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A woman has been arrested after a man was stabbed yesterday morning at a house in Braunstone. The victim remains in a critical condition in hospital. Police were called at around 4.45am on Wednesday (15 May) by East Midlands Ambulance Service to a report of a...

Two people have been killed after a lorry crashed through the central reservation on the A14 and collided with another oncoming lorry. The fatal accident happened on the Leicestershire border this morning, at about 6.20am. The accident caused hours of delays for motorists travelling on the...

The scheme to tackle inconsiderate parking outside schools will see a further 21 schools across Leicestershire become enforceable from this week (13 May). These schools will now be monitored using a camera car and parents who park dangerously or selfishly outside them could be fined. Since...

Police have cordoned off a supermarket in the Glenfield area after a suspected stabbing. The incident took place in the car park of the Co-op store on Station Road just before midday today (Tuesday 14 March). The victim has been taken to hospital and a 31-year-old...

Police have arrested two men after an armed robbery at a Santander branch in Oadby Parade. The two men, aged 25 and 21, are both from Leicester. The robbery took place last week on Thursday 9 May. Dramatic video footage was captured of the gang of...

Leicestershire Police were authorised to use stop and search powers last night after a man was stabbed in a city street. The stabbing took place on Saltersford Road in Humberstone at around 5pm. It’s believed the stabbing was linked to reports of fights in nearby Halstead Street and Fernie...

A woman accused of killing her newborn daughter said she did not know she was pregnant before she gave birth. Hannah Cobley, 29, gave birth to the girl in April 2017 at a farm where she lived with her parents in Stoney Stanton, Leicestershire. She then...

Leicestershire Police and forensic officers are at the scene of a property in Braunstone Frith, after the discovery of a body. Police have confirmed they were called to the housing estate yesterday night, just after 10pm, to a property in Augusta Close. When officers entered the...

Dramatic video footage has been captured of a gang of masked men smashing their car into a bank and robbing it. The incident happened at around 8.40am this morning at the Santander branch in Oadby Parade. The video shows a black car reversing into the building,...

A woman has gone on trial accused of killing her newborn baby at her parents Leicestershire farm. Hannah Cobley, 29, of Stoney Stanton, denies murdering the newborn in April 2017. The trial, which began at Leicester Crown Court today, was told the baby girl was born...