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New drug to aid asthma patients
A new treatment for asthma patients which was trialled at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital has been licensed for use.It could help to prevent the number of emergency admissions to hospital due to asthma...
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Love your kitty? Quit the cuddles, says charity
Charity Cats Protection has found that too many owners are letting their love for their moggies cloud their judgement when it comes to providing a stress-free home.The findings come ahead of a new BBC...
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Campaigners' concern over hospital closure
Health officials have agreed not to move outpatient clinics out of a hospital until they are sure suitable alternatives are in place.However, they are pushing ahead with plans to close the Ashby and...
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Cancer patient takes to cat walk
Tony Herbert did not consider himself the height of fashion but it did not stop him taking to the catwalk for charity this week.The 67-year-old was one of two men taking part in the show for the...
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Mum who survived rare cancer takes on London 3 peaks challenge
She's about to prove she has nerves of steel, but mum Vickie Presley still shudders at the memory of being separated from her newborn son when she was diagnosed with a rare cancer.Vickie, 34, from...
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Hope for Madeleine McCann as missing US girl is found
Madeleine McCann's parents have been given fresh hope after a child who was abducted in the United States 12 years ago was found. Sabrina Allen, of Austin, Texas, was reported missing in 2002 aged 5....
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Investigation into trolls' abuse of Kate and Gerry McCann
Police are investigating internet 'trolls' who have posted obscene and threatening online messages about the Madeleine McCann's parents. The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it is examining a series...
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M1 northbound: Four-car crash causes miles of traffic queues
A four-vehicle crash on the M1 northbound is causing rush-hour chaos.The accident happened between junction 24 and 24a in the Kegworth area and is causing queues back to junction 23.The motorway closed...
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Fundraiser organised to pay for sensory room for Queniborough three-year-old...
Leah Clarke has a condition so rare that it does not have a name.She cannot drink fluids, has limited speech and can't sit, crawl, or walk. She has to take liquids through a tube into her tummyThe...
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Leicester curry houses nominated for national awards. Tell us your favourite
More than a dozen Leicester curry houses have been shortlisted for national awards.After months of fierce competition, nominations have closed and the shortlist for this year's English Curry Awards has...
View ArticleThe Owl and the Pussycat voted most popular poem on National Poetry day. What...
Today is National Poetry day - the country's biggest celebration of verse.A survey for the event revealed The Owl and the Pussycat, written in 1871 by Edward Lear, as the most popular children's poem....
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Couple rescue wedding plans in 24 hours after venue goes up in flames
A Rothley couple have salvaged their wedding 24-hours after the original venue where they were set to wed went up in smoke.Jonathan Cook and his fiancee Kathryn Plant were faced with a frantic race...
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What's in your 40-page More Mercury mag tomorrow?
They've been dubbed the team that forgot how to win. So what exactly has happened with Leicestershire County Cricket Club, who finished another forlorn season bottom of the table and without a league...
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'Twitter troll' Brenda Leyland 'flees Leicestershire home' after being...
A Leicestershire woman has apparently fled her home after being accused of targeting missing Madeleine McCann's parents, Kate and Gerry, via Twitter.Brenda Leyland, 63, of Burton Overy, was yesterday...
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WATCH: Police release dramatic footage of masked gang stealing cash machine...
Police in Norfolk have released dramatic footage which shows a gang of masked raiders stealing a cash machine.It comes as three men were yesterday sentenced to a total of 14 years in prison after...
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Sales are up at Dunelm
Sales are up at Leicestershire homeware business Dunelm.Total sales for July, August and September were up 17 per cent to £180.6 million, compared to the same period in 2013 when they were £154.3...
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"What's Phil Collins' defining album Rory?" - What Twitter had to ask...
Leicester's deputy mayor says he won't be put off from doing more Twitter question and answer sessions by people teasing him on the social network during his first attempt.Councillor Rory Palmer spent...
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Iron-bar attack on jewellery shop customer in Narborough Road, Leicester
Two masked robbers attacked a man with an iron bar as he left a jewellery shop today. The pair hit their victim on the head and snatched a bag which contained a "large amount" of gold jewellery from...
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Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson calls on fans to replicate Manchester...
Nigel Pearson believes Leicester City supporters have a massive role to play as his side attempt to secure their Premier League future.Pearson said the atmosphere within the King Power Stadium for the...
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Hundreds of NHS workers set to take industrial action
Hundreds of nurses, midwives and other health workers, including ambulance staff are set to stage a four-hour strike on Monday, October 13.Top doctors have stopped just short of a walk out, which will...
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