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Homeless treated to Christmas dinner with all the trimmings at top Leicester...
Homeless men and women were served up a classy three-course Christmas turkey dinner, on the house, by one of Leicester's top restaurants.More than a 100 diners who would otherwise have gone without...
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Boxing Day sales survival guide
So you've decided to leave the turkey sandwiches, discarded-after-just-one-day Christmas presents and the hungover mother-in-law and are planning to head into Leicester for the Boxing Day sales.WHAT?...
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Leicester urgent care centre moves to enable work to start on £40m A&E expansion
The city's urgent care centre which treats hundreds of people each day has moved.Yesterday morning it re-opened at a new location at the Balmoral building reception at Leicester's Royal Infirmary.The...
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Thousands jetting away to warmer climes in great festive getaway
Hoards of people have swapped the gloom of winter in Leicestershire for sunnier climes over the holidays.East Midlands Airport says it is expecting 115,600 people to have flown abroad over the festive...
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Best year yet for Leicester charity Edgar's Gift
A Leicester charity has had their best year yet after granting over 60 wishes to sufferers of cancer in the past twelve months.Edgar's Gift was set up in 2010 by family and friends of Ben Edkins after...
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City Link announces administration on Christmas Day
Express parcel delivery firm City Link announced on Christmas Day that it had gone into administration, leaving workers in shock and concerned about their futures.The Coventry-based firm, which employs...
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Boxing Day sales: Shoppers queue from 7.30pm on Christmas Day at Highcross in...
Sales shoppers queued up from as early as 7.30pm on Christmas Day to grab a bargain in Leicester's Boxing Day sales.Highcross reported that the first shoppers began queuing outside Next yesterday...
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Air ambulance called to emergency in Queniborough
The Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance were called to Queniborough shortly before 10am.It is understood that it was called out by East Midlands Ambulance Service in response to a...
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Freddie Burns returns to Leicester Tigers' starting line-up for trip to Sale...
Freddie Burns returns to the starting line-up at Leicester Tigers travel to Sale Sharks hoping to get their Aviva Premiership campaign back on track.The 24-year-old will run out in the No.10 shirt for...
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Firefighters tackle blaze after fire breaks out in roof of house in Ellistown
Firefighters were called out today after a fire broke out in the roof of a detached house.Two fire crews went to the four-bedroomed property in Rushby Road, Elllistown, at 11.14am after a passer-by...
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Bin compound fire on Christmas Day in Leicester
A bin compound caught on fire on Christmas Day.Four fire crews were called to the incident shortly after 5pm yesterday. It took firefighters one hour to put out the blaze in Oxford Street, Leicester. A...
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Police name drivers who died in Christmas Day crash in Rutland
Communities were in mourning today after a man and woman were killed in a crash on a county road on Christmas Day. Mark Price, 51, and 48-year-old Lynda Anne Wade were travelling in separate cars when...
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Couple have to call wedding off after they lose £3000 cash savings in house...
A couple are being forced to call off their wedding after their £3,000 cash savings went up in flames after a fire broke out in the loft of their home today.Steve Corns, of Rushby Road, Ellistown, near...
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Villagers pull together for charity
Around 200 people turned out for the annual Boxing Day Tug of War and duck race in Rearsby.The tradition began some 40 years ago with a tug of war between the two pubs in the village - The Horse and...
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Environment Agency issues flood alert for River Soar in Leicestershire
The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for parts of the River Soar in Leicestershire.Flooding is possible for the River Soar including tributaries from Sharnford to the River Wreake confluence...
View ArticleLeicester 1 Tottenham 2: City's winless run now 13 games - match report
Leicester (0) 1Ulloa (48)Tottenham (1) 2Kane (1), Eriksen (71)Leicester City's winless run now stretches to unlucky 13 after Boxing Day defeat to Tottenham at a sold-out King Power Stadium.It was a...
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Boxing Day hunts: Thousands gather for festive tradition
Two-year-old Rose Cassipi may only be small, but she is already riding tall in the saddle.The youngster, astride her trusty pony Lily, accompanied her mum Tracey Paskins and scores of others who...
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Has Gary Lineker delivered the best, best man's speech ever - with a little...
Leicester soccer legend Gary Lineker has been praised for producing what could be the best, best man's speech ever. He gave best friend Richard King a wedding to remember by putting together a video...
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Leicester City 1 Tottenham 2 - Premier League: as it happened
Leicester City's winless Premier League run was extended to 13 games as they fell to a 2-1 home defeat against Tottenham. It took former City loanee Harry Kane less than a minute to haunt his old club,...
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Man appears in court in connection with stabbing in Market Harborough
A man appeared in court today charged in connection with a stabbing incident in Market Harborough.Police officers were called to Green Lane in the market town at around 7.30pm on Tuesday following a...
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