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​Detectives hunting gunman who shot a man outside a Leicester club...

Detectives hunting a gunman who shot a man outside a Leicester club have issued another public appeal.Police are trying to trace the man who gunned down his 31-year-old victim outside the Sub8ten club...

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Man shot outside Sub8ten club in Leicester revealed as head doorman 'Big Dan'.

The victim of a shooting outside a Leicester club at the weekend is the head doorman of the late-night venue.Bosses at Sub8ten in King Street have revealed that the man who was shot outside their club...

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Police receive another Leicestershire PCC election postal vote fraud allegation

A further allegation of postal vote fraud in the Leicestershire police and crime commissioner election has been made. Police were already investigating UKIP claims that a number of postal ballots...

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​Probation chiefs report concludes that the Leicester City Youth...

Probation chiefs have today published a report stating that the Leicester City Youth Offending Service could do better.Glenys Stacey, Chief Inspector of Probation, said that the Leicester service was...

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Twelve people guilty of plan to carry out revenge attack in Spinney Hills

A group of men armed themselves with metal poles, wooden sticks, a hockey stick and a brick in a bid to seek revenge for an assault in Spinney Hill Park.It was the culmination of a series of incidents...

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​Firefighters called out after arsonist struck at block of flats in...

Firefighters were called out after an arsonist struck at a three-storey block of flats today.Residents in the block of five flats in Upper Tichbourne Street, Highfields, Leicester, were all out by the...

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Man arrested over serious assault outside McDonalds in Leicester city centre

Detectives investigating an assault in Leicester centre which left a man with serious injuries have arrested a man.East Gates where the attack took place.A 36-year-old man is undergoing treatment in...

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Police hold ceremony to thank neighbourhood watch volunteers in Hinckley area

Members of a local neighbourhood watch scheme in the Hinckley area have been thanked by the police.Hinckley and Blaby Neighbourhood Policing Area (NPA) recently held a thank-you ceremony for...

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Man, 70, admits child abuse images charges

A 70-year-old man has appeared in court to admit possessing indecent images of children. Michael Baker, of Holbrook Road, South Knighton, Leicester, appeared at Leicester Crown Court today. Baker...

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Witness appeal after gang attacks people in a car in Highfields, Leicester

Police have appealed for witnesses to an attack on a group of people sitting in a car. The incident happened in Melbourne Road, Highfields, Leicester at 4pm on Saturday. Police said a gang attacked a...

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​Clubbers raise hundreds of pounds for head doorman 'Big Dan' who was...

Clubbers have raised hundreds of pounds for a doorman who was shot outside their club.Revellers at Sub8ten in Leicester handed over more than £300 at the weekend for head doorman Dan Lewis who was shot...

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Bus firm may change route because of stone-throwing yobs

A bus company says it could be forced to bypass a large village after 10 of its vehicles were targeted by stone-throwing yobs. The Skylink vehicles, which transport passengers between Leicester and...

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Police praise bravery of victim as man is convicted of serious sex attack

A man who carried out a vicious and violent sexual assault on a woman last summer has been convicted by a jury. Vijay Singh attacked the woman in a premises in King Street, Leicester city centre in...

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City centre assault victim released from hospital, police say

A man who was seriously injured after he was assaulted in Leicester city centre last week has been discharged from hospital.The man, aged 36, was injured outside McDonalds in East Gates at 10.45pm on...

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Thieves posed as police officers to steal victim's cash

Two thieves posed as police officers to trick their way into their victim's home to steal cash.Police have released artist's impressions of two men they want to trace in connection with the theft,...

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Charity bosses hail work at Leicester church by offenders as "shining...

Bosses at a national charity have hailed work carried out at a Leicester church by offenders as a "shining example" of how community payback can work.Staff at the Church Conservation Trust praised the...

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Police release footage of knife-robbers fleeing Nationwide, Wigston

Police have released mobile phone footage of two men emerging from a branch of Nationwide they had just tried to rob. The footage was recorded by an onlooker as the two men fled the building and got...

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CCTV clue in search for thugs who fractured man's jaw

Police have released CCTV images of two men officers want to trace in connection with as assault which left the victim with a fractured jaw. The two men are wanted for questioning about the attack on a...

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Man due in court over Loughborough crash

A man is due in court tomorrow to face a series of charges following collisions in Nanpanatan Road, on the outskirts of Loughborough. Kyle Gary Page, 21, of no fixed address has been charged with...

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Children aged just 12 are victims of 'revenge pornography', say...

Children as young as 12 have been victims of revenge pornography – the practice of posting indecent images of people online without their consent.Leicestershire Police has investigated 30 cases in the...

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