Transport and Logistics Network
Witnesses to an attempted robbery shouted at two thugs who punched a man in the face while trying to take his bike. The cyclist, a man in his 20s, was in Thurcaston Road, Mowmacre Hill, Leicester, when two men approached him and tried to steal the bike…
The unsolved murder investigation of a 41-year-old man in Leicester last December has led to the offer of a huge reward for information. Charity Crimestoppers is offering up to £20,000 for anonymous information that could lead to the arrest and convict…
Thieves used a stolen truck in a ram raid on an industrial estate in Leicestershire on Monday night. Police are investigating two burglaries reported in Huntingdon Way in Measham.
Officers were called to the scene shortly after 8.20pm. It was reported …
A Derbyshire HGV driver was found dead at a Derbyshire tourist spot just days before he was due to celebrate his 70th birthday. Christopher Freckingham Smith was found in the Cromford Canal, near Matlock, with his Zimmer frame also found in the water.
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A worried neighbour’s call about a suspected burglary turned into a cannabis farm bust with more than 100 plants found inside. At around 1am on Monday, October 3, a resident on Bede Street, Leicester, noticed that the front door of a house on the stree…
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…
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…
Four Lincolnshire branches of the Nottingham Building Society are set to close. Branches in Bourne, Skegness, Spalding and Stamford in Lincolnshire and Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire will all shut following a review, it has been announced.
A total of…
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…