The Erlestoke Manor Fund has released its May 2022 update of progress in repairing GWR Manor Class steam locomotive No.7802 Bradley Manor and GWR Large Prairie No. 5164.
7802 Manor Repair Update
Bradley Manor suffered a piston rod failure several years…
A pair of building site thieves were caught driving away with a truck full of valuable steelwork parts. Levi Walker and Joseph Walker had just helped themselves to the metal from a site in Sileby Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, on the night of Sunday April 24,…
Two men have been charged with the theft of steel after £20,000 worth of the metal was taken from a Leicestershire building site. Levi Walker, 26, of Hungarton Lane, Keyham, and Joseph Walker, 21, of Greengate Lane, Birstall, have been charged with tak…
A TRUCK run which was held last year in memory of an East Lancashire man is taking place for the second time later this week.Last June, friends of Clitheroe man Joe Robinson, who died in 2020, organised a truck run through the town and raised…
A speeding driver “outran” the police in a chase through Widnes as his “high-powered” Volkswagen Golf reached 130mph forcing officers to call off the pursuit.
An unmarked patrol spotted the white VW on Pitt Street “weaving in and out” of traffic toward…
POLICE wish to speak to two men captured in CCTV footage after a man suffered facial injuries after a ‘prolonged’ assault.
Cumbria Police has released CCTV images as part of an investigation into a ‘serious assault’ that occurred in Bowness.
The i…
Today we print in full the 2022 list of the LeicestershireLive Top 200 Companies.
The list has been put together by Linda Hickson, head of the accounting and finance department at the Leicester Castle Business School at De Montfort University and Profe…
Today we start the countdown to our list of the Top 200 businesses in Leicestershire.
As in previous years the list has been put together by a team at De Montfort University to show the scale and ambition of the biggest employers in Leicester and Leice…
IN May 1997 The Mail reported that a local support group had pledged to raise £3,000 needed to get a 31ft Bermuda rig five-berth yacht shipshape.The plan was that the Elizabeth Cook would be used to take crews of adult volunteers and youngsters aged be…
Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens as Eric and Ern
An uncanny portrayal of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise is to come to Barrow.
Ian Ashpitel and Jonty Stephens as Eric and Ern will tour the UK from January 29 to April 30.
Crammed full of renditions of …