Multiple emergency services are currently attending an incident in Watermead Park in Leicester this afternoon. The Air Ambulance has landed in a nearby field. The park is currently closed by police. We have contacted Leicestershire Police for more information on this incident. UPDATE 20:30 Police have launched an investigation after the body of a man was found in the water at Watermead Country Park this afternoon. A Leicestershire Police spokesperson said: “Police received a

Ansreen Bukhari, the mother of a TikTok influencer implicated in a high-speed car chase resulting in the deaths of two men, will not have her jail sentence reduced, as ruled by the Court of Appeal judges. The 49-year-old was in the vehicle with her daughter, Mahek Bukhari, as they, along with others, chased Saqib Hussain and his friend, Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, on the A46 in Leicester in February 2022. The incident concluded with the two men perishing in a collision, and th

Two shops in a village in Leicestershire have been closed shortly after reports emerged that a convicted people smuggler was operating in the vicinity. Blaby District Council (BDC) stated it had issued closure notices to both locations due to increasing concerns about disorder. The stores, Candy Corner and Candy Corner 1, are located on Lutterworth Road in Blaby. The closures come after reports surfaced that Twana Jamal, an Iraqi Kurd previously labeled as one of the most suc

Leicestershire Police speed camera van enforcement has started at the following new community concern locations: Motorcycle Routes: A6 Market Harborough Bypass, Great Bowden Six Hills Lane, from the A46 to the A606 Community Concern Sites: Glebe Way, Syston B640 Main Road, Barleythorpe Cropston Road, Anstey Drift Side, Blackfordby Knighton Grange Road, Leicester Bradgate Road 30mph, Anstey Cotes Road, Barrow Upon Soar Sileby Road 30mph, Barrow Upon Soar Jonathan Clark

As Leicestershire Police approaches the fourth weekend of its summer drink and drug drive campaign, officers have made 94 arrests for suspected drink and drug driving offences. The figures include 70 arrests for drink driving, 17 for drug driving and seven for failing to provide a sample. Just under half of those arrested were stopped within Leicester city, with the remaining offences recorded across Leicestershire and Rutland. The Charnwood borough alone accounted for 16 arr

Detectives are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision In Twycross. Police received a call at 10.49am today (Friday 3 July) from East Midlands Ambulance following their attendance to Sheepy Road after a man found injured in a ditch. The man was found with his motorbike, a silver Triumph Thruxton. Despite the assistance from medical professionals, the man - in his sixties - was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene. The road was closed to allow a full