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October 28, 2015, 12:44 am

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Two men armed with a hammer threatened convenience store staff before escaping with cash and alcohol. The men, whose faces were masked, targeted the Nisa shop, in Walnut Road, Shelthorpe, Loughborough, on Saturday afternoon. Police said the pair escaped in a car driven by an accomplice. No members of staff or customers were injured during the raid, which happened at 1.30pm. The shop opened in the former Hunters Moon pub in April. Local councillor Robert Sharp said: "It's very sad...

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Police reduce team searching for Madeleine McCann

October 28, 2015, 9:06 am

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The team of police officers leading the search for Madeleine McCann is to be cut from 29 to four. The Metropolitan Police announced the reduction today, but insisted the search for Madeleine, of Rothley, would continue. Madeleine, then aged three, disappeared from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, on May 3, 2007. The Met, which is in charge of the Home Office-funded investigation – Operation Grange – said the vast majority of its investigative work...

Daughter wins thousands of pounds compensation from hospital...

October 28, 2015, 9:10 am

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A daughter has won thousands of pounds compensation over the death of her elderly father who died after undergoing pioneering heart surgery. William Ewan, 86, bled to death after complications arose during the key-hole procedure to replace a heart valve at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital in 2007. The High Court in London was told that since his death, the Second World War veteran's daughter, Gabriele Shaw, had fought to prove that the tragedy was avoidable. Her QC, David Berkley, said Mr...

OAP killed after pulling out in front of van at A5 junction

October 28, 2015, 9:32 am

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A pensioner died from severe chest injuries after pulling out into the path ofoncoming van, an inquest heard.Arthur Wilson, who lived at the Aston Firs travellers' site, near Sapcote, had been trying to turn on to the A5 at Highcross, south of Burbage, on July 15, this year.An inquest at Leicester Town Hall yesterday heard that the 77-year-old retired salesman would have died "almost instantaneously" due to the force of the impact.The collision involved a Ford Fiesta driven by Mr...

Crooked police employee jailed for stealing gold and cash

October 28, 2015, 10:38 am

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A police financial investigator, who stole two gold bars and £153,000 from the force he worked for, was given a four-year jail sentence. Mujibur Ibrahim, 25, took the cash – seized during drug trafficking investigations – because of a gambling addiction. Leicester Crown Court was he lost tens of thousands of pounds in a casino and betting on-line, in the months leading up to the thefts – and squandered £12,000 in one night. When police raided a flat he had...

Three boys, 16, arrested on suspicion of mugging teenagers

October 28, 2015, 11:16 am

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Three 16-year-old boys have been arrested on suspicion of robbing two teenagers in Leicester last week. The three have been questioned about a robbery during which the two victims were ordered to hand over their phones, cash and a wallet. One of the victims was also forced to hand over a camera. The incident happened in Morledge Street, in Leicester's Cultural Quarter, at 4.45pm on Tuesday 20 October. Leicestershire Police said today the three suspects were questioned on suspicion of...

Teenage driver Dan Whitehead died after his car left road and hit...

October 28, 2015, 5:01 pm

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A teenage driver, taking friends home from an 18th birthday party, died after his car left the road and hit a tree as he tried to take a bend on a country road at speed.Dan Whitehead, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the B582 Leicester Lane near Desford, an inquest heard today.The hearing, in Loughborough, was told that Mr Whitehead, of Countesthorpe, lost control at 12.30am as he took a bend at an estimated 60mph in a 40mph zone. However, a police officer who investigated...

CCTV footage captures moment hammer-wielding robbers stormed shop...

October 29, 2015, 1:15 am

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This is the moment two armed robbers stormed into a shop before smashing up tills with a hammer and fleeing with cash and booze. Dramatic CCTV shows the daylight raid which took place at around 1.30pm on Saturday afternoon. Click here for more pictures of the Loughborough store raid The Nisa store was full of customers - including pensioners and children - when the violent duo burst through the doors wielding hammers. In the footage, the pair can be seen smashing the tills open and...

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Missing woman Dominika Mikulova found 'safe and well'

October 29, 2015, 5:13 am

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A woman who was reported missing from home earlier this week has been found safe and well. Dominika Mikulova was found in the Gipsy Lane area of Leicester in the early hours of this morning. She had been reported missing from the Rushey Mead area of the city on Monday. Police had been concerned for the 25-year-old's welfare because she speaks only a little English and is autistic.

Jack Adcock manslaughter by gross negligence trial: Jury retires...

October 29, 2015, 7:17 am

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A jury has retired to consider its verdicts on three medics accused of manslaughter by gross negligence in the death of six-year-old Jack Adcock.Jack, from Glen Parva, who had Down's syndrome and a related heart condition, died 11 hours after being admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary on February 18, 2011, with severe vomiting, diarrhoea and breathing difficulties.The defendants are ward sister Theresa Taylor (55), of Henley Road, Western Park, Leicester, paediatrician Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba...

Police release photos of stolen tools in search for owners

October 29, 2015, 12:11 pm

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Police have released photographs of tools which were seized during a raid in an attempt to return them to their owners. Officers recovered the tools, including a number of hedge trimmers, chainsaws and a generator, when they executed a search warrant in Golf Course Lane, Braunstone, Leicester. They believe they had been stolen and have urged potential owners to contact them, with proof of ownership. Officers executed a search warrant on Thursday, October 22. A 22-year-old man has been...

Police release CCTV in hunt for pub attacker

October 29, 2015, 5:01 pm

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Police have released a series of CCTV images of a man they want to trace after a pub customer was assaulted. The victim suffered injuries to his face, neck and shoulder after he was assaulted outside the Victoria, in Whitwick Road, Coalville. In a statement, Leicestershire Police said: "It is believed the incident may have started inside the pub when the suspect made offensive remarks to the victim."Later on in the evening, when outside, the victim attempted to speak to the...

Leicestershire's worst speeding driver clocked at 145mph

October 29, 2015, 11:00 pm

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Leicestershire's worst speeding driver so far this year was clocked at 145mph, police figures have revealed. The Audi driver, who was spotted on the M69, near Huncote, was among more than 50 motorists caught driving at more than 100mph since January. Do you think Leicestershire has a lot of speeding motorists? Vote in our poll which can be found to the right hand side of the page. The 53 offenders, chiefly in top of the range cars such as BMWs, Audis and Mercedes, were clocked by speed...

New police appeal on wrong-way M1 driver tragedy

October 30, 2015, 6:06 am

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Police investigating the deaths of an 87-year-old driver and a passenger in another vehicle on the M1 in Leicestershire earlier this month have made a renewed appeal for witnesses. Albert Kenneth Newman, of Nottingham, died when the blue Mazda Premacy he was travelling in was involved in a collision with a white Ford transit van, near to junction 24 of the southbound carriageway, at Kegworth. It was later confirmed that Mr Newman was travelling in the wrong direction. Michael Joesph...

Burglar who broke into house while occupants were upstairs had...

October 30, 2015, 8:14 am

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A burglar who broke into a house while the occupants were upstairs was later found to be in possession of a knife with a 12-inch blade, a court heard. Kyle Tams (27) who has an "utterly appalling" list of previous convictions, was jailed for six years. Judge Robert Brown publicly commended a vigilant couple – one of them a retired police officer - who lived near the scene in Seagrave Road, Sileby. They saw Tams loitering suspiciously, trying the doors of several properties,...

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October 30, 2015, 8:19 am

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A drug dealer who allowed vulnerable girls to 'score' for free, in return for sexual favours, has had a challenge to his eight-year jail term kicked out by top judges. Paul Smith, 43, turned his home into a party den for teenagers, in order to lure young girls into grubby erotic encounters with him, London's Appeal Court heard. Smith, of Belvoir Road, Coalville, charged boys for MCat - but gave the drug to young girls for nothing. He did that "in the expectation of sexual...

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October 30, 2015, 8:21 am

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A suspected shoplifter was arrested after running down the Midland Mainline near a county railway station today.Police say the man in his 30s was detained in the car park of the Market Harborough railway station following a reported theft of items from Boots in the town centre.He'd been chased down Rockingham Road by a member of the public and then ran down the track when police arrived forcing trains to be put on a go slow.A police spokesman thanked members of the public who helped lead to the...

Man critically injured after being stabbed near Uppingham Road

October 31, 2015, 3:08 am

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A 33-year-old man is critically ill in hospital after being stabbed yesterday evening. Police were called to Layton Road, off Uppingham Road, in Leicester at about 8.30pm after the victim was found injured in the road. He was taken to hospital where he remains in a "critical condition", police said. Officers believe that a group of black men may have been involved in an altercation in William Hill Bookmakers in Uppingham Road around 7.30pm, which then continued outside. The...

Former music teacher who sexually abused school pupils jailed for...

October 31, 2015, 5:51 am

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A former music teacher who duped choristers and young musicians into trusting him before sexually abusing them has been jailed for 20 years. John Clark, of Thames Drive, Melton, was found guilty by a jury of 25 counts in indecent assault and one of another serious sexual offence. The offences were against four boys aged between eight and 13 who he groomed and sexually assaulted over a six-year period in the mid 1970s. The disgraced director of music at Aldro School in Shackleford, Surrey...

Man charged after charity collection box stolen

October 31, 2015, 6:56 am

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A 42-year-old man has been charged after a charity collection box was stolen.Darren Vallence of Maple Road, Loughborough has been charged with two counts of theft and one count of theft from motor vehicle.He is due to appear before Leicester Magistrates' Court on Monday.The theft charges relate to the theft of a charity collection box from College Garth Dog Kennels in Hathern, near Loughborough and theft of golf clubs from a premises in East Goscote, both incidents occurred on Wednesday October...