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Leicestershire Press is a news website featuring reports produced by students of the Leicester Centre for Journalism at De Montfort University

04/06/2025

From being a kid in care to a life-changing school detention, thriving singer Chantelle Marquez tells her story to Mona Mohamud. Chantelle Marquez: From runaway to rising music star Enter keywords

From being a kid in care to a life-changing school detention, thriving singer Chantelle Marquez tells her story to Mona Mohamud.

21/05/2025

A high-flying journalism graduate from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) has landed her dream job at the richest and most successful Premier League football club of the last 10 years. Alice Wright started her first full-time job at Manchester City FC earlier this year writing for the club’s website and app as well as matchday programmes and an online magazine....

The DMU Journalism lecturers are just so amazing at what they do. If it was not for them telling me that you need to go out and get that experience, I

02/05/2025

Budding sports writers from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) raced against the clock to produce live match reports from the Premier League clash between Leicester City and Newcastle United. The group of third-year students from DMU’s BA in Journalism watched the action from the press box at the King Power Stadium before completing a 350-word match report. Their reports had to be completed within 10 minutes of the final whistle, and filed to lecturer Lee Marlow, who leads the sports journalism module on the course....

Budding sports writers from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) raced against the clock to produce live match reports from the Premier League clash between

29/04/2025

It is no mystery that Liverpool is known for being the birthplace of The Beatles and the home of Liverpool FC, but who would’ve thought the tap water isn’t vegan-friendly? Viktorie Lachmannová heads north Liverpool is easily approachable by all forms of transportation, though I strongly don’t recommend horseback or going by a minibus crammed with people with no windows open....

It is no mystery that Liverpool is known for being the birthplace of The Beatles and the home of Liverpool FC, but who would’ve thought the tap water isn’t

31/03/2025

Two entrepreneurs who studied Journalism at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have been nominated at the same business awards. They are part of a quartet of DMU graduates and current students who have won recognition at the 2025 East Midlands Real Entrepreneurs' Awards. The news comes as Universities UK – the organisation which lobbies on behalf of higher education – launches a new national campaign to show the impact universities have in helping support and motivate students to set up their own businesses....

Two entrepreneurs who studied Journalism at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have been nominated at the same business awards.

24/03/2025

Arts and education organisation, Pedestrian, has launched a campaign to open a creative youth hub in the centre of Leicester. Lottie Poll reports.

Arts and education organisation, Pedestrian, has a campaign to open a creative youth hub in the centre of Leicester.

24/03/2025

The Adam Redfern Memorial Fund annually holds a Run for Redfern event to raise money in memory of DMU journalism alumnus Adam, who died suddenly of cardiac arrest. Run for Redfern 2025 was held on Sunday, March 9. Reporters Amina Ali and Molly Lee LCJ attended the successful event.

24/03/2025

A Leicester-based music collective brought a fresh batch of fledgling punks to the stage for an International Women’s Day showcase.

Alfie Linville-Sibley reports

By Alfie Linville-Sibley

21/03/2025

Mirror, mirror on the wall – was Loughborough Town Hall's panto the fairest of them all?

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Mirror, mirror on the wall - was Loughborough Town Hall's panto the fairest of them all?

19/03/2025

Here & Later: Steps musical will come to CURVE theatre, Leicester next year.

UK dance-pop icons Steps have announced that their musical Here & Now will come to Leicester's Curve theatre next year as part of a UK and Ireland tour,

19/03/2025

EastEnders star Louisa Lytton takes the lead in a new production of The Girl on The Train, coming to CURVE theatre, Leicester in May.

*Crackly voice on the station tannoy* Next arrival at platform two is the stage production of The Girl on The Train, calling at Chester, Birmingham, Southend

19/03/2025

By Charlotte Cain

A Leicester yoga teacher inspired in the 1990s by pop icon Madonna is encouraging people to try yoga to aid the stresses of daily life.

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