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A lofty look at Leicester's skyline
Views of familiar Leicester city centre streets have been captured for posterity by Leicester Mercury photographer Alex Hannam.Alex was invited by Leicester City Council to take these pictures in a...
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Labour mayor likened to Margaret Thatcher over proposed cuts to Leicester...
Leicester's city mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has clashed with former council leader Ross Willmott in a heated meeting over proposed cuts to voluntary group funding.Sir Peter has said Leicester City Council...
View ArticleMan flashed to girls at Loughborough primary school twice in two weeks
A man indecently exposed himself to girls in a primary school playground twice in the space of two weeks.The man committed the offences at Holywell Primary School, in Berkeley Road, Loughborough.On...
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Two men in terrifying armed raid at family home in Rowley Fields, Leicester,...
Two men involved in a terrifying armed raid at a family home have been told to expect "substantial jail sentences".Jordan Kirkpatrick (21) and Luke Harvey (24) were found guilty of robbing a Leicester...
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Tigers news: Fijian Seremaia Bai, 35, ready to battle for Leicester No.10 shirt
New signing Seremaia Bai has "no intention of slowing down" after moving to Leicester Tigers.The 35-year-old fly-half has completed a move from Castres to Welford Road and will compete for the No.10...
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World Cup 2014: 'Club feel' to help England side, says left-back Leighton Baines
England left-back Leighton Baines believes the "club feel" among the squad will help give them the edge when they get their World Cup campaign under way against Italy in Manaus tonight (11.0).All but...
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World Cup 2014: England will do better than people think, says Muzzy Izzet
England kick off their World Cup campaign tonight when they take on Italy in Manaus, and former Leicester City midfielder Muzzy Izzet believes Roy Hodgson's men must take something from the game....
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Kasabian: Stage being set for massive home-coming gig at Victoria Park
The stage is being set for rock band Kasabian's homecoming gig in the heart of Leicester next weekend. Up to 50,000 people are expected to descend on Victoria Park on Saturday for the sold-out Summer...
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New boy Marc Albrighton set to play senior role for Leicester City
He may still only be 24 but new Leicester City signing Marc Albrighton will play a senior role in Nigel Pearson's squad this season. The winger, recruited on a four-year contract after leaving Aston...
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Family's plea for missing man to return home for Father's Day
A woman whose husband went missing a month ago is hoping desperately that he returns home in time for Father's Day tomorrow.Lindsey Preston's husband, John, went out for walk in the countryside near...
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Men jailed for vicious attack on doorman at Leicester city centre bar
A drunken man who smashed a doorman's skull with a metal stand and left him deaf in one ear has been jailed for nine years.Xhonatan Lisi (33) took exception to being refused entry into Mobius bar, in...
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Casualty treated by fire crews after kitchen blaze in Loughborough
Firefighters treated a casualty at the scene of a fire in a house in Loughborough yesterday. Three crews, two from Loughborough and one from Shepshed, went to Gallico Close in the town shortly after...
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Van destroyed by fire in Frisby on the Wreake near Melton
A van was destroyed in a fire in Frisby on the Wreake, near Melton yesterday. Two crews from Melton fire station went to Water Lane in the village just after 10.30am. Four firefighters wearing...
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Download 2014: Friday review - including Avenged Sevenfold, Skindred and...
The Harlem Shake at Download Festival - not exactly words you would expect to read together in a sentence, but it really did happen. Welsh band Skindred lived up to their alternative metal genre by...
View ArticleMotorbike destroyed in arson attack in Braunstone Park, Leicester
Firefighters were called to Braunstone Park, in Gooding Avenue, Braunstone, Leicester last night after a motorbike was deliberately set alight. A crew from Leicester's western fire station dealt with...
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Leicester City cancel Marko Futacs' contract
Leicester City striker Marko Futacs has had his contract cancelled by mutual consent. The 24-year-old Hungarian is now a free agent after two years with City. The former Werder Bremen and Portsmouth...
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World Cup 2014: Where in Leicester to watch England's opening game against Italy
Where to watch England's opening game against Italy. Kick-off is at 11pm tonight. Queen of Bradgate, High Street The Pub, New Walk Walkabout, Granby Street The Slug and Lettuce, Market Street The...
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Home evacuated after car hits house, causing a gas leak, in Cambridge Street,...
A house was evacuated after a car crashed into a neighbouring property, causing a leak from a gas meter. The incident happened in Cambridge Street, off Narborough Road, in Leicester's West End, just...
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Swan rescued by firefighters from canal near Soar Lane, Leicester
Fire crews rescued a swan trapped in metal caging in a city centre canal yesterday. Two crews from Leicester's central fire station and the technical rescue unit from southern fire station used a...
View ArticleFire crews deal with two-car collision in Ashby de la Zouch
Two fire crews were called to a two-car collision in Ashby de la Zouch yesterday morning. The crews, from Ashby, went to the scene of the collision, in Kilwardby Street in the town, shortly before...
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