Pair take the winner's slot
Lady luck shone on Peter Belshaw and Phil Keen as they continued their winning ways in the Radical SR3 Challenge at Oulton Park.The Leicester Marks Electrical Racing duo looked set for second place at...
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Leicester-wide pavement parking ban scheme dropped
The idea of a city-wide ban on pavement parking has been dropped by councillors as they continue their search for a solution to the problem.Leicester City Council's transport scrutiny committee met to...
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Boxing gym youngsters are hoping to hit cash jackpot
Here at the Leicester Mercury we have been busy counting thousands of your Cash For Your Community coupons.We have teamed up with Nottingham Building Society to give away £35,000 to 150 community...
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Cases at Leicester Magistrates' Court
Cases dealt with at Leicester Magistrates' Court include:Philip Donkor (40), of Illingworth Road, Crown Hills, Leicester, was fined £140 after exceeding the 40 miles per hour speed limit on the A50,...
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Football: Terry's pioneering work with youngsters in China
Terry Singh has never had a problem breaking new ground in the world of football.The former Crown Hills pupil made a name for himself as a coach with Leicester City's Football in the Community...
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Speedway: Star riders missing as Lions go for a badly-needed win
Leicester Lions will be without their star riders for tonight's Elite League visit of Swindon Robins.Both teams will be much-changed for the clash at the Jordan Road Surfacing Stadium (7.45) as the...
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Props out on loan is set to disappear, says Leicester Tigers ...
Leicester Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill says the days of young props learning their trade away on loan may be a thing of the past.He believes the opportunity to send players for lengthy...
View Article£3m to cure pothole problems in Leicester and Leicestershir...
More than £3 million is being given to Leicester and Leicestershire to fix potholes across the city and county.The Government has agreed to set aside £168 million to deal with pothole problems in the...
View ArticleDriver ploughed down student and failed to stop in Mill Lane,...
A dangerous driver failed to stop after running down a student who was crossing the road, a court heard.The victim was thrown into the air and left lying injured in Mill Lane, near Leicester's De...
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Leicester man jailed for breaking into student's flat next door
A burglar who broke into a student's flat next door and stole items including her course notes has been jailed for 17 months.James Bhai (28) pleaded guilty to the burglary in George Street, St...
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Too-high bus timetables are also out of date
A transport watchdog has revealed that bus timetables which were fitted too high for anyone to read were also out of date.Terry Kirby, chairman of the Campaign for Better Transport (Leicestershire)...
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World Cup 2014: Leicester City's Riyad Mahrez 'can be star of ...
Riyad Mahrez is set to make his second World Cup appearance tomorrow and his Leicester City team-mate Danny Drinkwater believes the talented winger will catch the eye during the tournament.Mahrez...
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Long Bar, in Leicester, closes after losing fight to keep its...
A bar whose customers were involved in a series of drunken fights has closed after it lost a legal bid to keep its licence.The Long Bar, in Market Street, Leicester city centre, originally had its...
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'Legal high' teenager went on violent wrecking spree
A teenager hit a woman with a metal pole and went on a rampage of destruction after drinking and taking a "legal high".In a small hours wrecking spree, Andrew Fettes-Hawkins (18) laid into a motorhome...
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Kasabian: The rise of a rock empire
Kasabian have become one of the country's biggest bands. Peter Warzynski looks at the Mercury's coverage of the city rockers. February 1999 The band's first mention in the Leicester Mercury under the...
View ArticleNew Zealand stun England to secure series whitewash
New Zealand 36 England 13 ENGLAND slipped to a disappointing defeat in Hamilton as New Zealand secured the series whitewash with an emphatic win. Leicester-bound Freddie Burns started for England while...
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Female car passenger hurt in crash in Evington Valley Road,...
A woman was injured in a car crash in a city road. Two vehicles collided on Evington Valley Road in Spinney Hills, Leicester, at 6.10pm on Friday evening. A female passenger in one of the cars was...
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Person taken to hospital after car rolls onto its roof on M1
One person was taken to hospital after a crash on the M1 today that caused traffic disruption. The crash happened at 11.20am on the southbound carriageway between junctions 21a and 22. The crash...
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Gallery: Kasabian live - fans arrive and first acts on stage
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Gallery: Kasabian live - fans soak up the atmosphere
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