A 25-year-old man has been airlifted to hospital following a crash in Donisthorpe. The collision happened when the man's van was involved in a crash with another van at about 9am today. Derbyshire,...

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Boxing: Sticky reaches crossroads in his career

George 'Sticky' Pratt has reached the crossroads in his boxing career. The 17-year-old featherweight is showing promise and aims for a third straight win in front of his home crowd at Leicester...

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Shops caught selling alcohol to underage teenagers

More than one in three retailers sold alcohol to underage teenagers during a Leicestershire County Council sting operation. The council's Trading Standards Service carried out 27 test purchase...

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CCTV appeal after Sileby store thefts: Do you know these people?

Police have released images of six people they would like to speak to in connection with three thefts at a store in Sileby. The first theft happened at the store in Swan Street at 11.40am on Wednesday,...

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Police seek man after burglary at Grace and Co jewellers in Hinckley

Police want to talk to a man seen wearing a bright yellow jacket at the scene of a burglary earlier this month. Police are trying to trace him in connection with a break in at Grace and Co jewellers in...

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CCTV appeal after thefts from shoppers at Oadby stores

Police have released CCTV images of three people they would like to speak to in connection with thefts from shops in Oadby. The first theft happened between 3.15pm and 4pm on Thursday, September 12, at...

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Brass ornaments taken in burglary at Braunstone home

Burglars broke into a home and got away with a collection of brass ornaments. The items include three wall-mounted brass birds, three brass forks, a brass boat with five rings holding smoking pipes and...

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Crime suspects given final warning before their pictures are published

Leicestershire police are giving people suspected of committing crimes a final chance to hand themselves in before their images are released to the public. The force is about to publish the first in a...

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Arrests after £400,000 of iPods, iPads and iPhones stolen from Hinckley...

Leicestershire police officers took part in a series of raids following two burglaries in the county which netted thieves £400,000 worth of iPads, iPods and iPhones. The officers joined their West...

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Emotional farewells at Pc David Robinson's funeral

The wife and three-year-old daughter of a policeman who died this month have said an emotional farewell to him. PC David Robinson had been fighting brain tumours for nearly half his life when he...

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Vaughan Way closed as man talked down from multi-storey car park

Vaughan Way was closed for an hour today while emergency services talked down a man from the upper level of a multi-storey car park. Police were called at 10.52am following concern for the welfare of a...

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Police want to trace driver of car which crashed in Leicester's Saffron Lane...

Police want to trace the driver of a car involved in a crash. Officers said the silver Ford Focus registration number V962 DTV was seen driving "at speed" along Asplin Road, Saffron Lane Estate,...

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Cyclist assaulted on Beaumont Leys footpath

A cyclist was punched in the neck while walking along a city footpath. The victim was pushing his bike along a footpath between Krefeld Way and Amadis Road in Beaumont Leys, Leicester, when he was...

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Teenager robbed by men on bikes in Narborough Road

A female pedestrian was robbed and assaulted by two cyclists who grabbed at her valuables as they rode past her. The 18-year-old victim was walking along Narborough Road , in Leicester's West End, near...

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Last-minute op cancellation at Leicester Royal Infirmary leaves...

Parents David and Lesley Burnell are angry and upset after their daughter's operation was cancelled at the last moment.Seven-year-old Saydie was due to have her tonsils and adenoids removed at...

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Ipswich v Leicester City - live

Leicester City return from the international break against Ipswich on Saturday looking to get back to winning ways. Nigel Pearson's men travel to Portman Road with a chance to put behind them their 2-0...

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Work begins on sewerage project to stop flash flooding in Leicestershire village

Flash flooding in a village street should be a thing of the past as work starts on a £1.1 million sewerage project.Residents in Church Street, Billesdon, have suffered from sewage engulfing their homes...

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