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Leicester City season tickets sale hit record levels
Leicester City have announced a record number of season ticket sales for the King Power Stadium.City have sold 22,000 season tickets for their return to the Premier League this season.This is the...
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Leicester City Council has spent £35,000 on monthly "sniff monitoring" after residents reported foul odours seeping from a waste processing plant, it has been revealed.The council has employed two...
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Woman injured after two-car crash in Braunstone
A woman was taken to hospital after being released from the wreckage of a car by firefighters. The female casualty was injured after a two-car collision in Braunstone Lane, Braunstone, just before...
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Nottingham Forest close in on Fryatt as Pearce looks to make two...
MATTY Fryatt is understood to be one of the two signings Nottingham Forest are closing in on today.The Hull City striker has rejected the offer of a fresh contract at the Premier League club.And...
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How Mercury pair caught the moment and bagged awards
These are the photographs which won top awards for two Leicester Mercury photographers.More than 300 people gathered at the annual Midlands Media Awards, at Villa Park, Birmingham.The awards, with...
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Armed Forces' Day: Veterans and cadets to march through Leicester
More than 300 serving and former armed forces personnel and cadets will march through Leicester city centre later this month.A pipe and drum band will lead the parade on June 21 to raise awareness of...
View ArticleAnger as moved-on travellers leave litter, making site 'eyesore'
A group of travellers who set up an unauthorised camp on a busy traffic island have been moved on.The travellers comprised six families and six caravans. They had spent the past three weeks at Redhill...
View ArticleRates of people on brink of getting diabetes have risen, say...
Rates of people on the brink of developing diabetes have risen sharply, according to researchers at the University of Leicester.Pre-diabetes rates among English adults rose from about 12 per cent in...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases dealt with at Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Kevin Fraser (59), of West Street, Syston, pleaded guilty to using a vehicle in Walkers Way, Syston, without third-party insurance on December...
View ArticleMore than 560 children missing education across the Leicester and...
More than 560 children are missing education across the city and county.Latest figures available show that, in January, 485 pupils were not on roll and their whereabouts were unknown to the city...
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Historic staircase at Sainsbury's store is relic of age of steam
A cast-iron spiral staircase from the age of steam is to be become part of a new transport heritage centre.The Victorian structure was an integral part of the former Belgrave Road railway station from...
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Former cocaine addict admits to to burgling more than 50 homes
A former cocaine addict has been jailed for four years after admitting to burgling more than 50 homes.Clive Wallace (40) was traced through his footprints left at nine scenes of crimes between...
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Baseball: Blue Sox get their first wins of season
Leicester Blue Sox secured their first two wins of the season with an impressive pair of victories over Birmingham Maple Leafs.Blue Sox pitcher Sandy Rosendo was the star of the show in game one,...
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Martial arts: McManus 'honoured' to fly flag for Great Britain
Leicester teenager Josh McManus is heading to Las Vegas this month for the World Amateur MMA Championship.Fighters from 20 countries will be heading to the States for the event that starts on Monday,...
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Basketball: Jay Couisnard ends spell at Leicester Riders
Jay Couisnard will leave Leicester Riders with some big shoes to fill after the influential American called an end to his two years at the club.The 6ft 6in guard/forward has joined French side Union...
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Wood Hill fatal fire: Student tells court he had no involvement
A student accused of murdering a mother and her three teenage children in a house fire has told a court he had no involvement in the crime.Akeem Jeffers (21) admitted being in Wood Hill, Spinney...
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Dig team uncovers coins, ceramics and 2,000-year-old tweezers
A pair of 2,000-year-old tweezers has been found during an archaeological dig at a Roman villa in Leicester.The centuries-old artefact was part of a haul of buried treasures, including copper...
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Mute swan rescued on River Soar after attack by mating birds
A young mute swan is recovering well after it was attacked and almost drowned by two other swans.The swan, which is about a year old, is due to be released back into the wild after it had to be...
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England may switch Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi to wing...
Leicester Tigers centre Manu Tuilagi could be utilised on the wing for England's second Test against New Zealand, in Dunedin, on Saturday.With Saracens and Northampton Saints players now available for...
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Where Are They Now? Former Leicester City striker Ashley Chambers...
Ashley Chambers became the youngest player ever to pull on a Leicester City shirt when he made his first-team debut aged 15. Nine years later, he is looking for a new club after helping Cambridge...
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