Leicester Riders 79 Durham Wildcats 95: Riders run out of steam
This is Leicestershire -- Leicester Riders hopes of retaining their BBL Championship title suffered a major blow as injuries and misfortune caught up with them this weekend. Riders suffered a first...
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Bournemouth 0 - Leicester 1: Kevin Phillips setting the benchmark
GOLDEN oldie Kevin Phillips staged a smash and grab raid to give Leicester their ninth straight win and extend their lead in the Championship. Reported by Daily Star 13 hours ago.
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Teenager Steffan Linnett jailed for killing homeless man with single punch in...
This is Leicestershire -- A teenager who killed a homeless man by punching him to the ground, causing a severe head injury, has been jailed for three years and four months. The unprovoked attack by...
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Leicester Riders star Anthony Rowe out for season
This is Leicestershire -- Leicester Riders star Anthony Rowe is out for the season after suffering a serious injury on Friday night. Rowe collapsed early in the second half in Riders' last second...
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AFC Bournemouth: Lee Camp blasts 'brave decision' to award Kevin Phillips'...
This is Dorset -- Lee Camp believes the assistant referee made a 'brave decision' to award Leicester City a controversial winning goal against AFC Bournemouth on Saturday. The SkyBet Championship...
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Granby Street stabbing: Witnesses sought over vicious attack in Leicester...
This is Leicestershire -- Police are continuing to appeal for information about a vicious stabbing on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses to the city centre attack said they saw the victim stabbed "six or...
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Battle to keep Stoke City legend Gordon Banks's statue in Stoke-on-Trent...
This is Staffordshire -- HE is a Stoke City legend and one of the greatest heroes of English football. But fans now fear a £85,000 statue of goal-keeping great Gordon Banks could be on its way out of...
View ArticleArts head: Geoff Rowe, director, Leicester Comedy Festival
The festival director on being disruptive, the impact of comedy on TV and why festivals could do with being more 'festive' *Hi Geoff, can you tell me a bit about the **Leicester Comedy Festival**? Does...
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Bournemouth 0 Leicester City 1 - Championship predictions: How did you score?
This is Leicestershire -- Last week we asked Leicester Mercury sports writer James Sharpe to predict the result of Leicester City's trip to Bournemouth as they tried to extend their winning run in the...
View ArticleSpeedway: New Leicester Lions signing Peter Ljung relishes the chance to...
This is Leicestershire -- Leicester Lions star Peter Ljung believes joining the Elite League side has rekindled his love affair with speedway. It has been two years since the 31-year-old Swede was last...
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Picture of the day: Fascists in Leicester
This is Leicestershire -- Stern-faced and straight-backed, Britain's would-be Fuhrer turns an intense gaze upon the camera in a room at the Grand Hotel. It's a scene of studied composure and calm, one...
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Logovi'i Mulipola returns from injury to boost Leicester Tigers
This is Leicestershire -- Leicester Tigers have received a huge boost ahead of Friday's Aviva Premiership clash with Worcester at Sixways – quite literally. The 20-stone frame of Samoan prop Logovi'i...
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Fit-again Toby Flood 'feels fantastic' ahead of Leicester Tigers' trip to...
This is Leicestershire -- A fit and firing Toby Flood is ready to lead Leicester Tigers' assault on the Aviva Premiership play-off places at Worcester on Friday night. Flood, who is not involved with...
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Inside Football column: Takeover madness at Leeds shows just how lucky...
This is Leicestershire -- The farcical events at Leeds United have again raised the question of the impact of foreign ownership in English football. Confusion seems to reign at Elland Road over who...
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Never mind the Championship, Leicester City are the third best team in Europe!
This is Leicestershire -- * Leicester City* are officially the third best team in Europe on current form. City's club record of nine consecutive league wins can only be beaten by Celtic, with 13, and...
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Ex-boyfriend smashed glass into pregnant woman's face at Walkabout bar, in...
This is Leicestershire -- A drunken man who glassed his pregnant ex-girlfriend in a city centre bar has been jailed for two years. Leicester Crown Court was told the unprovoked attack happened on the...
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Muggers jailed for attack on 80-year-old man in Leicester street
This is Leicestershire -- Two men have been jailed following a cowardly attack on a frail 80-year-old man. Harbans Singh and Varinder Singh robbed the terrified pensioner in Belgrave Gate, Leicester,...
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Stoke City supporters oppose plans to move Gordon Banks statue from Potteries...
This is Staffordshire -- DOZENS of Sentinel readers have signed a petition calling for a statue of Stoke City legend Gordon Banks to remain in North Staffordshire. They have backed The Sentinel's...
View ArticleLeicester prop Stankovich to join Newport
Leicester prop Boris Stankovich is to join Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of this season, it was announced on Wednesday.The Dragons hav Reported by Sport.co.uk 14 hours ago.
View ArticleMercury opinion: Leicester will prevail on Richard III
This is Leicestershire -- An article in yesterday's Mercury looked back on the 12 months since the University of Leicester announced that it had positively identified the skeleton found under a council...
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