Leicestershire County, England News

The I Love Market Harborough festival, which is aiming to raise awareness about a healthier environment, is taking place in town this Saturday.

He says the 'cosy coal fire' attitude of many people must be replaced by an awareness of the FILTHY and unhealthy air we breathe.

The gang smashed their way into the Sir Nigel Gresley pub, based on The Delph, at around 1am this morning.

The town is to be turned into a motherland of marvellous moustaches as part of a fun link-up with the Movember charity.

Between 2,000 and 3,000 revellers turned out for one of the town' most popular events of the year on Saturday.

Gwen and Pat Fordham hosted an afternoon tea for neighbours, a barbecue for family, a service at the Oakham Baptist church where they worship, and a tea-party for a combined exercise class and friendship group.

The sale of Oakham police station is one of a number of changes designed to cut the costs of fighting crime in the county.

Leicestershire County Council has given charter marks to schools which demonstrated that anti-bullying work is carried out throughout the year.

He has harnessed the powers of X-Men superheroes, rocketing himself to YouTube stardom.

Creative wizards at Pinterest have concocted the ultimate guide to real-life sets from our favorite summer films.

A record crowd turned out to enjoy more than 20 different music acts during the sixth annual Lubstock festival last week.

Whether it's football, bowls, cage fighting, fencing, tennis, fishing, golf, wrestling, darts, snooker, cricket, boxing, or anything else, we want to hear what the residents of Hinckley Bosworth have been playing at Resin - made up of Sime, James, Chez, Sev and Danny - will be performing at the renowned Bloodstock festival in August as well as ... (more)

The pair will remain at the King Power Stadium until at least 2017 after playing key roles in the Foxes' promotion back to the top flight in the 2013-14 campaign Leicester City academy products Liam Moore and Jeff Schlupp have signed new three-year deals as the club prepares for their Premier League return.

Whether it's football, bowls, cage fighting, fencing, tennis, fishing, golf, wrestling, darts, snooker, cricket, boxing, or anything else, we want to hear what the residents of Hinckley Bosworth have been playing at Resin - made up of Sime, James, Chez, Sev and Danny - will be performing at the renowned Bloodstock festival in August as well as ... (more)

Whether it's football, bowls, cage fighting, fencing, tennis, fishing, golf, wrestling, darts, snooker, cricket, boxing, or anything else, we want to hear what the residents of Hinckley Bosworth have been playing at Resin - made up of Sime, James, Chez, Sev and Danny - will be performing at the renowned Bloodstock festival in August as well as ... (more)

An ice cream parlour has created a special corset-themed sundae to celebrate its grand opening in Harborough on Saturday.

TWO firms from Burton and South Debryshire have been highlighted in new list of the fastest growing firms in terms of international sales.

LAST week we received quite a few calls and the information has been passed on to the officers in the cases.

A dedicated Harborough district man who has been involved with a Leicestershire young people's charity for more than 30 years has been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Members from Unison, GMB, Unite, the National Union of Teachers, the Fire Brigades Union and the Public and Commercial Services Union will walk out today over pay and pensionsPolitics School closures, reduced fire services and cancelled driving tests are just some of the possible outcomes that might occur from today's public sector strike.