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Firm's video tells the story of the demolition of Leicester's landmark...

The company given the task of flattening Leicester's landmark Belgrave Fly-over has released a video about the huge project.The massive structure was removed in February and March as part of a £4...

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Roadworks to watch out for in Leicester this week - beginning Sunday, July 27

Drivers are being warned to watch out for the following roadworks taking place next week in Leicester. • Green Lane Road: resurfacing works. Road closed at its junction with Coleman Road until noon on...

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Melton 'dog whisperer' helps army spaniel recover from post-traumatic stress

A springer spaniel which sniffed out deadly explosives in the forces and suffered a form of post-traumatic stress after retiring is now the perfect pooch after visiting a 'dog whisperer'....

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Police issue photograph of stray dog which bit woman

Police have released a photograph of a stray dog which they believe bit a woman. The black Staffordshire bull terrier was found wandering in a playing field in Glaston Road, Uppingham on Wednesday,...

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Measham man Luke Smallwood jailed for two burglaries and stealing a charity...

A man has been jailed for burgling a church and a petrol station and stealing a charity collection box from a leisure centre. Luke Smallwood, who has been sent to prison for 30 weeks, broke into an...

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Thousands line Leicester's streets to welcome home the Poachers from Afghanistan

Thousands of cheering and clapping people lined the streets of Leicester to welcome home soldiers returning from Afghanistan.Nearly 200 troops from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment – known as...

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Police warning after two Harborough homes are burgled in one night

Police have urged a town's residents to lock their windows and doors locked after two homes were burgled in one night. Intruders were able to get into the two homes in Market Harborough because windows...

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Blackbird Road, Leicester, set to reopen after water main repairs

A section of road closed because of a burst water main is set to reopen by the morning. Blackbird Road, in Leicester, has been shut both ways between Anstey Lane and the A50 Groby Road since Thursday...

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Birmingham Bears v Leicestershire Foxes: County crash to T20 Blast defeat

Birmingham Bears 160-6 (20 overs) Leicestershire Foxes 108 (19.5 overs) Another batting failure saw Leicestershire Foxes' NatWest T20 Blast campaign come to a shuddering halt with a 52-run defeat...

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Baseball: Leicester Blue Sox back on top form

Leicester Blue Sox got back to winning ways with another pair of victories over Birmingham Maple Leafs.They won the first game 14-10, and then romped away in the second for a 8-1 victory.Blue Sox made...

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Leicester Tigers: Robert Barbieri is ready to make his mark

New signing Robert Barbieri admitted his "eyes lit up" when he heard former prop Martin Castrogiovanni's glowing reference of Leicester Tigers.It took little convincing for the Treviso back-rower and...

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Retired GP defends a controversial alternative therapy

A retired GP has defended a controversial alternative therapy, despite criticism from health watchdogs that it put a cancer patient at risk of blood poisoning.Dr Philip Jack, 79, could be struck off or...

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Badminton: Event is a smash hit

More than 60 players from seven city primary schools met at Aylestone Leisure Centre to take part in the Top Schools doubles tournament.Children from Alderman Richard Hallam, Forest Lodge, Knighton...

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See how they left my Dad's grave - covered in 4ft of earth dug from a nearby...

A man turned up to pay his respects at his father's grave to find it covered in a pile of earth dug from a nearby plot.Adam Carr was horrified to discover 4ft of earth hiding the spot where his father,...

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Family affair as Charlie Thacker targets Leicester Tigers' first team

Leicester Tigers is all Charlie Thacker has ever known.His dad, Troy, made nearly 50 appearances for the club as a hooker while brother Harry, also a No.2, is a rising star at Welford Road.Thacker and...

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Residents urge action over fridge recycling firm in Spinney Hills, Leicester

The Environment Agency is being urged to take action against a Leicester factory where industrial fridges are being noisily broken up.Residents who live near BR Environmental Services in Spinney Hills...

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Leicestershire youngster in seven-week stint playing Michael Jackson in...

Star performer Kwame Kandekore has returned home following a seven-week stint in Japan playing a young Michael Jackson in the stage musical Thriller – Live. The 11-year-old, who lives in Kirby Muxloe,...

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Leicester City's match in Thailand will be good experience - James

Tomorrow's friendly with Everton will give the Leicester City players a taste of what is to come in the Premier League, but it is no dress-rehearsal says midfielder Matty James.City take on the Toffees...

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Leicester City's Paul Konchesky says team 'raring to go' in Thailand

Leicester City defender Paul Konckesky said they are raring to go to face Everton tomorrow.City take on the Toffees in a friendly at the Supachalasai Stadium, in Bangkok, to mark King Power...

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Residents in Leicester street are stuck inside because of sewage work 'stink'

People from a street where sewage work is taking place say the "disgusting" stench has become so unbearable they cannot open their windows.Severn Trent has been working on replacing seven sewage...

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