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…
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.
Foota…
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…
A village post office and store that was ram-raided by a gang more than four months ago has reopened.
Primethorpe Post Office, which is housed in the Spar shop in Main Street, Broughton Astley, was back open for business yesterday.
The store had its sh…
The crews of the Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance (DLRAA) and Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance (WNAA) who have flown their 40,000th mission EMN-200623-115607001
Darren Howitt was flown to hospital by the Derbysh…
A lorry shed its load of metal poles and fencing panels in a major city centre road this evening.
Emergency services were called to St George’s Way, near St George’s Retail Park shortly before 6pm.
The debris from the Kaby Engineering vehicle blocked p…
Management at East Midlands Airport say they have become the only UK airport to be served by a direct cargo flight from China during the lockdown.
The new weekly link, launched by DHL Express from Hong Kong, is in response to growing demand for trade f…
Travellers have set up an unauthorised camp on a patch of green land between a school and a community arts centre in Leicester.
A group, which includes about a dozen caravans, has set up an encampment on land between the Peepul Centre and Catherine Jun…
eBay can sometimes sell weird and wonderful items across the country and around the world.
From used clothes to vehicles to cooking utensils, there almost nothing you can’t get on one of the biggest bidding sites in the world.
Even Leicestershire Polic…
Emergency services rushed to A42 after a large vehicle burst into flames this evening (June 3).
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to the incident at around 5.30pm on the A42 close to Junction 13.
Appliances from Ashby and Castle Donin…
The Horiba Mira car testing centre had its second fire in four days after some large batteries were left on charge and burst into flames.
Three fire crews from Hinckley and Nuneaton rushed to the site in Mira Drive, Higham on the Hill, near Hinckley, a…
A fire that engulfed part of the Mira Technology Park began accidentally, firefighters have confirmed.
Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service returned to the scene of the blaze in Hinckley this morning to continue with investigations into what caused a…
Firefighters are today continuing their investigations into the cause of a huge blaze that engulfed part of the Mira Technology Park near Hinckley.
Fire broke out just before 2pm on Sunday taking hold of a temporary storage building at the automotive r…
It’s been a busy day in lockdown Leicestershire so we’ve rounded up some of the stories that have made the LeicestershireLive headlines in one neat place.
These are the stories written by our reporters which have reached each corner of the county – and…