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Bikers are being encouraged to sign up for a free Biker Down course at Birstall Fire Station. Run by Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service, the session will teach riders how to provide emergency first aid following a motorcycle crash.

Earl Shilton Children’s Day Nursery has achieved Strong Standards across every area of its latest Ofsted inspection, with inspectors praising children’s progress, wellbeing and the nursery’s welcoming community.

Ten chimneys at Beaumanor Hall near Woodhouse are being repaired as Leicestershire County Council carries out proactive work to protect the historic venue

The Foxes Trust, a Leicester City supporters group, says 75% of those who responded to a recent survey support the sale of the club.

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A memorial market stall has been set up in Loughborough for a much-loved market trader who died last month.

The temporary closures at four recycling and household waste sites in Leicestershire have been extended until further notice.

A woman has died after a crash on the A42 in Leicestershire.

Waste has been tipped on council-owned land in Hinckley that was previously earmarked for development as a crematorium.

Police have arrested two people after reports of an attempt to set a house on fire in Market Bosworth.

Police investigating an act of indecency at a music festival in Leicestershire have released an image of a man they wish to identify in connection with the incident.

Park Life Reads, the collaboration between Warwickshire County Council’s Libraries Service and Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery, returned to Riversley Park in Nuneaton over the weekend with the audience of nearly 2,000 almost twice that of its first year. 

Feast Hinckley, the town's annual food and drink festival in Argent's Mead has seen its largest ever crowd.

Two teenagers have been sentenced in court after admitting their part in an incident at the end of a football match in Burbage which saw a player threatened with a zombie knife.

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A new operator is taking over the Britannia Shopping Centre car park in Hinckley, on 6 August.

Quick thinking taxi driver praised for preventing further fraud loss

Parents are being asked whether we should have a shorter summer holiday to allow for a two-week half term in October.

Councillor Cathie Gibbens takes over from Councillor Richard Flemming.

A man who punched a pub-goer on a Christmas night out in Leicestershire in 2025 has been jailed for 10 years after being convicted of manslaughter.

Residents, landlords and businesses can have a say on proposals that would give the council greater control over where new Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) are located in Barwell and Earl Shilton.

Restoration work to bring The Cock Inn pub in Sibson back into good repair is now under way, marking a welcome step forward for the historic building.

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A new exhibition has opened up in Loughborough charting the history of one of the town's best known and longest-standing industrial firms.

Councillor Cape is Nuneaton and Bedworth’s new Mayor following Wednesday night’s Mayor Making Ceremony at Nuneaton Town Hall.