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Standard black waste bins are set to be made smaller and weekly food waste collections are part of the plans.The council...
25/11/2025

Standard black waste bins are set to be made smaller and weekly food waste collections are part of the plans.

The council in Leicestershire approved the changes this week.

Read more here: https://bbc.in/3Kkfzmm

24/11/2025

Such a special moment ❤️

Leicester City player Patson Daka made Teddy's dream come true when he met the 10-year-old before
their game at the weekend, which he had been invited to test the club's audio descriptive commentary service.

Teddy, who is severely sight imparied, gave the player's boot a kiss for "a bit of luck" but couldn't believe it when Daka went on to score, helping his team win the game.

"She could light a room up with her smile" ❤️Tributes have been paid to the life and legacy of "bionic woman" Claire Lom...
24/11/2025

"She could light a room up with her smile" ❤️

Tributes have been paid to the life and legacy of "bionic woman" Claire Lomas at a charity ball near Loughborough to mark fundraising in her name topping a million pounds.

Read tributes, including what her mum, pictured inset, said: https://bbc.in/48fUAce

24/11/2025

A telehandler used to smash into the store was left at the scene.

Leicestershire Police said the cash machine was loaded into a white pick-up truck, which was later found abandoned and on fire.

What a mess.Thieves used a telehandler to smash into a shop and steal a cash machine in a Leicestershire town.Full story...
24/11/2025

What a mess.

Thieves used a telehandler to smash into a shop and steal a cash machine in a Leicestershire town.

Full story: https://bbc.in/4iBOXu1

⚠️ A historic bridge in Leicester will be shut for four weeks to allow £37k of road surface repairs.The bridge over the ...
24/11/2025

⚠️ A historic bridge in Leicester will be shut for four weeks to allow £37k of road surface repairs.

The bridge over the Grand Union Canal will be closed to pedestrians and traffic from Wednesday.

Full details: https://bbc.in/4pspPb2

It will make parking "faster, easier and more reliable", the council says.Pay-and-display charging is being scrapped in ...
24/11/2025

It will make parking "faster, easier and more reliable", the council says.

Pay-and-display charging is being scrapped in car parks in two Leicestershire towns to make way for a new set of ticketless machines.

Read more: https://bbc.in/4oa2bPx

This might look like a pile of rubble, but it once represented a crucial part of crime and punishment in Leicester.The C...
23/11/2025

This might look like a pile of rubble, but it once represented a crucial part of crime and punishment in Leicester.

The County Gaol was demolished in 1880 but a small part of one of its walls was left in place and can still be seen today from Highcross Street:

Find out more: https://bbc.in/4i5DiDc

Awful news.The cars involved were driving in opposite directions on Friday night said police.An appeal has been made by ...
23/11/2025

Awful news.

The cars involved were driving in opposite directions on Friday night said police.

An appeal has been made by the force here: https://bbc.in/3XevoOu

"She was very timid when she first came in, she had obviously gone through quite a lot"A young fox rescued from the engi...
23/11/2025

"She was very timid when she first came in, she had obviously gone through quite a lot"

A young fox rescued from the engine of an Amazon delivery van is on the mend and ready to be delivered back to the wild.

Read more: https://bbc.in/488DAVj

The ordeal put the victim in "financial difficulties more so than I'd ever anticipated ever in my life".Jeetandra Patel,...
23/11/2025

The ordeal put the victim in "financial difficulties more so than I'd ever anticipated ever in my life".

Jeetandra Patel, from Leicestershire, has spoken out about "conniving" conman Mital Mehta - who is estimated to have conned £560,000 out of 24 victims - to raise awareness about fraud.

Read his story here: https://bbc.in/3XI34Ee

"There was no time to think."Abdul Gaffer Osman was aboard the SS Tilawa that was en route from India to South Africa wh...
23/11/2025

"There was no time to think."

Abdul Gaffer Osman was aboard the SS Tilawa that was en route from India to South Africa when it was torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine on 23 November 1942.

Read more: https://bbc.in/48vL0mU

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