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BREAKING NEWS: M&S stores to close

Up to 59 people could lose their jobs in Leicestershire after retail giant Marks and Spencer today announced plans to shut two stores.

Their Simply Food shops, in Melton Mowbray and Market Harborough, which both opened less than three years ago, have been earmarked for closure along with 25 other stores nationwide.

Now, the 32...

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Family anger at funeral delays

The family of Omar Mohamed

The family of a man who died in a car crash are angry after being told they will have to wait before they can bury him. A second post-m...

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Have you seen this man before?

Artist's impression of the man found dead

A hunt for information about a man who was murdered before being set on fire and dumped by the side of a motorway has led to a police...

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Sleeping girl rescued after fire at her home

Firefighters told today how they saved a girl's life after rescuing her from a blaze which tore through her home. The girl, believed to be 15, was asleep upstairs when the blaze broke out...

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Eden's show is called off but she's still a star

Seamus Cullen, who is starring in De Montfort Hall's Evita,  presents a Cancer Research Little Star award to  Eden Hubbard

A stagestruck schoolgirl whose dream of dancing was shattered when doctors discovered she had cancer has found her own fame. Eden Hubba...

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Button's 18 pups prove to be spot-on

Button has 18 pups

When Button the Dalmatian gave birth to 16 pups just over a year ago she raised a few eyebrows. Now, however, she has produced a litter...

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Parents go online to check on pupils

Parents will be able to keep a check on their children at the touch of a button when a school becomes the first in Leicestershire to bring in a pupil tracking system. Ashby School is...

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Sport

Breaking news: City FA Cup tie moved

Leicester City's FA Cup third round replay away to Crystal Palace has been moved from next Tuesday, January 13, to Wednesday, January 14 (8pm).
For more details see tomorrow's Leicester Mercury.

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There's no crisis here, insists Cockerill

Tigers' acting head coach Richard Cockerill

Richard Cockerill insists Leicester Tigers are not in crisis but in good health and will go from strength to strength. Tigers' acting...

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City news: Edworthy targets a fourth promotion after new deal

City defender Marc Edworthy

Marc Edworthy has signed a new deal to the end of the season with the belief he can grab a fourth promotion with Leicester City. The...

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Tigers news: We're backing Cockers to get the job done, says Moody

Lewis Moody and Bath's Stuart Hooper exchange views

Acting head coach Richard Cockerill will have the full support of the Leicester Tigers squad while Heyneke Meyer is in South Africa,...

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Inside Football: City's style is a bargaining tool

Loan star Kerrea Gilbert

Leicester City's style of play will make it easier for them to attract higher quality players, according to chairman Milan Mandaric who...

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