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Local rugby: Tansley's amazing six leads way as Old Newts crush Stamford...
Alex Tansley completed the incredible feat of a double hat-trick as Old Newts returned from Stamford College Old Boys with an emphatic 62-33 success in Midlands Four East (South). Dolph Lydon (2), Glen...
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Care worker sues NHS Trust after being choked unconscious by a 27-stone...
A care worker has sued her bosses after she was attacked and choked unconscious by a 27-stone psychiatric patient.Natalie Allen took legal action after she was assaulted at the St Agnes Centre at Gorse...
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Local football: Former Loughborough Dynamo boss Tommy Brookbanks takes top...
Former Loughborough Dynamo manager Tommy Brookbanks has been confirmed as the new boss at Coalville Town. Brookbanks will be joined at Owen Street by his assistant, Mark Harvey, first-team coach Lee...
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Sikh and Commonwealth soldiers' contribution in First World War celebrated at...
People from communities across the city and county came together to remember the sacrifices of Sikh and Commonwealth servicemen 100 years ago.The contribution made by troops from far flung reaches of...
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Basketball: Leicester Riders coach Rob Paternostro says gruelling start...
Leicester Riders boss Rob Paternostro said his side's gruelling start to the season had caught up with them as they suffered their first defeat at the weekend. In their third set of back-to-back games...
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Leicester Tigers flanker Jamie Gibson hails victory over Ulster in Champions Cup
Flanker Jamie Gibson believes few teams could have lived with Leicester Tigers in their first half against Ulster. Three tries in 15 minutes put Tigers in a box-seat they never relinquished to get...
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Leicester City: Performance at Newcastle did not deserve defeat, says Anthony...
Anthony Knockaert believes Leicester City deserved to take something from the game at Newcastle on Saturday. City slumped to another away defeat after Gabriel Obertan struck for the Magpies on the...
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Latest Business Monthly magazine is free with tomorrow's Leicester Mercury
The latest edition of Business Monthly is once again packed full of interviews, profiles, analysis and comment.This month we speak to the Loughborough-born national IoD boss who is helping to dispel...
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Markfield man draws dolphin on route planner app while walking the dog
Fitness fan Simon Whitmore had a real sense of porpoise when he took his girlfriend's dog out for a walk.The 44-year-old, from Markfield, walked a circuit that he worked out would draw out the figure...
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Leicester City boss Pearson is confident the points will come for his side
Nigel Pearson insists the points will come if his Leicester City side continue to perform as they have done so far. Defeat at Newcastle on Saturday means City have picked up just one point from their...
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Loughborough-born Ian Dormer, IoD chairman, works to dispel fat cat image of...
Ian Dormer, chairman of the Institute of Directors is a friendly man. When a colleague heard I was meeting him, he had nothing but praise. And when I sat down with him at an IoD meeting, Ian – a big...
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Bupa Great Birmingham Run: Times and finishing positions
Scores of Leicestershire runners challenged themselves to take part in the Birmingham half marathon at the weekend. Are the finishing times and positions for everyone from the city and...
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Swansea v Leicester City - Premier League LIVE!
Leicester City travel to Swansea on Saturday looking to end a three-game winless run in the Premier League. Since the thrilling 5-3 win against Manchester United last month, City have picked up only...
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Police warn after people illegally set dogs on wild animals
Police are receiving up to five reports a week of illegal hare coursing – the banned practice of setting dogs on the wild animals.Officers have urged people in rural Leicestershire and Rutland to...
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University's environmental research centre gets £23 million boost to study...
The University of Leicester has been given a £23 million grant to help tackle some of the biggest environmental issues facing the UK.The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), run by university,...
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Live: Traffic and travel updates for Leicester and Leicestershire
1.11pm: Slow traffic on the A50 Woodgate, near Frog Island, Leicester, at the Buckminster Road junction, in the roadworks area.10.50am: The route between the Hoo Ash and Flagstaff islands in Ashby has...
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Tributes paid to Lynda Bellingham by Calendar Girls who starred alongside...
Colleagues who starred alongside "amazing" and "wonderful" Lynda Bellingham in Calendar Girls, at Leicester's De Montfort Hall, have paid tribute to the late actress.The 66-year-old died in her...
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Thieves steal jewellery, TV and computer in Markfield burglary
Jewellery, a television and laptop computer were among items stolen in a burglary.Thieves broke into a house in Ratby Road, Markfield, through a side window before helping themselves to property...
View ArticleNearly 46,000 grades changed nationally following summer's exams
More than 45,000 grades from this summer's exams have been changed after schools challenged them - an increase of 15 per cent.The number of inquiries questioning GCSE and A-level grades however rose...
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Police want to trace this man in connection with attack on woman in...
Officers investigating a violent assault on a woman have released this image of a man they would like to identify and trace.The 25-year-old victim was head-butted in the face as she was leaving a bar...
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