Two teaching assistants accused of 'wilful neglect' of school...
Two teaching assistants have appeared in court charged with willful neglect of a person without mental capacity. Leicester Magistrates' Court was told Sam Sebastian, a pupil at West Gate School, in New...
View ArticleJailed for more than 20 years: The career criminals behind...
Police have released custody photographs of three criminals who have been jailed for an "avalanche of offences". Thomas Law, Callum Marson and Scott Colman, all of Leicester, appeared at Leicester...
View Article'Ending free bulky waste collections will increase flytipping in...
A councillor for the area in Leicester worst affected by fly-tipping has sought guarantees the problem will not get worse if a free service to collect bulky waste from homes is scrapped. Stoneygate...
View ArticleCan you help find missing teenager Clay Swift?
Police are concerned for the safety of a teenage boy who went missing from Nottingham last month and has links to Leicestershire. Clay Swift, 16, was reported missing from the Basford area of...
View ArticlePrison inmate headbutts warden after threat to 'take your jaws...
Prison inmate Reece Raven headbutted a prison warden - after saying: "I'll take your jaws off."The 33-year-old was serving a sentence at Nottingham Prison when he attacked the member of staff.Anna...
View ArticleTwo jailed as police step up action to tackle town's crimewave
Police have stepped up patrols and arrested a number of suspects during an operation to tackle a series of burglaries and thefts in a county town.The Leicester Mercury reported earlier this week that...
View ArticleCCTV image issued after attempted 'knife' robbery of shop
Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace in connection with an attempted knifepoint robbery at a village shop. A man entered the One Stop shop, in Moore Road, Barwell and told the...
View ArticleLeicester Forest East death: Two in court after woman's body...
Two people have appeared in court accused of the manslaughter of a woman who was found dead in her home.The body of Kelly Machin was discovered at the property in Waldwick Close, Leicester Forest East,...
View ArticleChild pornography teacher helped fuel a 'disgusting' industry,...
A teacher caught with pornographic images of children on his computer was fueling a "disgusting industry", a child welfare charity says. The NSPCC commented after Lutterworth College teacher James Luff...
View ArticlePolice investigating an assault in Leicester street appeal for...
Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident in the Highfields area of Leicester where a 17-year-old youth was injured.He was taken to hospital but was released after treatment.Officers were...
View ArticleCCTV clue in hunt for thieves who stole elderly woman's bank card
Thieves stole an elderly woman's bank card and went on a spending spree with it. The pair targeted the woman in Derby Road, Ashby and distracted her attention before stealing the card from her. Today,...
View ArticleMan taken to hospital with stab wounds after assault in Leicester...
A man suffered stab wounds in an assault in Leicester's city centre this evening.The victim was taken to hospital following the incident in Oxford Street at around 5.40pm.A part of Oxford Street has...
View ArticleMan in stable condition in hospital after being stabbed in...
Police have today renewed an appeal for witnesses after a man suffered serious stab wounds in an assault in Leicester city centre yesterday evening.The victim was taken to hospital following the...
View ArticleFilm of tragic teenager Kayleigh Haywood's grooming, rape and...
Kayleigh's Love Story produced by Leicestershire Police about the dangers of online grooming has won a prestigious national film award.It secured the bronze award in the social screen category in the...
View ArticleKiller Clowns reported terrorising people across Britain from...
Reports of Killer Clowns terrorising adults and children have been made across the Britain in the past few days.They have been spotted in large cities like Liverpool down to country areas.The craze...
View ArticleFall in late-night city centre violence due to bar and club...
A trial which saw bar and club door-staff wear small video cameras has been credited with reducing late-night violence and could now be extended to other venues. Security staff at a small number bars...
View ArticleHit and run tragedy family still seek justice after 20 years
A woman whose grandfather was killed by a hit and run driver 20 years ago says her family still hopes those responsible can finally be brought to justice. Karen Marino's beloved grandad Frank Carter,...
View ArticleLabour applause for have-a-go hero Tory councillor
A councillor who was beaten unconscious when he tried to help a woman in distress has received a round of applause from his political rivals. Leicester City Council's sole Tory member Ross Grant...
View ArticlePeople threaten to attack Killer Clowns if they are approached in...
Leicestershire people have vowed to wreak havoc if Killer Clowns pounce on them.People have taken to social media to comment on the bizarre craze which has hit the county in recent days.They have been...
View ArticleTrainee hairdresser's hair fell out through stress after drunken...
A drunken woman who glassed a teenager in a jealous rage has been placed on a home curfew for six months.Nicole Laura Warnes, 25, lost her temper when the victim spoke to her then boyfriend in the...
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