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Two tons of cardboard go up in smoke after cigarette dropped into skip at...
Two tons of cardboard went up in flames at a recycling centre after a cigarette was dropped into a skip.A fire crew was called out the centre in Moorbarns Lane, Lutterworth, at 1.04pm yesterday , to...
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Today's racing at Leicester racecourse called off due to freezing conditions
Today's racing at Leicester racecourse has been called off due to the freezing conditions.The course was inspected at 8.15am and the decision was made to abandon the six-race meeting.The meeting, the...
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Mobile speed camera locations in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, from...
Here's where you will see mobile speed cameras in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland in the week from Monday, December 29:B5350 Nanpantan Road (30 & 40mph), LoughboroughA563 Asquith Way,...
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Jilted husband 'forgot' four-month-old granddaughter was in car when he...
A jilted husband "forgot" his four-month-old granddaughter was in his car when he deliberately crashed into his love-rival's vehicle, a court heard.Fortunately the infant was unharmed in the incident,...
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Large pile of rubbish deliberately set alight in disused railway arch
Firefighters were called out to a fire in a disused railway arch in Leicester in the early hours of this morning.Two fire crews were alerted at 3am to a large amount of rubbish on fire in an arch off...
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Firefighters force their way into an empty flat after neighbours report smell...
Firefighters had to force their way into an empty flat when neighbours reported a smell of burning.Two fire crews were alerted at 4.50pm yesterday to the smell coming from inside a flat in Great...
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Car damaged after being set on fire in city street
A car was damaged after being deliberately set on fire in the street.Firefighters tackled the blaze after being alerted at 8.57pm yesterday to the incident in Middleton Street, Aylestone, Leicester.A...
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Christmas burglars ransack 87-year-old man's home
An 87-year-old man came home on Christmas Eve to find intruders had ransacked his bedroom and stolen his loved ones' presents. William Warne and his partner Joyce Immings had planned to spend Christmas...
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Hull 0 Leicester City 1 - Mahrez goal ends winless run - match report
Hull City (0) 0Leicester City (1) 1Mahrez (32)Leicester City finally ended their 14-match winless run with an important 1-0 victory at fellow strugglers Hull.A 32nd-minute strike by Riyad Mahrez won...
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Prisoner arrested after he spent two days on the run when he jumped from a...
A prisoner who went on the run after he jumped out of a security van taking him to court was arrested today.Police have apprehended Adam Herbert after he absconded last Friday as he was being...
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Pedestrian critically injured in collision with car in Asfordby
A woman is critically ill in hospital after she was knocked down by a car yesterday. The 46-year-old was seriously injured as she crossed a road in Asfordby, near Melton. She was taken to Nottingham's...
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PHOTO: Can you help find missing man Richard Pollard?
Police are concerned for a 58-year-old man who went missing yesterday as temperatures fell below freezing. Richard John Pollard was reported missing from his home in Grange Road, Hugglescote, near...
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GP warns: Medicine faces a new dark age
Medicine is on the brink of moving back into the dark ages in which many cancer treatments might be halted along with operations such as hip replacements.That is the stark warning from a city GP if...
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Ridiculed £5,000 plan to give water bottles and pedometers to council staff...
Ridiculed plans to spend up to £5,000 giving council staff "a gift" of water bottles and pedometers have been ditched.Leicester City Council had wanted to distribute 3,500 branded water bottles and...
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Shopping traffic causing long tailbacks on roads in Leicester
Drivers are being warned about long traffic queues being caused by people waiting to get into shopping centre car parks.Area Traffic Control has said there is a tailback on the inner ring road in...
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Missing man Richard Pollard has been found, say police
A 58-year-old man who was reported missing on Sunday has been found safe and well. Richard John Pollard went missing from his home in Grange Road, Hugglescote, near Coalville. Leicestershire Police...
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Teacher's thank you for life-saving treatment
An infant school teacher who was on the brink of death has vowed to raise money for the hospital which saved her life.Bally Sarai, from Hamilton, took a few tentative steps to deliver a heap of hampers...
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Dead cat among crazy 999 calls to ambulance service
"My cat has died" and "the fridge door has fallen off" are just two of the crazy calls answered by controllers at East Midlands Ambulance Service this year. (2014)Staff responsible for dispatching...
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Local football: Senior League teams beat snow to close gap at the top
Senior League title hopefuls Friar Lane & Epworth and Sileby Town both beat the snow to pick up three vital Premier Division points.The schedule was badly hit by the weather but the Lane's game...
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Student feared he would be killed when masked robbers threatened him in a park
A university student feared he would be killed when three masked robbers, armed with a handgun and a knife, threatened him in a park.The victim, who was left traumatised, was walking to Loughborough...
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