Leicester City fanzone: Why we will never forget Lloyd Dyer
It was with a heavy heart that I heard the news that Lloyd Dyer had decided to move on and sign for Watford. The word on the street was that we'd only offered him a one-year contract extension, and he...
View ArticleThe main pool at Braunstone Leisure Centre has re-opened
The main pool at Braunstone Leisure Centre in Leicester has reopened today. The main pool was closed on Tuesday after a problem was discovered with the moveable floor of the pool. A council spokesman...
View ArticleCollapsed sewer causes hole leading to small cavern in city street
City engineers and Severn Trent were called in after a drainage sewer under a street collapsed. The hole in Stoughton Avenue, Stoneygate, Leicester, was reported to the authorities this morning. They...
View ArticleThree people charged with affray after incident in New Parks, Leicester
Three people aged between 16 and 41 have been charged with affray, after an incident in New Parks, Leicester. On Wednesday night police were called to the Bateman Road area of the city. Officers...
View ArticleCricket: Wells leads Leicestershire Foxes to Durham win
Durham Jets: 177-7 Leicestershire Foxes: 178-6 Tom Wells was at his belligerent best as he smashed Leicestershire Foxes to their second Natwest T20 Blast victory of the season over Durham Jets. Foxes...
View ArticleUp to 20 homes evacuated as firefighters battle blaze in Luther Street,...
Up to 20 homes were evacuated when fire took hold of a house in a terraced street in Leicester tonight and threatened to spread to its neighbours. Fire crews were called to Luther Street, off Hinckley...
View ArticleSnooker: Amateur Joe takes on the world's best
Joe O'Connor will have his first taste of what life as a professional snooker player is like when he rubs shoulders with the world's best in China.The 18-year-old former world and European junior pool...
View ArticleFootball: Terry's pioneering work with youngsters in China
Terry Singh has never had a problem breaking new ground in the world of football.The former Crown Hills pupil made a name for himself as a coach with Leicester City's Football in the Community...
View ArticleCricket: Leicestershire's Sarwan and Jones are injury doubts for Surrey clash
Leicestershire have injury worries ahead of their latest LV County Championship match, which starts at the Kia Oval against Surrey tomorrow.Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan and on-loan seam bowler Richard...
View ArticleToo-high bus timetables are also out of date
A transport watchdog has revealed that bus timetables which were fitted too high for anyone to read were also out of date.Terry Kirby, chairman of the Campaign for Better Transport (Leicestershire)...
View ArticleCricket: All is Wells after win for Leicestershire Foxes over Durham Jets in...
Some breathtaking hitting from Tom Wells gave Leicestershire Foxes their second Natwest T20 Blast victory of the season with a four-wicket win over Durham Jets at Chester-le-Street.Wells smashed 31...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014: Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez 'can be star of tournament'
Riyad Mahrez is set to make his second World Cup appearance tomorrow and his Leicester City team-mate Danny Drinkwater believes the talented winger will catch the eye during the tournament.Mahrez...
View Article'Legal high' teenager went on violent wrecking spree
A teenager hit a woman with a metal pole and went on a rampage of destruction after drinking and taking a "legal high".In a small hours wrecking spree, Andrew Fettes-Hawkins (18) laid into a motorhome...
View ArticleLong Bar, in Leicester, closes after losing fight to keep its licence
A bar whose customers were involved in a series of drunken fights has closed after it lost a legal bid to keep its licence.The Long Bar, in Market Street, Leicester city centre, originally had its...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2014: 'I will not be resigning, but if the FA feel I should go...'
Roy Hodgson insisted he isn't a quitter after England's World Cup campaign fizzled out after a second defeat.After losing 2-1 to Uruguay on Thursday evening, England have been eliminated from the...
View ArticleKasabian A to Z: The alphabet with Leicestershire's music heroes
As they prepare for tonight's massive homecoming gig in Victoria Park, we stroll through the alphabet with the Leicestershire music heroes.A is for Jim Abbiss, who produced the debut album, Kasabian,...
View ArticleKasabian: The rise of a rock empire
Kasabian have become one of the country's biggest bands. Peter Warzynski looks at the Mercury's coverage of the city rockers.February 1999 The band's first mention in the Leicester Mercury under the...
View ArticleArsonists set fire to car in barn in Burbage
Firefighters were called after a car was set on fire inside a barn. The incident happened in Lychgate Lane, Burbage, at about 9.15pm yesterday. One fire crew from Hinckley attended the blaze and...
View ArticleShisha cafe in Loughborough badly damaged in blaze
Burning embers from a fire pit set a shisha cafe on fire. Firefighters were called to the Hubble Bubble Shisha Cafe in The Rushes, Loughborough at 4.25am today. They arrived to find the wooden decking...
View ArticleBird trapped on fire station roof released by firefighters
Firefighters called in the RSPCA after a bird got trapped in the roof of their fire station. The bird was first noticed at 12.25pm on Friday afternoon on the roof of Market Bosworth Fire and Rescue...
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