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Did you spot the mackerel skies? 🐟 🌅Resembling fish scales, these altocumulus clouds are formed by high altitude atmosph...
23/09/2025

Did you spot the mackerel skies? 🐟 🌅

Resembling fish scales, these altocumulus clouds are formed by high altitude atmospheric waves.

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⚠️ Drivers have been asked to avoid the area.A motorist has been taken to hospital after a two-car crash on the M1, whic...
23/09/2025

⚠️ Drivers have been asked to avoid the area.

A motorist has been taken to hospital after a two-car crash on the M1, which led to the motorway being shut in both directions.

Read more: https://bbc.in/4nhg2Uv

What a find! 😮 Remains of a medieval dungeon have been uncovered during an archaeological dig under Leicester's market p...
23/09/2025

What a find! 😮

Remains of a medieval dungeon have been uncovered during an archaeological dig under Leicester's market place.

Full story: https://bbc.in/3IyLZZv

He announced last month he had quit the Conservatives and switched parties.Leicestershire and Rutland PCC Rupert Matthew...
23/09/2025

He announced last month he had quit the Conservatives and switched parties.

Leicestershire and Rutland PCC Rupert Matthews was questioned over the move during a special police and crime panel meeting.

Read what he had to say: https://bbc.in/4nOS0Aq

Police were called to reports a van had been deliberately driven at bollards by a group of protesters in Leicester early...
23/09/2025

Police were called to reports a van had been deliberately driven at bollards by a group of protesters in Leicester early this morning.

Read more: https://bbc.in/46QWfFG

⚠️ All emergency services are at the scene.The M1 is closed in both directions after a serious crash between junctions 2...
23/09/2025

⚠️ All emergency services are at the scene.

The M1 is closed in both directions after a serious crash between junctions 20 and 21 near Leicester.

Read the latest here: https://bbc.in/4ngOiiS

The council conceded it didn't make the right decision when it originally refused the scheme.Read more about the plan in...
23/09/2025

The council conceded it didn't make the right decision when it originally refused the scheme.

Read more about the plan in Leicestershire here: https://bbc.in/4nKdeiG

RIP to a "national treasure" ❤️Iconic former cricket umpire Dickie Bird has died at the age of 92.Read more: https://bbc...
23/09/2025

RIP to a "national treasure" ❤️

Iconic former cricket umpire Dickie Bird has died at the age of 92.

Read more: https://bbc.in/3InaBV5

The garden village is currently being created on land to the north of LeicesterBroadnook, where more than 2,000 homes ar...
23/09/2025

The garden village is currently being created on land to the north of Leicester

Broadnook, where more than 2,000 homes are being built could even get its own council.

Read more: https://bbc.in/3KdsO89

They'll raise vital funds for the hospice ❤️🐘The LOROS Stomp Around Leicester sculpture trail came to an end on Sunday -...
23/09/2025

They'll raise vital funds for the hospice ❤️🐘

The LOROS Stomp Around Leicester sculpture trail came to an end on Sunday - now they're being auctioned off in aid of the hospice.

Read more: https://bbc.in/46LWcuR

⚠️ Disruption is expected until later this week.Drivers are being warned of delays after emergency repairs were carried...
22/09/2025

⚠️ Disruption is expected until later this week.

Drivers are being warned of delays after emergency repairs were carried out on a broken sewer pipe on the A5.

Read more: https://bbc.in/3Iua2ZB

Not long to wait now 📺❤Isla's Leicestershire home has been transformed by the DIY SOS team to help her live more indepen...
22/09/2025

Not long to wait now 📺❤

Isla's Leicestershire home has been transformed by the DIY SOS team to help her live more independently with her rare genetic bone condition.

The episode, described as one of the team's "biggest logistical and emotional challenges yet", airs soon: https://bbc.in/4pFhTV2

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