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Re-appeal after taxi driver left blinded in assault
Issued on 13/3/19 at 3:25 p.m. Detectives are re-appealing for witnesses to a serious assault on Christmas Day – which left the victim...
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Mar 14, 20192 min read


Police Stand-off in city flat tonight
Police gained entry through 3rd Floor window at Vestry house after a stand-off to help a injured man who had barricaded himself inside...
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Mar 13, 20192 min read


Drone no-fly zones around UK airports are expanding from today
UK drone laws made stricter following Gatwick and Heathrow chaos. Starting this Wednesday, March 13th, it will be illegal to fly a drone...
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Mar 13, 20193 min read


Police and Crime Commissioner announces funding for knife crime projects
Leicestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Lord Willy Bach announced the recipients of his £100k fund to tackle knife crime as a national crackdown operation commenced. Lord Willy Bach The PCC, who has pledged to get to the core of the knife crime epidemic sweeping Britain’s streets, announced a series of funding grants for projects which work directly with young people with the aim of turning them away from violence and gang life. It comes as police forces nationwide launc
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Mar 12, 20192 min read


Force begins a week of knife crime action as part of planned national operation #LivesNotKnives
Leicestershire Police Officers are starting a week of knife crime action as part of national Operation Sceptre. The seven-day operation,...
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Mar 11, 20192 min read


Beat the Street Leicester to be transformed into a giant game this spring
PARTS of Leicester will be transformed into a giant game this spring, as thousands of residents compete to see if their school, community...
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Mar 10, 20193 min read


Final touches under way at school’s £15.8m new campus
Final touches are being made to a £15.8 million expansion of a city secondary school, in time for pupils to start using the new...
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Mar 10, 20193 min read


Donation made to local children’s charity
Leicestershire Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner have presented a cheque for £4000 to a Leicestershire...
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Mar 10, 20192 min read


Safer Roads for all
In support of our very own Leicester Media “Safer Roads campaign”. We visited the Shires motorcycle training Free Try Ride weekend, in...
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Mar 9, 20191 min read


Canteen Street Food
Canteen for its 2nd birthday brought together some of the best traders in the UK for a weekend of awesome food and drink and some entertainment. Friday 8th March and Saturday 9th March at NEW MARKET SQUARE Leicester Canteen for its 2nd birthday brought together some of the best traders in the UK for a weekend of awesome food and drink and some entertainment. The canteen was on the New Market Square Leicester. near the market place the home of Alice Hawkins, The square looked
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Mar 9, 20191 min read


Car Collides with tree
Nasty looking Road traffic collision Narborough Road Leicester. Car collides with a tree 2 rear passengers trapped. We have no details on how many people was travelling in the car. Lead Image by Craig Thorpe for Leicester Media © 2019 Updated News Police have release the following statement “Police were called at 8.03pm last night to a single vehicle RTC at Narborough Road, EMAS and Fire were also called, there was a report of two people initially trapped, road closures put i
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Mar 9, 20191 min read


Leicester’s West End retailer Wins award
Britain’s Asian Wedding Awards 2019 Asian Clothing Boutique of the Year: Nims Boutique Winners are now revealed for Britain’s 3rd Asian...
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Mar 7, 20192 min read


PC wins National Award for Community Police Officer of the year
A police officer from Leicestershire has won a national award for delivering outstanding neighbourhood policing to the community he...
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Mar 6, 20193 min read


Inferno in Bed warehouse Blaby Leicestershire
The large industrial fire on the Winchester Avenue Industrial estate in Blaby is still burning. Fire at Get Laid Beds Blaby Leicester The Main fire is now under control. Fire service is still working damping down at the site and electricity company are digging up the street to isolate and reconnect the power. The Fire is at a bedding warehouse called Get Laid Beds. Dark black smoke was reported early this afternoon this is due to the nature of bedding materials stored in the
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Mar 6, 20191 min read


Alice Hawkins The Suffragette
Always & always facing toward the Light Here in Leicester tonight we witness the remarkable and inspiring story of Leicester suffragette...
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Mar 3, 20193 min read


A Feast of Vegetarian Delights
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review of the newly refurbished Bobby’s Restaurant at Belgrave Road, Leicester. At 7pm on Saturday night, the restaurant was fairly busy. A short wait before the table was ready. The extensive menu provided a full description of each dish. We ate a selection of starters and delicious main courses. The sharing platter of starters and the chilli paneer being exceptional good, full of flavour and textures. Food was high quality, service was quick and staff were friend
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Mar 2, 20192 min read


Stolen BMW with 4 occupants ended up in the Grand union canal
Lead Picture by Leicester Media © 2019 Joy riders ends up in deep water The Rally Soar Lane Leicester. Police incident BMW car in water....
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Mar 2, 20192 min read


The Mint itself may be clear But the future of the Leicester factory is not.
The Mint itself may be clear. But the future for the Leicester factory is not. The factory that makes Fox's Glacier mints could close...
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Feb 28, 20191 min read


Alice Hawkins Always and always facing toward the Light
Alice Hawkins Event Sunday 3rd March 2019. Free event get your wristbands now. YEAR-LONG national celebration marking the centenary of...
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Feb 20, 20193 min read


Fatal car crash in Leicester
Fatal Road collision on Lubbesthorpe Way Leicester. Pictures by Leicester Media © 2019 by Craig Thorpe Location Northbound slip road to...
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Feb 17, 20192 min read


Fast Food restaurants But how tidy was the Front of house
We visited 3 fast food chains today Sunday 10th February in Leicester city center around 1pm. Mc Donalds East Gates, KFC on High Street...
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Feb 10, 20191 min read


Council Workers Saves life and Rescues women in Flat Fire
Two council workers saves life of a 94 year old woman. They tackled flames and smoke to bring the women out to safety. St Austell Road Thurnby Lodge Leicester Ground floor flat fire 09/02/2019 Video By Leicester Media © 2019 Our reporter at the Scene of the fire was told that the two council workers was heroes, and that the woman would have died. A dog and two cats were also saved from the blaze. Two people, believed to be the woman and one of the council workers, were taken
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Feb 8, 20191 min read


It’s not OK campaign
Campaign aims to encourage victims of sexual abuse and violence to come forward Leicestershire Police is supporting a week of action...
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Feb 4, 20193 min read


Our Lives not Knives
"Our ‘lives not knives’ campaign Officers on a knife crime operation in Leicester City Centre on Saturday night (2nd February) have...
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Feb 4, 20192 min read
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