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Leicester City striker David Nugent looks premier class
Leicester City striker David Nugent looks sharp and ready to play in the Premier League, says assistant manager Craig Shakespeare.Nugent notched his third goal of an already impressive pre-season...
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Live traffic and travel updates from Leicester and Leicestershire
8.30am: Leicester A594: Road partially blocked at the top of Southgates Underpass towards Newarke Street because of an accident. Queues are already back through theunderpass7.10am: There are currently...
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Increase in Leicester City Council staff paid £50,000 or more
More than 330 Leicester City Council employees were paid more than £50,000 last year, according to latest figures.The authority's statement of accounts for the year 2013/14 show 337 members of staff...
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Leicester City players facing a 'real competition for places'
Competition for places in the Leicester City dressing room will be vital to their Premier League survival hopes.That is the view of both City assistant manager Craig Shakespeare and midfielder Dean...
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Conman who lived a life of luxury is jailed
A confidence trickster enjoyed a luxury lifestyle after duping victims into buying corporate event packages which never existed.Sarjinder Singh Dhillon, also claimed state benefits while driving luxury...
View ArticleFire crews called to two road crashes within an hour in Kirby Bellars, near...
Fire crews were called out to two separate single-vehicle road collisions in Kirby Bellars near Melton within an hour of each other.The first, in Leicester Road, happened at 11.25pm last night.The...
View ArticleFire crews deal with second caravan arson in Market harborough
A touring caravan parked in a layby near Market Harborough was destroyed in an arson attack just after midnight.It's the second such incident in the area in the past few days.The caravan involved in...
View ArticleTeenager rescued from garage roof in Braunstone, Leicester
Fire crews were called to rescue a teenager from the flimsy roof of a garage in Edward Avenue, Braunstone, Leicester yesterday.It's understood a 15-year-old boy had gone onto the roof to help a...
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Man cut free from upturned vehicle following crash on A46 at Hobby Horse...
A man had to be cut free from an overturned vehicle following an accident on the A46 near the Hobby Horse Island, Syston, this morning. Two vehicles were involved in the crash which happened at about...
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Preston 1 Leicester 1 - match report: Liam Moore stunner not enough as City...
Leicester City failed to win for the first time this pre-season as they let slip a lead in a 1-1 draw at League One Preston. Liam Moore scored a sumptuous first-half volley to give City the lead at...
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Preston 1 Leicester 1: City "off the pace" admits manager Nigel Pearson
Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson admitted his side were "slightly off the pace" as they were held to a 1-1 draw at Preston.City were unable to hold on to their first-half lead at Deepdale that came...
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Rain fails to dampen spirits at Caribbean Carnival in Leicester
A colourful cavalcade of sights and sounds brightened a drab, dull rainy Saturday as the Caribbean Carnival took to the city's streets this afternoon.The hundreds of dancers, some as young as three,...
View ArticleCar arson attack near Coalvile
Firefighters were called to a wood off the road from Staunton Harold at Newbold Coleorton to deal with a car which had been deliberately set alight.A crew from Coalville dealt with the incident just...
View ArticleMotorbike arson; flames spread to house in Loughborough Road, Thringstone
Firefighters were called out after flames from a motorbike deliberately set alight spread to a house.Three crews, two from Coalville and one from Shepshed, went to the incident in Loughborough Road,...
View ArticleFour hurt in three-vehicle crash in Glenfield
Four casualties were treated at the scene of a three-vehicle crash in Glenfield yesterday.The incident, in Station Road, shortly after 4.30pm, was attended by two crews from Leicester's western fire...
View ArticleWoman injured in single-vehicle collision on A46 Western Bypass
A woman was injured when a car was involved in a single-vehicle collision on the A46/A50 northbound slip road on the Western Bypass last night.Two fire crews, from Leicester's western and southern fire...
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Mobile safety camera sites for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland for week...
Mobile safety camera sites for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland for week beginning Monday, August 4, 2014: Knossington Road, Braunston in Rutland A606 Burley Park Way, Oakham A6003 Route (Oakham -...
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Thousands of overseas drivers escape paying parking fines in Leicester
Thousands of drivers have escaped paying parking fines in Leicester because officials have been unable to trace their foreign registered vehicles. Figures released by Leicester City Council show 2,776...
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Which farm shop did readers vote their favourite in Leicestershire
A family-run business in Long Whatton has been voted as our reader's favourite farm shop. Manor Organic Farm Shop, has gained more than 50 per cent of the votes in an online poll which was launched...
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Couple in court to see drug-addict burglar who ransacked their Melton home...
A married couple were on holiday when their home was ransacked and £40,000 of possessions, including the family car, taken. They were in France when their daughter phoned to break the news of the...
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