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The 14-year-old victim had his bike stolen after he was threatened with a knife in a Leicester park.Read more: https://b...
05/09/2025

The 14-year-old victim had his bike stolen after he was threatened with a knife in a Leicester park.

Read more: https://bbc.in/4g6RP0p

BREAKING: The Duchess of Kent has died at the age of 92, Buckingham Palace has announced.Read more: https://bbc.in/4p9Vn...
05/09/2025

BREAKING: The Duchess of Kent has died at the age of 92, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Read more: https://bbc.in/4p9Vn6k

Plans to turn this empty office block in Leicester into accommodation for more than 140 students have been recommended f...
05/09/2025

Plans to turn this empty office block in Leicester into accommodation for more than 140 students have been recommended for approval.

Read more here: https://bbc.in/480F1Xm

"The new plan isn't near the village - it's in the village."Campaigners against proposals to extend Mountsorrel Quarry s...
05/09/2025

"The new plan isn't near the village - it's in the village."

Campaigners against proposals to extend Mountsorrel Quarry say they are worried about dust, noise and the loss of woodlands.

Read more: https://bbc.in/3JLtrWe

The trial could be made permanent. In the 18-month pilot, Leicestershire County Council dimmed most of its lights to 30%...
04/09/2025

The trial could be made permanent.

In the 18-month pilot, Leicestershire County Council dimmed most of its lights to 30% brightness between 20:00 and 07:00 from January last year to June this year.

Read more: https://bbc.in/3HTkVUz

It happened after a "heavy downpour of rain".The ceiling of the Haymarket Shopping Centre partially collapsed, leading t...
04/09/2025

It happened after a "heavy downpour of rain".

The ceiling of the Haymarket Shopping Centre partially collapsed, leading to the Belgrave Gate entrance being sealed off overnight.

Read more: https://bbc.in/4mNZCTF

But the council will stop the collection of extra cardboard left at the side of bins.New collections in part of Leiceste...
04/09/2025

But the council will stop the collection of extra cardboard left at the side of bins.

New collections in part of Leicestershire will begin from next year, with households receiving two food waste caddies beforehand.

Find out more: https://bbc.in/485TFfY

Businesses fear Leicester's Diwali event will be "hollowed out".A proposal to bring back fireworks to the celebrations h...
04/09/2025

Businesses fear Leicester's Diwali event will be "hollowed out".

A proposal to bring back fireworks to the celebrations has been rejected.

Read more: https://bbc.in/460kAHy

"It's so cool to have 21-year-old Bella frozen in time." 😍The Game of Thrones star spent 10 months working with studio a...
04/09/2025

"It's so cool to have 21-year-old Bella frozen in time." 😍

The Game of Thrones star spent 10 months working with studio artists to create their Madame Tussauds waxwork.

Read more: https://bbc.in/3I075jd

"I just remember being helpless. I had no strength and couldn't move my arms," his victim said.Mahbubur Rahman was charg...
03/09/2025

"I just remember being helpless. I had no strength and couldn't move my arms," his victim said.

Mahbubur Rahman was charged in 2023 after he was arrested for an unrelated crime - and his DNA matched to the 2006 unsolved r**e.

Read more: https://bbc.in/4p6tdcl

"I know people want to show national pride but painting roads is different."Leicestershire's Reform leader has said: "We...
03/09/2025

"I know people want to show national pride but painting roads is different."

Leicestershire's Reform leader has said: "We can't condone vandalism, nor stand by when extremely offensive comments are being spray-painted on to public property."

Read more about the council removing offensive graffiti from the county's roads here: https://bbc.in/3HFCY0r

Very sad news.A motorcyclist has died six days after a crash at a roundabout near the M69 motorway in Leicestershire.Rea...
03/09/2025

Very sad news.

A motorcyclist has died six days after a crash at a roundabout near the M69 motorway in Leicestershire.

Read more: https://bbc.in/46qCV0T

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