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Who will start for City in the opener?
Nigel Pearson promised Leicester City's final pre-season friendly would not be a dress rehearsal for next week's Premier League opener against Everton.He was true to his word because anyone looking for...
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Wild weather causes flash flooding across the county
Wild weather upset weekend plans as the remnants of Hurricane Bertha passed over Leicestershire.More than an inch of rain fell yesterday morning, followed by an afternoon of winds and drizzle.Flash...
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Leicester City unveil new gold and red kits
Leicester City have unveiled their alternative kits for the new Premier League season.City's first team, under-21s and youth teams will switch to a gold and navy strip away from home, while the first...
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Rock star renews his Victorian double act
A rock music legend and a Leicester academic have formed an unlikely friendship while resurrecting a unique type of Victorian picture book.Queen guitarist Brian May and De Montfort University doctoral...
View ArticleDog attack in Braunstone Town leaves man in hospital
A man has been taken to hospital after being attacked by a dog in Braunstone Town.Police were called to the incident just after 7pm yesterday (SUN) following a report of a dog attacking another dog and...
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Julia gets second chance thanks to organ donor
A woman has been given a "third time lucky" liver transplant after being told she wouldn't live beyond 2014 without one. Julia Jones, 41, of Hinckley, twice turned up to receive a replacement organ...
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Live traffic and travel updates from Leicester and Leicestershire
7.25am: FLOOD WARNING - Mountsorrel Lane in Sileby closed in both directions between the Slash Lane junction and the Barrow Road junction.Slash Lane in Sileby closed in both directions between the...
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"Cunning" thief targeted elderly women shoppers
A "cunning" purse snatcher who regularly targeted vulnerable elderly women has been jailed for five years.Bernard Mangan (30), who has used 37 different aliases, has previously served lengthy jail...
View ArticleWolverhampton Wanderers manager Kenny Jackett admits interest in Leicester...
Wolverhampton Wanderers are trying to sign Leicester City striker Chris Wood, but Wolves boss Kenny Jackett has dismissed reports a deal has been agreed.Jackett, who managed Wood when he was on loan at...
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'Supermoon' lights up the sky above Leicestershire
The biggest and brightest moon in 20 years lit up the skies in the city and county last night. People enjoyed the dramatic 'supermoon' which appeared 14 per cent bigger and 30 per cent brighter than...
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Loughborough University students may be breathalysed before entering the...
Students at Loughborough University may be breathalysed to see if they are too drunk to enter the Students' Union building.The idea, which has already been trialled by students in Norfolk, is under...
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Hinckley AFC picked as non-league team of day by Robbie Savage after winning...
A newly-created football club was named as a national radio show's non-league team of the day after winning 13-0.Hinckley AFC was given the honour on BBC Radio Five Live Non-league Football Show on...
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Melton Road re-opened following Belgrave factory fire
Melton Road has been re-opened following a factory fire.Police opened the road at around 8pm on Saturday night after closing it on Thursday morning.The road was closed after a huge fire at a...
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A5 closed at Hinckley after crash involving a car and a van
A stretch of the A5 has been closed near Hinckley after an accident involving a car and a van.Emergency services were called to the scene, opposite the Dodwells Service Station, at about 2pm today.A...
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Gold thieves jailed for snatching jewellery
A woman was attacked on her front doorstep by two robbers who knocked her to the ground and snatched £3,500 of gold jewellery she was wearing.In separate incidents, one of the raiders, Christopher...
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Long Clawson man sentenced to 12 years in prison for string of sexual offences
A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to a string of sexual offences.Charles Tetley, of Kings Road, Long Clawson, near Melton, was sentenced, today, at...
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Woman taken to hospital following A5 crash in Hinckley
A woman was taken to hospital after being injured in a crash involving a car and transit van on the A5, in Hinckley.Emergency services were called to the scene, opposite the Dodwells Service Station,...
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Rapist, 33 sentenced to 12 years in prison
A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to a string of sex offences.Charles Tetley, of Kings Road, Long Clawson, was sentenced yesterday at Leicester Crown...
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Latest additions to list of city's heritage landmarks
Some are hardly beautiful, others are a touch obscure, but nearly 150 Leicester landmarks are to be added to a list cataloguing the city's heritage gems.The 1960s Lee Circle car park, the former...
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Burglars raided family homes evacuated during Belgrave factory blaze
Burglars stole cash and jewellery from homes whose occupants had been evacuated when a neighbouring factory was consumed by fire. Intruders took advantage of the major fire, in the Belgrave area of...
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