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A crash in Melton has shut a stretch of the A606. Drivers have been asked to avoid the area around Burton Road if possible, with delays expected between Norfolk Drive and Victoria Street.
Leicester Area Traffic Control reported the incident shortly aft…
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Four men in a drug dealing ring were caught with thousands of pounds worth of cash and drugs in a police bust. And three of the four at the raid had been arrested just three years ago in a previous Leicestershire Police operation against class A drug s…
A woman in the US has caused outrage after she shot a Siberian husky dead before skinning the dog. She claims she thought the animal was a “wolf pup”.
Amber Rose Barnes, 36, was on a hunting trip in Montana at the time and her actions have sparked a po…
A lorry driver has pleaded guilty to being over the limit and driving dangerously when he hit a 17-year-old boy in Coalville on Monday morning. The boy was hit on the A511 roundabout outside Stephenson College in the town at 10.40am.
He was taken to Qu…
A new, nature-inspired outdoor play attraction is about to open in a Leicestershire woodland thanks to the vision of a Leicestershire mum. Nature’s Play is based at Stoughton Grange Rural Centre near Oadby.
The new stay and play facility, which is aime…
Firefighters tackle the fire in a Melton bin lorry, which was caused by household batteries being left in a bin
Motorists desperately tried to flag down the vehicle after the blaze broke out during a collection trip and Leicestershire Fire and Res…
A dog from Leicestershire Police has received an award for outstanding bravery after getting injured while trying to protect his handler. PD Astro, four-years-old, was announced winner at the national Thin Blue Paw Awards for police dogs on Thursday, S…
What would you do if it happened to you?
That is the the question Crossfire writer, Louise Doughty, wanted to leave on viewers’ lips at the end of the gripping BBC drama. The author from Melton, in Leicestershire, in what is her first original drama fo…
The BBC’s new hit thriller Crossfire was written by Leicestershire’s Melton-born author Louise Doughty and sees families and staff in a luxury Canary Island resort battle to stay alive after shots are fired by gunmen. The key to the drama is the focus …