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The new Mayor of Charnwood has been sworn in for 2026-27 following the Council’s Annual Meeting on Monday, 11 May.

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Two brothers who spent years fabricating lies to prevent justice in a child sex offence case have been jailed - thanks to the persistence of a Leicestershire detective.

Flat fire in Baxtergate above Heavely Desserts .

A new sculpture was unveiled at Beacon Hill Country Park in Leicestershire to mark Sir David Attenborough’s 100th Birthday.

Peter Pizzeria, that has a pizza restaurant in Loughborough, has announced it will close the branch in Leicester city centre.

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

An investigation is continuing today (Wednesday 6 May) following an attempted theft of an ATM in Birstall.

Firefighters in Loughborough say there is a serious safety concern after bins were set on fire in the town.

Scottish rugby legend Scott Hastings has died aged 61.

Nine asymptomatic hantavirus contacts from St Helena and Ascension Island are expected to arrive in the UK this evening, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has said in an update.

Four crew members were safely ejected after two navy jets crashed during an air show in Idaho.

Three Finnish divers have arrived in the Maldives to map out a new strategy in the search for the bodies of four Italian divers believed to be in an underwater cave.

Some 3,000 elite troops from the US, the UK and 22 other nations are taking part in NATO's biggest special forces exercise in Europe even as Donald Trump reduces support to his allies.

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A senior health official says he is in "panic mode" because of an Ebola outbreak linked to 88 suspected deaths, which the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared a "public health emergency of international concern".

Police have made 14 arrests after "officers came under significant attack" in Glasgow, and some were injured, following Celtic's Scottish Premiership title win on Saturday.

West Ham lacked intensity and desire in their damaging defeat at Newcastle, says Sky Sports pundit Roy Keane.

Pregnancies, injuries, scepticism and the small matter of a Grand Slam decider on foreign soil.

Harvey Weinstein's third rape retrial has ended in a mistrial after the jury said it was deadlocked.

The search for the next James Bond is under way, Amazon MGM Studios has revealed, with the casting process to replace Daniel Craig having "just begun". 

American rappers Nicki Minaj and Azealia Banks have thrown their weight behind Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch.

An addiction counsellor who delivered the ketamine doses to Matthew Perry that killed the Friends star has been sentenced to two years in prison.

An inmate accused of murdering paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins told prison officers "people die every day" - and that he wanted to play Sudoku - in the aftermath of the attack.