Alan Thompson
Leicester Mercury
United Kingdom
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Family caught on camera dumping waste engine oil into hole in garden
Sign up to FREE email alerts from LeicestershireLive - DailySubscribeWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see ourPrivacy Noticefor details of your data protection rights A family was caught on camera dumping waste engine oil into a hole dug in a garden. Members of the family of a former tenant of the property in Asfordby, near Melton, were caught on a camera… → Read More
Volunteers given abuse after challenging people throwing flood warning signs into ditches
'When we’ve asked why or asked them to stop, we encountered abuse' → Read More
Leap Day baby Eiri gives happy parents dilemma of when to celebrate her birthday
21 Leap Day babies were born in the city and county → Read More
Man in hospital with life-threatening injuries after three-car crash in county
Sign up to FREE email alerts from LeicestershireLive - DailySubscribeWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see ourPrivacy Noticefor details of your data protection rights Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was left with life-threatening injuries after a three-car crash in the county. The incident happened at around 12.20pm yesterday(Saturday 29… → Read More
Pedestrian dies after hit and run accident in city road
Sign up to FREE email alerts from LeicestershireLive - DailySubscribeWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see ourPrivacy Noticefor details of your data protection rights A pedestrian has died after being hit by a car which failed to stop in the city. The collision happened at around 8.50pm last night (Saturday 29 February) in Aylestone Road, Leicester and… → Read More
Woman killed in two-car crash in Rutland that shut A47 for 6 hours
Sign up to FREE email alerts from LeicestershireLive - DailySubscribeWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see ourPrivacy Noticefor details of your data protection rights A woman was killed in a crash involving two cars in Rutland yesterday. Police were called at around 3.45pm to a report of the collision on the A47, Peterborough Road, near the village of… → Read More
Dramatic video shows car flipped in Oadby after crashing into bollards
Sign up to FREE email alerts from LeicestershireLive - DailySubscribeWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see ourPrivacy Noticefor details of your data protection rights A car was spotted overturned and crashed into bollards in the middle of a street early this morning. The man who runs the Spotted Oadby Facebook page stopped to film the VW Golf overturned on… → Read More
MP on visit to riot-hit prison calls for extra jail time for inmates who attack officers
'One step in achieving this is to end the trend of concurrent sentences being handed out for attacking prison officers' → Read More
Man launches vicious baseball attack near school in Enderby as terrified children watch
'Made me feel sick, the poor people in the car and kids everywhere' → Read More
Man left seriously injured after men force their way into his city home and attack him
The victim was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition → Read More
Woman taken to hospital after her car and lorry in collision in city
Part of Glenhills Way in Eyres Monsell was shut for almost two hours → Read More
Section of busy city road closed after collision
Glenhills Way, in Eyres Monsell is partly closed county bound from pork pie island → Read More
Live: Air ambulance and several police cars seen in Shepshed
An air ambulance and several marked and unmarked police cars have been seen in the centre of Shepshed, near Loughborough this morning. One witness reported seeing what he described as the Derbyshire Leicestershire and Rutland Air Ambulance landing close to Leicester Road, near its junction with Cambridge Street. The witness, who preferred not to be named, said: “I was walking the dog in a jitty… → Read More
Busy Leicester crossroads 'extremely congested' after collision takes out four-way lights
Drivers are warned to take care around one of Leicester's busiest junctions following a crash. A collision has stopped the traffic lights working at the junction of Troon Way and Melton Road to the north of the city, says Area Traffic Control. They say drivers need extra care is needed and the area is "extremely congested". A spokesman said: "Four way traffic lights are all out here after a… → Read More
The tragic tale of 7 Leicestershire soldiers killed in Dutch blast two days after war in Europe ended
'I honour them and thank these men and their families for giving everything they had for my freedom' → Read More
Church used by Duke of Rutland stripped of lead by thieves
'It is absolutely heartbreaking for a rural ministry which lives hand to mouth' → Read More
Body of woman found in house in city's Northfields area
Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from LeicestershireLive - DailySubscribeWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see ourPrivacy Noticefor details of your data protection rights Police were called to the Northfields area of the city this morning after a report of a woman’s body being found at a house. The woman, who was in her 30s, was discovered at a property in… → Read More
Driver of bus which crashed into Loughborough house was taken to hospital
'Our driver was helped to get out of the bus by the emergency services' → Read More
Cyclist suffers serious injuries in crash that closed Red Hill Circle
'His injuries are not believed to be life threatening' → Read More
Police find cannabis plants growing after forcing entry to bus smash home to check on the people inside
Officers forced their way in to check everyone was okay - but instead they made an unexpected discovery → Read More