Leicester, England News

The Archbishop of Canterbury today stressed the need for unity among Leicester's religious communities in the aftermath of the brutal killing of a soldier in a suspected terrorist attack.

Dame Helen Mirren, in character as Queen Elizabeth II, helped grant the wish of a terminally Oliver Burton, 10, who wanted to have tea with the British monarch.

A court has ordered a criminal who was involved in a multi-million money laundering scheme to repay A 300,000 of his ill-gotten gains.

Detectives hunting a man who forced his way into a woman's home to rob her of her jewellery have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace.

The Archbishop of Canterbury was today set to take a tour of the site where Richard III's remains were discovered.

Launch of Self Unlimited Design for Life Appeal : L-R Richard Clowes, Appeal Vice-Chairman, Maurice Thompson, Appeal Chairman, David Croisdale-Appleby, Chairman of HFT, Nick Townsend, Chairman of Self Unlimited & guest speaker Digby Lord Jones of Birmingham.

Eight Welsh porkers have been drafted in to help with an environmental project at Beacon Hill Country Park, near Loughborough.

University of Leicester archaeologists have published the first peer-reviewed paper on the University-led archaeological Search for Richard III in the journal Antiquity.

The Knights Templar may have been disbanded in 1312, but there are still fascinating remnants of the order around Britain .

Residents' parking is set to be introduced in part of Leicester's West End after people living in the area backed the plan.

Leicestershire's Police and Crime Commissioner Sir Clive Loader has defended the amount of taxpayer's money being spent on his role overseeing policing.

A caravan thief led police on a high-speed chase through the city with the 5,000 vehicle bouncing dangerously behind his car.

Tickets for the sold-out Aviva Premiership final have been on sale for more than four times their original face value.

It sold 150 tonnes of tissue during the 12-month period. Two-thirds of this was supplied to supermarkets to sell under their own brands.

In the past five years three pedestrians, four car passengers and 10 drivers have been hurt in accidents at the roundabout in Beaumont Leys, according to city council figures.

When a dying boy's wish to meet Queen Elizabeth was rejected, Helen Mirren , acting as the Queen, stepped in to have tea with the boy.

As a city, Leicester has become well known for the discovery of a king under a car park - but what about this queen on a pavement? Karen Vowles and her boyfriend Joel Henderson were wandering along Barnwell Avenue in Beaumont Leys, Leicester, when they passed this rough bit of pavement bearing an uncanny resemblance to the picture of the Queen that ... (more)

Police and Leicester City Council road safety and parking officers targeted dozens of parents and carers dropping off children at Coleman Primary, in Gwendolen Road.

Roadworks linked to the building of a new supermarket will start next week causing traffic disruption over the coming five months.

A model of King Richard III's head is to go on a tour of the UK, making stops at Bosworth battlefield and the British Museum in London The facial reconstruction was created using a special 3D printing technique based on Richard's skeleton, which was discovered in a car park in Leicester last year.