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Hinckley families fundraising for memorial for Matthew and Adam...
Devastated families in Hinckley struggling to come to terms with the killing of two boys are fund-raising to create a memorial to them.Matthew and Adam Stokes, aged five and 11, were found dead at...
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Firearms arrest at Great Central Railway station in Quorn
A man was arrested at a Great Central Railway station on suspicion of having a gun.Armed police were deployed to the car park of the station in Woodhouse Road in Quorn at midday yesterday(SUN), where...
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Samurai sword handed in during police knife amnesty
A Samurai sword has been handed in during Leicestershire Police's ongoing knife amnesty. The weapon, which is approximately 150cm long, was dropped into a sealed bin at Hinckley Road police station, in...
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Ram raiders torch vehicle left embedded in post office in Rutland...
Ram raiders smashed into a remote village post office before torching the vehicle while it was still embedded into the front of the 17th century building.Postmistress Miranda Amies and her husband Dave...
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Emma-Jayne Magson jailed for at least 17 years for murder of...
A "remorseless" murderer who stabbed her lover in the heart during a row was today given a life sentence with a minimum 17 year term. It means that Emma-Jayne Magson will not be free until she is at...
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Emma-Jayne Magson sentencing: Victim James Knight's mother says...
The mother of James Knight, who was stabbed to death by his girlfriend, said "no remorse" had been shown by killer Emma-Jayne Magson.Judge Nicolas Dean QC handed Magson, 23, a life sentence with a...
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Man, 77, dies after being hit by car in Melton
A 77-year-old pedestrian has died after he was involved in a collision with a car.The man, whose details have not been released, was taken to hospital after the collision in Gloucester Avenue, Melton,...
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Father makes emotional plea to missing teenage son
The family of missing teenager have made a plea for him to come home. Yasir Osman, 16, was last seen at 10.45pm on Thursday, October 27 in Hipwell Crescent, off Halifax Drive, Stocking Farm, Leicester....
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Emma-Jayne Magson sentenced: What judge told killer who fatally...
Emma-Jayne Magson has been found guilty of murdering her boyfriend after fatally stabbing him after a night out. She was given a life sentence with a minimum of 17 years in prison at Leicester Crown...
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Readers asked to reach a verdict on famous unsolved murder case
Readers of a new book are being invited to turn judge and jury in one of the most infamous unsolved murder cases in the county's history.Author Antony Matthew Brown has included never-before-published...
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This is the tattoo Emma-Jayne Magson got in tribute to partner...
Boyfriend killer Emma-Jayne Magson was made to listen in court to the intense heartbreak she has caused to her victim's family. Before being sentenced at Leicester Crown Court, prosecutor Michael Evans...
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Hinckley tragedy: Inquests to open into deaths of David Stokes...
Inquests were due to open tomorrow into the deaths of a father and his two sons whose bodies were found in their Hinckley home last week. The bodies of David Stokes and his two sons, Matthew, five, and...
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Missing man Stefan Kirk has been found, say police
A man who was reported missing from home last month has been located.Stefan Kirk was found in Leicester last Friday.The 43-year-old has been reported missing on Friday, October 28 and was last seen in...
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Women deny 'wilful neglect' after pupil injured in school...
Two women accused of letting a disabled teenager slip under the water at his school pool have appeared in court.Marilyn Smith (61), of Lee Rise, Ratby, and Eileen Coull (63), of Groby Road, Leicester,...
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Hinckley mum Sally Stokes is out of hospital as inquests open...
A woman whose husband and two sons were found dead in their home last week has been discharged from hospital. Sally Stokes has been in hospital since Wednesday when police discovered the bodies of her...
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Police reveal type of gun seized during armed police operation at...
A firearm which was seized during an armed police operation at a village railway station was a ball-bearing gun. Police took the weapon from a 23-year-old man who was arrested at the Great Central...
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Bogus faith-healer's jail term extended as he's not paid back...
Peter SquiresA bogus faith-healer has had his nine-year prison sentence extended by five years as he has not paid back £613,500 conned from his victims.However, the extension to Mohammed Ashrafi's...
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Elderly man living by candlelight and without heating caught...
An elderly man caught abstracting electricity had previously been living by candlelight without heating and only cooking on a small camping stove.Leicester Crown Court was told the police initially...
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Alice Ruggles: Hundreds attend thanksgiving service at St...
Hundreds of people attended a thanksgiving service for a young Leicestershire woman who died after being found with serious injuries at a house.A gathering of 400 well-wishers, family members and...
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'How can we make Bede Park safer?' ask police and council...
Police and council officials have visited a city park and a popular footpath to speak to residents and to come up with new ways of making them safer. Bede Park and Great Central Way in Leicester have...
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