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Fire crews called to blazing car on M1
Fire crews were called to a burning car on the M1, near Leicester Forest East Services, earlier today.Crews from Leicester's western and southern fire stations responded to the incident, on the...
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Is it an octopus? Nope, guess again. Take a closer look at the amazing body...
Emma Fay is a special kind of artist. Her canvas is the human body. Gemma Peplow takes a close look at her remarkable workYou might be a bit confused by the image you see before you. Because the...
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Top of the Shops: Our 10 favourites from the new stores that arrived in...
Happy New Year, shoppers, writes Gemma Peplow. We hope all your bargain dreams came true. Seeing as it's a new year, we thought we'd kick things off by celebrating some of the best additions to the...
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Leicester Riders 74 Leeds Force 54: Quickfire start to new year for Riders
Leicester Riders posted a dominate 74-54 victory over Leeds Force on Saturday night to get 2015 off to a winning start.Riders led from start to finish at Loughborough University's Sir David Wallace...
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First Up: Singer Lucy Campbell, of classical crossover duo Eden
Lucy Campbell, who grew up in Leicestershire, is one of the voices behind Eden. The duo will be performing at the Y Theatre, in East Street, Leicester, for Singing 4 Happiness on January 16 and 17....
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Reasons to buy your Monday Mercury
There's a whole raft of reasons to buy the Leicester Mercury tomorrow.Top of the list is the launch of £10 Holidays – there's a full page of all the information you need – and the tokens and passwords...
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Ebola nurse from West End, Leicester, says living with the dangers of...
A Leicester A&E nurse at the forefront of the fight against ebola has spoken of living with the dangers of catching the deadly virus as she treats sufferers in west Africa.Hannah McReynolds, 31,...
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Leicester Tigers 17 Bath 8: Revenge is sweet for Tigers
Leicester Tigers produced their most physical performance of the season to gain revenge on Bath with a 17-8 Aviva Premiership victory at Welford Road.The home team were the better side throughout and...
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Heavens above!Team of 10 vicars take part in Tigers' "Big Boot" competition...
A team of 10 Church of England clergy took part in Leicester Tigers 'Big Boot' competition yesterday(4)to raise money for Leicester Cathedral's King Richard III Community Appeal.The team, dressed in...
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London Lions 76 Leicester Riders 91: Hassan leads Riders to victory
A powerful fourth quarter led by Rashad Hassan saw Leicester Riders to a relatively comfortable 91-76 victory over London Lions as they attempt to keep pace with league leaders Newcastle Eagles.The...
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Leicester Tigers: Fraser Balmain says hard-hitting training sessions were key...
Leicester Tigers prop Fraser Balmain has revealed one of the key factors in the club's rousing win against Bath was born out of some hard-hitting training sessions in the week leading up to the...
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Gary Barlow: Super Take That fan desperate for singer to perform at her wedding
A super Take That fan who even has the band's autographs tattooed on her arm is desperate to get Gary Barlow to sing at her wedding.Katie Griffiths is campaigning to get the singer to perform on her...
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Air ambulance called to Barwell
An air ambulance landed in Barwell yesterday after a woman in her 70s suffered from a cardiac arrest.The helicopter landed on the green next to Moore Road shop shortly after 11.15am.An Derbyshire,...
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Killer bug salmonella prompts warnings over chocolates sold in Aldi stores in...
Chocolates made in Germany have been pulled from the shelves of Aldi stores in Leicestershire over fears they might be contaminated by killer bug salmonella.The German manufacturer of Choceur Treasures...
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Jilted boyfriend puts his honeymoon on eBay after fiancée dumps him over...
A jilted boyfriend is advertising for someone to join him on his honeymoon after his fiancée dumped him over Christmas. John Whitbread, from Donisthorpe, put the spare ticket for his holiday on eBay...
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Developer's second attempt to build 45 homes on field in Ullesthorpe
A planning inspector is due to decide whether or not to allow an unpopular plan to build 45 new houses in Ullesthorpe.Last year Mulberry Property Developments failed with its application to build 45...
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Footballer George Taft dedicates his first ever goal to MH17 plane crash...
Former Leicester City defender George Taft has dedicated his first career goal to a family friend who died in the MH17 Malaysia Airlines disaster.Taft, 21, who now plays for League Two side Burton...
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Weird and valuable items left at Travelodge hotels in 2014
A three-foot rubber duck, a personalised zimmer frame, a Tiffany bangle and divorce papers were among the weird things left in hotel rooms in Leicestershire.Travelodge's list of lost and found items...
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Teenager becomes the youngest ever Harvard University graduate
A 16-year-old University of Leicester student has become the youngest ever person to graduate from Harvard University.Eugenie de Silva completed a Master's in Liberal Arts at the esteemed American...
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Leicestershire landmarks feature in new online Royal Mail stamp collection
Three Leicester landmarks feature in a new online gallery of Royal Mail's 50th anniversary Special Stamps.The National Space Centre, Great Central Railway and the University of Leicester all appear on...
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