Leicester, England News

Two people have appeared in court charged with attempted murder. Marie Tocher, of Ferrars Close, Castle Donington, and Christopher Wilson, of Meadow Avenue, Loughborough, appeared before Leicester magistrates.

Less than a third of people expected to use the city's new park-and-ride service have been ditching their cars in favour of buses.

The family of the great-grandfather who helped launch our Leicester Mercury Loros Appeal said he was "overwhelmed" to find out how much readers have raised for the hospice.

A scrum of Leicester Tigers stars brightened the day for poorly youngsters in hospital.

Police are hunting a man who carried out two terrifying knifepoint robberies just a few hundred yards apart.

TWO Leicestershire museums have been included in the 20-strong longlist for the prestigious Guardian Family-Friendly Museum Award 2009.

Despite improvements in obstetric care services, women from deprived areas are still more likely to give birth to a very preterm baby compared with mothers from more affluent areas, finds a study published on bmj.com today.

Police have released an image of a man they are trying to trace in connection with a racially aggravated incident.

Magistrates' courts are to axe sessions because of a drop in the number of cases being heard.

Motorists and pedestrians are risking their lives by ignoring red lights at a railway crossing over the Leicester to Birmingham line, police warned today.

Half-a-million gallons of water have been drained from a historic canal lock to allow essential maintenance work to go ahead.

ENGLAND'S forgotten fly-half Toby Flood will make his first start of the season today for Leicester against Leeds at Welford Road.

The mighty Minnaars - Leicester's math rock and pop band - play Sumo in Braunstone Gate tonight , writes Dave Davies .

A surgeon who transformed heart operations has won national recognition. Dr Jan Kovac, a consultant cardiologist from Glenfield Hospital, has been named an NHS Innovator of the Year.

They were up at dawn to milk the cows, carried hay bales on their backs ... and still had the energy to go dancing in the evening.

Their eyes met over a seat on a National Express bus. Twenty months after getting together, Jimi Dally and Suman Tanna tied the knot at a dream wedding at Coombe Abbey, near Coventry.

Leicester Mercury readers have raised a whopping 17,250 for our Loros hospice appeal in less than two weeks.

A police dog plunged 60 feet down a quarry while tracking a criminal. The alsatian, Fram, was trapped on a narrow ledge about halfway down the cliff above the water-filled quarry.

Wardrobe is our kind of shop. An old friend, if you like. So, while there's little new happening on the retail front this week, we thought we'd revisit this packed little place in Leicester's Silver Street.

It is a shaggy dog story with a happy ending. A year after 99 St Bernards were rescued from squalid kennels, they have been found loving homes thanks to an RSPCA appeal.