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Car torched in road near National Forest attraction
Arsonists are being blamed for setting fire to a car in the middle of a road near a popular National Forest tourist attraction.Firefighters were called to Spring Cottage Road, by the Conkers visitors...
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Police chase car crashes into parked vehicles in Evington Road;...
A car being chased by police crashed into three other vehicles parked in a Leicester street in the early hours of this morning. The driver failed to pay for fuel at a petrol station in London Road at...
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Commuters left stranded after vandals break-in at Centrebus depot...
Commuters trying to get to work were left stranded yesterday after vandals put 13 buses out of action. On Sunday evening, there was a break-in at the Centrebus depot on the Troon Way Industrial Estate,...
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Police arrest two men after knifepoint robbery in town centre
Police have arrested two men after a robbery in a town centre street.Police were called to Bevoir Street in Coalville earlier today after a report that two men armed with a knife of knives had carried...
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Four masked raiders trick their way into home of pensioner in...
A gang of masked men tricked their way into a pensioner's home but fled empty-handed. One of the gang told the OAP, 82, who lives in Little Bowden, near Market Harborough, that he needed to get into...
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Jailed: Gang who smashed up 86 cars across Leicestershire in...
Four vandals who went on an all-night spree, smashing up 86 cars in 21 Leicestershire villages and towns have been locked up. The rampage of damage, totalling more than £21,000, began in Thurmaston and...
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Child abuse ex-BBC presenter Tony Wadsworth could be stripped of...
A university is considering whether to strip disgraced ex-BBC Radio Leicester presenter Tony Wadsworth of an honorary degree.Wadsworth and his wife, Julie were found guilty of sexual offences against...
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Schoolgirl warns of grooming dangers after being targeted by...
A schoolgirl targeted by a drug dealing sexual predator has warned others of the dangers of grooming. The young victim boldly spurned Ricky Bennett's (43) offers of cash, alcohol, drugs and free taxi...
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Former Loughborough magistrate ordered to pay back over...
A disgraced former magistrate who swindled the public purse out of more than £250,000 has been given three months to pay it back or face further jail time. Zaher Somani, who served as a magistrate in...
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Inquiries continue into drugs haul found after Evington Road...
Investigations are continuing into a suspected 'pump and run' fuel theft which led to a police chase, crash and possible Class A drugs haul. As reported in the Mercury, a car collided with three...
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Police appeal after woman was sexually assaulted at Download...
A woman has told police she was sexually assaulted by a man who offered to walk her back to her tent at the Download festival. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday in Car Park C on the...
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Dad of Sam Boulton speaks for first time about son's tragic death...
Teacher Sam Boulton died on July 27 last year following an accident on London Road, when his bike was forced into the path of a van driver by a taxi passenger opening her door. Here, his dad, Jeff,...
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Police arrest 30 drunk or drug-impaired drivers in two weeks
Police have arrested 30 people in the first two weeks of their annual summer campaign against drunk or drugged-up drivers.Leicestershire Police Officers have detained 29 people for drink driving and...
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Police investigating 'road rage' incident want to trace this man
Police investigating an apparent 'road rage' incident in Leicester have released images of a man they want to trace.Leicestershire Police said its officers want to speak to the man in connection with...
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Cannabis arrest after serious fire at city flats
A man has been arrested on suspicion of growing cannabis inside a block of flats which was severely damaged by fire earlier today.The man, aged 40, was arrested as firefighters were tackling the blaze...
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Police arrest 22 suspects in two-day anti-crime blitz
Police have arrested 22 people suspected of crimes such as burglary, assault and drug dealing.The two-day campaign, codenamed Operation Cabriolet, saw warrants executed at 47 addresses across the city...
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Can you help police find missing 57-year-old Shonki Singh?
Police have circulated a photograph of a 57-year-old man who has gone missing from his home in Leicester.Shonki Singh was last seen at his home in the Narborough Road area of the city yesterday...
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Dishonest businessman funded life of luxury by running fake...
A dishonest businessman who funded a luxury lifestyle by running a large-scale counterfeit designer clothing company has been jailed. Vinay Kumar Hansrani (48) splashed out some of the profits of his...
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Thug 'on a bender' strikes woman in the face with a wine bottle...
A drunken man struck a woman in the face with a wine bottle, in front of shocked onlookers near Leicester's Clock Tower, a court heard. The victim of the unprovoked attack was chatting with friends...
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Police seized this knife from drugs suspect in Leicester city...
Police seized this knife in Leicester city centre tonight during an ongoing operation to track down people who bring drugs and weapons into the town. Officers confiscated the blade from a man after he...
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