Football: Leicester City striker Chris Wood excited by tough Premier League...
Striker Chris Wood believes Leicester City's tricky start to the Premier League campaign is the perfect chance to test themselves.City take on Everton, Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United in their...
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Strike action next month could force hundreds of schools to shut
Hundreds of schools are expected to shut across the city and county when mass strike action takes place next month. Council services are also expected to grind to a halt when the National Union of...
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World Cup: 'England fans are still behind Hodgson's team,' says Leicester fan...
England's last game of the 2014 World Cup takes place tonight with little to play for apart from pride.Three Lions fan John Hoolahan, from Birstall, will be among the 58,000 crowd packing the Estadio...
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Traffic census causes rush hour gridlock near Fosse Park roundabout and in...
A traffic census by the county council has resulted in rush hour commuter chaos on roads south of Leicester this morning. Police are stopping vehicles so council officials can conduct the survey at...
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Air passengers face delays and flight cancellations at East Midlands Airport...
Passengers flying to and from East Midlands Airport experienced delays and flight cancellations today because of an air traffic control strike in France.Due to a reduced number of staff working in...
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Antoin Akpom murder: Teenager convicted of fatal stabbing has 'too soft' jail...
A teenager who murdered a man during a violent street confrontation has had his "too soft" minimum jail term increased by seven years. Hussein Hussein (19) stabbed father-of-one Antoin Akpom to death...
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School bus roof torn off after railway bridge crash in Sileby
A double decker bus caused traffic chaos in a village after it got stuck under a bridge. King Street, in Sileby, was closed for more than three hours following the accident, involving school service...
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Head teacher under fire amid claims he has taken time off to go to World Cup...
A Leicestershire head teacher has come under fire after claims that he has taken time off to go to the World Cup in Brazil. Ed McGovern, from Stafford Leys Primary School, in Leicester Forest East, was...
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Mars rover celebrates one Martian year on the Red Planet with a selfie
Mars scientist Dr John Bridges has looked back on Curiosity's first Martian year roaming the surface of an alien world. The University of Leicester academic has been part of the Nasa team which has...
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World Cup: England end with goalless draw against Costa Rica
England's dismal World Cup campaign ended in a fittingly underwhelming fashion as Roy Hodgson's men laboured to a dull goalless draw against Costa Rica. Daniel Sturridge was guilty of missing three...
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World Cup: Luis Suarez in biting row as Uruguay send Italy home
Luis Suarez found himself at the centre of another biting storm shortly before Diego Godin's late goal sent Uruguay through to the World Cup knockout stages at the expense of 10-man Italy in Natal....
View ArticleSorry England bow out of Brazil with a whimper
England's disappointing World Cup campaign petered out into a damp squib as they played out a goalless draw with table-toppers Costa Rica in Belo Horizonte.Daniel Sturridge spurned four chances to give...
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Leicester City mean business in the Premier League, vows Marc Albrighton
Leicester City have sent out a clear signal that they mean business in the Premier League.That is the view of new signing Marc Albrighton, who pin-pointed Kasper Schmeichel's new deal as firm evidence...
View ArticleDoctor could be struck off over controversial therapy
A retired GP whose use of an alternative therapy put a cancer patient at risk of blood poisoning could be struck off.Dr Philip Jack, 79, was reported to the General Medical Council (GMC) after...
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Leicester house fire deaths: Father who lost family in blaze describes his...
A murder trial fell silent as neurosurgeon Dr Muhammad Taufiq told of his devastation at losing his entire family in an arson attack.Dr Taufiq, who stood in the witness box with his wife Shehnila's...
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Police hunting gun thugs who broke into elderly couple's home and stole cash
Police are hunting two thugs who forced their way into an elderly couple's home and threatened them with a gun before stealing their money. The men targeted the couple's home in the Booth Road area of...
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Council considers response to school transport consultation
About 400 people have responded to a second consultation on changes to school transport.Leicestershire County Council is proposing to take children to their nearest school, which could be outside the...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases dealt with at Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Dean Pugh (46), of Newton Lane, Wigston, pleaded guilty to exceeding a 30mph speed limit at Glen Road, Newton Harcourt, on November 8. He was...
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Man taken to hospital after car crash in Ashby
A man has been taken to hospital after a car crash in Ashby. Firefighters were called to an accident involving two vehicles in Measham Road just before 5pm yesterday. Crews released a man who was...
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Somalis in Leicester say drugs ban on khat should be celebrated
An addictive plant chewed by members of Leicester's Somali community became an illegal drug yesterday. People who had campaigned for khat to be made illegal said yesterday – when it became a class C...
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