Islamic Relief apologises after Leicester Lord Mayor John Thomas leaves...
Islamic Relief has apologised after Leicester's Lord Mayor John Thomas waked out of one of its charity events.It came after Labour councillor for Belgrave John Thomas reportedly walked out of an...
View ArticleLeicester 93 Glasgow 82: Riders gain revenge - match report
Leicester Riders 93Watson 25, Hassan 18, Washington 16, Wright 10, Anderson 6, Rowe 6, Losonsky 4, Lamble 4, Bernardini 3, Williams 1, Noel, Gamble.Glasgow Rocks 82 Smith 19, Achara 18, Freeman 16,...
View ArticleAston Villa 2 Leicester 1: City's miserable run goes on - match report
Aston Villa (1) 2Clark (17), Hutton (71)Leicester City (1) 1Ulloa (13)Leicester City's miserable run continued with a 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa - a 10th game without a win.The defeat leaves them...
View ArticleLeicester 25 Toulon 21: Tigers record famous victory over European champions...
Leicester Tigers (13) 25Tries Thorn Pens Williams (6) Conv WilliamsToulon (13) 21Tries Habana, Mitchell Pens Sanchez (3) Conv SanchezLeicester Tigers put in their best performance of the season to down...
View ArticleHow safe are the roads in your area? Find out here
A tool has been launched to help people find out how safe the roads are in their area.Developed by AXA and Road Safety Analysis, which independently collated and analysed hundreds of thousands of...
View ArticleTasty match-ups all over the place as Toulon face Leicester Tigers in the...
Leicester Tigers and Toulon were unchanged as they named their teams to face off in the Champions Cup clash at Welford Road.That meant there were very tasty match-ups all over the pitch at a freezing...
View ArticleAston Villa 2 Leicester City 1 - Premier League: as it happened
Leicester City's dismal form continued as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at Aston Villa, their 10th game without a win. For the third time in a week, City failed to hold on to a lead, which had been given...
View ArticleTributes paid to Anna Haefeli and Anastasia Besedovskaya, Oakham schoolgirls...
Tributes have been paid to two teenage girls who died in a car crash on Friday.The girls, named locally as Anna Haefeli, 18, and Anastasia Besedovskaya, 17, were pronounced dead at the scene.The crash...
View ArticleAston Villa 2 Leicester City 1 - reaction: Nigel Pearson confirms "conflict"...
Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson said he will await the referee's report before deciding whether to appeal Paul Konchesky's red card.The full-back was sent off during City's 2-1 defeat to Aston...
View ArticleMartin Castrogiovanni "paid £100,000 of his own money" to leave Leicester...
Former Tigers prop Martin Castrogiovanni has defended his departure from the club and fired a hard-hitting broadside at Leicester's director of rugby Richard Cockerill in the process.The 33-year-old...
View ArticleWoman treated by paramedics after arson attack in Sileby
A woman was treated by paramedics after a flat fire in Sileby last night which was started deliberately.Four fire crews, from Loughborough and Birstall, were called to Holmfield Road at 10.20pm.Two...
View ArticleFuel thieves spark car fire in Stoneygate, Leicester
Fuel thieves started a fire which destroyed a car parked in a city street yesterday.A fire crew from Leicester's central fire station was called to Highway Road, Stoneygate at 8.53am to deal with the...
View ArticleCelebrity chef Marco Pierre White restaurant to open in Leicestershire
Celebrity chef and restaurateur Marco Pierre White is to open a venue in Kegworth.The Marco's New York Italian is expected to open at the Best Western Premier Yew Lodge Hotel, in Packington Hill, in...
View ArticleLumbers jewellery store to move to Dominoes site
A high-end jewellery store in Leicester is set to relocate to the former site of a toy shop next year.Lumbers, which is based in Market Street, will more than double its floorspace when it moves to the...
View ArticleCooker blaze severely damages kitchen of Evington, Leicester home
A cooker fire severely damaged the kitchen of a home in Evington, Leicester last night.Two fire crews from the city's eastern fire station and the Fire and Emergency Support Service vehicle, manned by...
View ArticleMan treated for ammonia gas leaking from fridge in Loughborough
A man was treated for ammonia gas poisoning from a leaking fridge at his Loughborough home yesterday.Two crews from the town's fire station wore breathing equipment to drag the fridge out of the home...
View ArticlePolice recognise "significant distress" caused to Leicester city councillors...
Leicestershire police say they are consulting the Crown Prosecution Service to determine whether a crime was committed when an email signed off "from Adolf Hitler" was sent to city councillors.The...
View ArticleMadeleine McCann: Police interview 11 people in Portugal
Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann today began interviews with 11 people in Portugal. The interviews are the latest development in the seven year search for Madeleine, who...
View ArticleTransfer Rumours: Leicester City chase AFC Bournemouth defender and striker...
Leicester City have been linked with a move for AFC Bournemouth defender Steve Cook.The London Evening Standard claim City have been tracking the 23-year-old centre back's progress along with Crystal...
View ArticleLeicester MP Keith Vaz calls for end to ban on mango imports from India
Keith Vaz has said the time has come to end the controversial ban on Indian mangoes.The Leicester East MP has been campaigning to get the European Union to drop the mango ban since it was put in place...
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