Leicester, England News

A 19m project to improve Leicester city centre will be finished by 31 August after almost three years of work, council bosses have said.

Defence solicitors in England and Wales have warned serious offenders are getting off lightly because police are chasing performance targets.

A 20-year-old needed hospital treatment after he was attacked in Leicester. The attack happened after he argued with three men and a woman on London Road near the Saxby Street junction at around 2145 BST on ...

" well-known for her Literature At Lunchtime sessions in Stamford, Grantham and Leicester - " is now moving into Bourne.

Creatine, a popular nutritional supplement renowned for enhancing athletic performance and muscle strength, does not improve exercise outcomes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , according ...

The British National Party is organising a Red White & Blue weekend gathering in a few weeks , and for some months local anti-fascists have been organising to protest and to attempt to disrupt proceedings.

A man who admitted murdering two women in a Leicester nursing home has been sentenced to life in prison and told he will serve a minimum of 24 years.

The British government is funding a number of Islamic schools, where children are segregated by gender and receive Islamic teaching.

MARKET traders say they are enjoying mixed fortunes as shoppers curb their spending.

Published by Sheila Murray for 24dash.com in Communities , Local Government , Education Tuesday 22nd July 2008 - 3:10pm Phoenix Studios A Leicester social enterprise has scooped a 500,000 contract to build a ...

Published by Sheila Murray for 24dash.com in Communities , Local Government , Education Tuesday 22nd July 2008 - 3:10pm Phoenix Studios A Leicester social enterprise has scooped a 500,000 contract to build a ...

Will Hutton: Brown's and New Labour's greatest asset - their reputation for economic competence - is taking a beating Comments Andrew Rawnsley: The surge in government debt and the breaking of its own fiscal ...

Published by Sheila Murray for 24dash.com in Communities , Local Government , Education Tuesday 22nd July 2008 - 3:10pm Phoenix Studios A Leicester social enterprise has scooped a 500,000 contract to build a ...

A DERBY beauty queen, who has been crowned Miss England, has promised to make the city and country proud during her year in the limelight.

The 2008 Musical Theatre Vocal Competition, organised by Tamworth Arts Club , will be held over two nerve-wracking elimination rounds and a grand final on July 10, 11 and 13 at the Assembly Rooms.

A DEVASTATED Sydney man is maintaining a bedside vigil beside his critically-ill wife and four-year old daughter after an arson attack.

The London News.Net Thursday 17th July, 2008 In an undercover investigation the BBC has exposed a London-based criminal network that used fake passports, identity documents and human carriers to bring in ...

Just because the East Midlands suffers from an inferiority complex is no reason to plonk an eco-town on lovely farmland ) Jonathan Calder guardian.co.uk , Sunday July 13, 2008 These days, there are few ...

A 20-year-old man has admitted murdering two women at a nursing home. Nathan Mann spoke only to plead guilty at Nottingham Crown Court to murdering Rashmi Badiani, 56, and 72-year-old Radhaben Chauhan at the ...

Submitted by Milica on Sun, 2008/07/13 - 19:35. BBC News Christianity English Places of Worship Police in Leicester, England report that vandals broke into and desecrated a 13th century church in the city's ...