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BREAKING NEWS: M&S stores to close

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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...

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Family anger at funeral delays

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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-mortem...

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Have you seen this man before?

Artist's impression of the man found dead

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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 appeal in...

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Sleeping girl rescued after fire at her home

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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,...

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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

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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

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Button's 18 pups prove to be spot-on

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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 of 18...

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Parents go online to check on pupils

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

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...

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Safety alert on icy lakes

Parks manager Stuart Marbrook at the partially-frozen boating lake in Abbey Park

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Park wardens are stepping up safety patrols after children were spotted trying to walk over the thin ice of a frozen lake. The sightings, at...

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Drop in purse thefts, but stay on lookout

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

The number of sneak thefts of elderly people's purses has fallen sharply in the past few weeks – but police are still urging people to be...

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Asbo breach woman jailed

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

A woman has been jailed for breaking an Asbo which banned her from drinking in the street – just hours after she had walked out of prison...

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