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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

A body has been pulled out of a river months after two-year-old Xielo Maruziva fell into the River Soar in Leicestershire.

A 47-year-old man is in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder

A man has died at Long Clawson Dairy, near Melton, Leicestershire, with police finding him after being alerted to reports of a man injured and an investigation is now underway

Attempts to save 55-year-old Christine Bauld, who was found seriously injured at her home, failed. Gregor Bauld, 22, has appeared in court charged with her murder

Peter Faulding and his team joined the search for Xielo Maruziva in Leicestershire on Tuesday and this evening, with Assistant Chief Constable Michaela Kerr thanking the private company

Experts from Specialist Group International - the diving team led by Peter Faulding who joined the search for Nicola Bulley - are now helping search the River Soar for missing Xielo Maruziva

Xielo Maruziva fell into the River Soar in Leicester, prompting a huge search for the two-year-old, with police already introducing drones and marine dogs into the investigation

Two-year-old Xielo Maruziva has been missing since he fell into the River Soar in Aylestone, with a police search now entering its fifth day as weather warnings were issued for the area

A search has been ongoing in the area since Sunday afternoon after Xielo, 2, was reported to have fallen into the water at the Aylestone Meadows area, near to Marsden Lane.

Leicestershire Police have released an urgent plea as search teams continue a rescue operation after a two-year-old boy fell into the River Soar in Aylestone Meadows

Leicestershire Police are continuing to search the River Soar on Tuesday for a two-year-old boy who fell in two days ago, with CCTV emerging showing the sickening moment it happened

Police are looking for a dog walker who is said to have been walking along the footpath of the River Soar in Leicestershire, which is where a two-year-old fell in

The two-year-old boy has been missing since falling into Aylestone Meadows in Leicester, with police dive teams searching the area as members of the public are urged to stay away

Police were searching the River Soar in Leicester on Monday for the missing two-year-old after reports the boy fell into the river while with his family on Sunday evening

Police were called to the River Soar in Leicester on Sunday evening after the two-year-old boy fell in, sending out a helicopter and drone before calling off the search as it got dark

A major search has been launched as a toddler fell into river and has since vanished in the River Soar in Leicestershire

ITV true-crime documentary TikTok: Murder Gone Viral - The Mother and Daughter Killings - follows mum Ansreen Bukhari, who confided in her daughter Mahek about her sinister affair with Saqib Hussain

Calocane’s guilty plea of manslaughter by diminished responsibility was accepted on Thursday and he was sentenced to a hospital order

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a 'loud' house explosion in Leicester left another man seriously injured and caused nearby flats to be evacuated

Diogo Moreira, who is an Amazon delivery driver, reacted swiftly after the large explosion had rocked the flat in the Beaumont Leys suburb of Leicester this afternoon

The explosion in Beaumont Leys, Leicester, which happened this afternoon, has left one man with serious injuries, Leicestershire Police said as it investigates the blast

A girl and her mother were attacked by what is believed to be a pitbull dog, with police now appealing for further information following the terrifying incident