The Breakdown | Lions' thrashing of Western Force does not render it a...
The Lions' opponents were not so much an hors d'oeuvre as an aperitif, but there are still issues for Warren Gatland to address Western Force was not an apt name for the Lions' first opponents in...
View ArticleNHS approach to patient safety needs overhaul, says health secretary
Jeremy Hunt admits NHS failings and expresses horror at case of 100-year-old woman who died of dehydration in Leicester A totally different approach to patient safety must be taken in the NHS, the...
View ArticleHospital apologises after 100-year-old woman dies of dehydration
Leicester Royal Infirmary admits failings in care of Lydia Spilner after daughter pleaded for nurses to put her on drip A hospital has apologised for a "catastrophic error" after a 100-year-old...
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Action avoided after TB deaths
This is Leicestershire -- Hospital bosses have escaped action from the Health and Safety Executive after improving patient safety at a dialysis unit. Managers at Leicester's hospitals have made the...
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This is Leicestershire -- Iwas pleased to hear that, last week, Leicester's wonderful Newarke Houses Museum celebrated its 60th anniversary. In those six decades, the museum has drawn hundreds of...
View ArticleCall for boy band RAF serviceman Dallas!
This is Leicestershire -- It's not every day I receive fan mail for a former boy band star – but today's that day! Geoff Barry says he is trying to contact Stan Jones, also known as Stan Dallas, the...
View ArticleMercury is only about local sport
This is Leicestershire -- Sport does exist outside of Leicester and the county, but it is never mentioned in the Mercury. If Stuart Broad played for Leicester instead of Nottinghamshire, it would have...
View ArticlePhysics prize for Natasha
This is Leicestershire -- Loughborough College student Natasha Bacciarelli is among a group of students set to be awarded a prize at a major event celebrating exceptional talent in physics. The A-level...
View ArticleCommunity centre faces axe
This is Leicestershire -- An 80-year-old community centre is to be demolished to make way for more parking spaces. Southfields Community Centre, in Leicester, was built in the 1930s for the Army and...
View ArticleIN THE COURTS
This is Leicestershire -- Cases dealt with by Leicester Magistrates' Court include: Nicky Walker (24), of Dominion Road, New Parks, Leicester, admitted drink-driving on April 7. He was fined £200,...
View ArticleCases dealt with by Leicester Magistrates' Court
This is Leicestershire -- Cases dealt with by Leicester Magistrates' Court include: Nicky Walker (24), of Dominion Road, New Parks, Leicester, admitted drink-driving on April 7. He was fined £200,...
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Hunt 'horrified' by tragedy of 100-year-old's hospital death
This is Leicestershire -- Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for "a totally different approach to patient safety" after a 100-year-old great-grandmother died from dehydration at Leicester Royal...
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'THE GUNMAN AT THE PLAYGROUND'
This is Leicestershire -- Armed police arrested a man after this shocking image was taken at a children's playground in Leicester. Several parents were told by youngsters that a man with a gun had...
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My Leicester Tigers awards - by Martin Crowson
This is Leicestershire -- The domestic rugby season is now well and truly over and, as the dust settles on another eventful nine months, it is the traditional time for award ceremonies. So, in Harry...
View ArticleElite cyclists set to race past city sites and river
This is Leicestershire -- Elite-level cyclists will race past historic city sites, through Castle Gardens and along the banks of the River Soar this summer. The Leicester Castle Classic cycle race will...
View ArticleVIDEO: Syria: A family's view from Leicester
Breakfast's Graham Satchell visits the Gabbar family in Leicester, to find out about the challenges they are dealing with due to the conflict. Reported by BBC News 18 hours ago.
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Stats one way of looking at it for Leicester City
This is Leicestershire -- No stone is left unturned in the quest for success in modern football. Every aspect of every game and training session is poured over in detail in a bid to identify areas for...
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Kehelland School children shortlisted in London film awards
This is Cornwall -- ASPIRING young film makers from Camborne are heading to London (JUNE 13) for an awards ceremony after their work was short listed in a national competition. The four eager...
View ArticlePolice arrest gunman after 10-hour seige in Leicester
A man has been arrested after a 10-hour stand-off at a house in Leicester. Reported by Telegraph.co.uk 15 hours ago.
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Hull City transfer talk, June 7: Denilson, Joseph Yobo, Curtis Davies,...
This is Hull and East Riding -- Daily transfer rumours from the press as Hull City prepare for life in the Premier League. So a few people, well two I can find, have been grumbling about this column...
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