Leicester Mercury published Bus tour to raise lung cancer awareness
A charity will be on the road across Leicestershire to raise awareness of lung cancer.Macmillan Cancer Support is bringing its mobile information and support bus to the area as part of Lung Cancer...
View ArticleLeicester Mercury published Kasabian's frontman Tom Meighan, boxer Rendall...
Famous faces including Kasabian's frontman Tom Meighan, boxer Rendall Munroe, and Leicester football player Jamie Vardy are all getting behind a fund-raiser for a man with cancer.On Friday from 6pm...
View ArticleMercury_Sport published Boxing: Siblings aiming to pack a punch at Leicester...
Brother and sister boxers Jairi and Jaina Singh feature on a packed bill for Leicester Railwaymen ABC's show at East Park Road on Thursday night (8pm).The duo's father, Sohan Singh, previously boxed...
View ArticleTom_Mack published Sarah Outen begins last stretch of round-the-world voyage
Sarah Outen's round-the-world journey begins its final stretch back in Britain on Thursday, 1,664 days after she set off from Tower Bridge in London in April 2011.The 30 year old from Oakham hoped to...
View ArticleMercury_Sport commented Inside football: How Leicester City are conditioned...
Leicester City are the comeback kings but there is no fluke about it.It is the culmination of careful planning and hard work from an array of sports science and medical specialists at Belvoir...
View ArticleMercury_Sport published Local football: North Leicestershire League leaders...
There is no stopping leaders Castle Donington in the East Goscote Plumbers Premier Division of the North Leicestershire League.Donington cracked six without reply at home to East Leake Athletic, Dean...
View ArticleMercury_Sport commented Leicester City news: Striker Jamie Vardy has been...
Claudio Ranieri has given Jamie Vardy a licence to thrill for Leicester City.The City striker said the experienced Italian has given him a free role as the spearhead of Leicester's attack, and he has...
View ArticleMercury_Sport published Leicester Tigers' Tommy Bell earns praise for...
Leicester Tigers skipper Mat Tait has heaped praise on third-choice fly-half Tommy Bell for a nerveless performance in the club's opening Premiership win at London Irish.The 22-year-old stepped up to...
View ArticleLeicester Mercury published Picture Gallery - LCFC Fans Signing Session
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View ArticleMercury_Sport published Cycling news: Grace Garner makes it four county...
Grace Garner has become the fourth young Leicestershire rider to join the professional peloton.The 18-year-old from Cosby will team up with the Podium Ambition squad headed by Dame Sarah Storey for...
View ArticleDavidWOwen published Jack Adcock manslaughter trial: "competent...
A doctor on trial for the manslaughter of a six-year-old boy should have immediately recognised the potential seriousness of his condition, a jury has heard.Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba (38) wrongly diagnosed...
View ArticleLeicester Mercury published City brushes up to win award for children's...
A programme to tackle the poor state of children's teeth in the city has won a national award.The Leicester City Council programme called Healthy Teeth, Happy Smiles has won the award from the Royal...
View ArticleCiaranfagan commented Two brothers found guilty of murdering 'bubbly and...
Two brothers have been convicted of murdering a "bubbly and beautiful" woman and burying her body on a Leicester allotment on Christmas Day.A jury at Birmingham Crown Court today returned guilty...
View ArticleLeicester Mercury published Crown court jury watch footage of car crashing...
A jury watched footage of a car crashing into a tree, while racing at high speed with another vehicle in the city centre.The front seat passenger, Jonilal Manjhu, (39), a married father-of-three, died...
View Articleatroughton published Black Sabbath to headline at Download Festival 2016
Black Sabbath, complete with Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, are to headline at the Download Festival 2016.Nearly five decades on from their beginnings, the Midlands band - who have been...
View ArticleTim_Healy27 commented Leicester city parents fined £350,000 for taking...
Nearly 3,000 city parents have been fined for taking their children on holiday in term time.Latest figures released by the city council show it issued almost £354,000 in penalty notices in the last...
View ArticleLeicester Mercury published Back to the Future: Its enduring appeal, and why...
Twenty six years ago, a film was made catapulting Marty, played by Michael J Fox, his girlfriend and Doc Brown to October 21, 2015. Back to the Future has developed a cult following over the years,...
View ArticleDavidWOwen published Record visitors numbers boost National Forest...
A record number of visitors are being drawn to tourist attractions in the National Forest.Official figures released by the National Forest Company reveal the forest, which includes a large swathe of...
View ArticleTim_Healy27 commented Hundreds of jobs set to be created through business...
Hundreds of jobs are set to be created with the development of a business park on the outskirts of a county town.Fresh plans have been lodged for the completion of the Airfield Business Park at Market...
View ArticleTom_Mack published Rammstein to headline Friday's line-up at Download 2016
German industrial rockers Rammstein have been announced as the third and final headline band for next year's Download festival.Over the last few days the festival organisers have revealed that British...
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