Leicestershire County, England News

The awards aim to thank and praise the many selfless people in the Harborough district who do tremendous work for the community.

Police have confirmed that shots being fired is one line of inquiry they are following after an incident in Walbrook Road at 4.30am today.

Figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre showed 20,769 of the 27,719 women aged 53 to 70, living in Leicester and eligible for breast screening took up the offer in 2012 and 2013.

Early notice is being given to motorists and residents of the closure which will affect the back route between Higham on the Hill and Wykin, Hinckley Installation of a high voltage cable for the new development at MIRA will shut down a rural road for up to three months.

Residents in Stapleton Lane say traffic rates are unbearable and have got worse after humps were put down on nearby Hinckley Road Families are calling for safety measures on a Barwell road which they say has become a rat run for speeding drivers.

Where the king's remains should finally be laid to rest could finally be decided on Friday - or the decision could be dragged out even longer King Richard III's distant relatives hope to win another stage of their legal battle over his burial place this week.

Singer Sam Bailey has described how nasty Twitter trolls criticised her pregnancy and slammed her plans for continuing with her career.

From left, Sophie Sharp, Lord Lieutenant Cadet, Charlotte Vernon, chairman of Rutland County Council, Dr Laurence Howard, Lord Lieutenant or Rutland, Oakham mayor Adam Lowe, Trish Ruddle, High Sheriff of Rutland and William Richards, Lord Lieutenant Cadet.

Hinckley Methodist Church will be open to all from noon until 2pm on Tuesdays March 11, 18 and 25, and on April 1, when members will be offering soup and a slice of cake for just A 2 The red-brick church on Albert Road will be open to all from noon until 2pm on Tuesdays March 11, 18 and 25, and on April 1, when members will be offering soup and a ... (more)

The fight is on to save a medical walk-in centre which sees more than 30,000 patients a year.

Pilates Courses in Leicester near you. We have classes all around Leicester and Market Harborough.

Silvan Floors, of Thurlaston, near Enderby, is supplying exclusive hotel and residential developments in London, Europe and the Middle East.

Ian Mattioli, above, is chief executive of investment management and pensions group Mattioli Woods, of Grove Park, Enderby, which is sponsoring the New Business of the Year category.

EMERGENCY funding set aside by councils to help struggling families should not be used to support people who have had their benefits capped, the Taxpayers Alliance has said.

AS many towns continue to struggle due to the economic downturn, Swadlincote is bucking the trend.

A charity which supports seriously ill people in Rutland is hosting an event to make people aware of how to use vital lifesaving equipment.

Richard Stephen Minion, 30, formerly of Baghdad Road, Cranwell, but now living in Riseborough Walk, Bulwell, Nottingham, admitted assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty on February 12. Prosecuting, Tracey Ross told Grantham magistrates that at 4.15am Minion was being booked into the custody suite at the police station where officers ... (more)

A woman involved in a crash in which two toddlers died has been cleared of causing their deaths through careless driving.

East Midlands Airport plans to grow to serve 10 million people and handle 1.2m tonnes of cargo by 2030.

Fire crews from Rugby and Lutterworth attended the incident on the southbound carriageway on the M6 near junction one for Rugby.