The team at Leicestershire’s Jobcentres says there are still opportunities out there – despite new figures showing the unemployment rate still rising.
As the rise in Covid-19 cases threatens further lockdowns, and the end of the furlough scheme draws c…
A man was knocked through the window of a restaurant in a suspected hit and run crash in Leicester city centre in the early hours of this morning.
The casualty, who is in his 20s, is one of two people “seriously injured” when a blue VW Golf left the ro…
If you like the idea of getting Mexican street food delivered to your door, then you’ll be pleased to hear that new Leicestershire business The Wako Taco is doing just that.
And, the aim isn’t just to deliver delicious Mexican food – it’s to deliver th…
Village bakery creates 50 jobs
The Village Bakery has created 50 new jobs and is close to completing a new ‘super bakery’ to replace the one lost in a fire last year.
Managing director Robin Jones said: “It’s absolutely remarkable how we’ve got back o…
Weighing 104 tonnes in mass excavation trim, this heavyweight has gone to work at the Mercia Park project by junction 11 of the M42 in Leicestershire, along with a fleet of nine 60-tonne capacity A60H articulated dump trucks, four A40s and three A30s…
The flooded road at the railway bridge on the A6 Harborough Road in Kibworth. PICTURE: ANDREW CARPENTER
A terrified motorist almost collided with a lorry heading straight at her after heavy rain flooded the busy A6 under a railway bridge.
Christina…
The traffic caused by the plant
Over 240 villagers have sent their objections to Leicestershire County Council as the bid to block the scheme in historic Shawell, near Lutterworth, picks up powerful momentum.
Angry protesters are being supported by…
A man has been taken to hospital after a tipper truck overturned by the entrance to a quarry near Lutterworth.
Emergency services, including the air ambulance were called to the scene in Welford Road, close to the entrance to Lafarge Aggregates & C…
Fourteen years after he began trading, an agricultural and equestrian contractor is running his first Mercedes-Benz Unimog – but it’s unlikely to be his last.
Luke Finney is based in Leicestershire, and bought his Unimog from Dealer Arthur Ibbett, ba…
An angry man racially abused and spat at police officers who stopped his car during lockdown.
Collis Pegg accused them of targeting him because he was black – and hurled a tirade of racist insults at white and Asian officers.
The 36-year-old spat at th…
Footage has shown the moment a van driver drove away from the scene of a collision in Measham last night.
The video footage, which was taken in Bosworth Road, shows a white flat bed pick-up truck driving away at speed from the scene of a hit-and-run.
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This new footage shows a white flat bed pick-up truck driving away at speed from the scene of a hit-and-run.
Officers are hunting a driver after two pedestrians were injured in a ‘non-stop collision’ last night.
Police were called to High Street, Meash…
Police are reportedly attempting to trace a white van in Measham after it was involved in an incident earlier this evening (July 4).
Officers were called to the scene shortly before 10pm after reports of a collision close to Tesco on High Street.
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Proprietor John Dinham purchased his first pre-owned vehicle from Mercedes-Benz dealer City West Commercials in 2016, and has since added another 14.
All are Mercedes-Benz models, with the exception of the latest – a 7.5-tonne Fuso Canter. Despite hav…
Police forced a dirty trucker to return to the scene of the crime after he threw rubbish out of his cab window.
Officers followed the litter bug after he dropped the packaging out of his lorry in the village of North Kilworth, near Lutterworth.
They st…