All news on the topic: Leicestershire

Four men have been arrested over "atrocious" large-scale illegal waste dumping, believed to be around 25,000 tonnes, at a site in Wigan.

A prison absconder known to frequent the Republic of Ireland is being sought by police in the UK.

Over 40 firefighters are at the scene after a massive fire broke out at the Thurmaston Shopping Centre in Leicestershire

As a barrage of Iranian missiles rained down on the Fujairah oil terminal, the explosion was deafening and the destruction dramatic: a brutal fire, thick black smoke stretching into the sky – and untold damage to one of the region’s crucial pieces of fossil fuel infrastructure.

A paedophile who faked a severe disability to avoid standing trial was caught strutting around a pub for an Elvis Presley night out.

Police were called to Barwell Infant School at 7:30 am in Townend Road in Barwell, near Hinckley. A man’s body has been found at an infant school in Leicestershire.

A 76-year-old man has admitted to 17 charges after reportedly attacking two children and contaminating sweets with sedatives at a summer camp.

A senior NHS manager has been jailed for 28 years for raping a 12-year-old and sexually abusing five other girls after grooming them on Snapchat.

This is the pensioner suspected of poisoning children at a summer camp.

A British teacher was taken hostage in the Caribbean and only managed to escape after jumping out of his kidnapper’s car boot.

Freedom of Information Act disclosures reveal the extent of the speeding issue on Britain’s roads, with nearly half of UK police forces recording drivers reaching 90mph on 30mph roads.

A young boy was tragically killed by his father, who then took his own life in a suspected murder-suicide, an inquest has revealed.

A woman who raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity after being paralysed 17 years ago has died following an accident in Jordan.

A police dog has died after entering the water to search for a suspect at a country park in Leicestershire.

Formal identification has now taken place