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Seven men caught drinking and watching football in Leicester ‘pop-up pub’ complete with Sky TV, fully stocked bar and pool table are fined £200 each for flouting Covid rules A large bin was filled with empty beer cans at a makeshift boozer in Leicester Seven men were fined £200 each for breaching coronavirus lockdown rules … Read more
Rebekah Vardy headed to rehearsals for Dancing On Ice on Sunday amid claims she snubbed Coleen Rooney’s ‘peace deal’. The WAG, 38, throw support behind her footballer husband Jamie as she sported his Leicester City training jacket at the RAF Bovingdon in Hertfordshire ahead of her live performance with professional partner Andy Buchanan. Becky’s outing came … Read more
Even though it may not boast any dreaming spires or belong to the Russell Group of leading universities, there was a time not so very long ago when Leicester University punched well above the weight of its provincial rivals. Named Britain’s ‘University of the Year’ in 2008, with a heritage that encompassed great thinkers such … Read more
Leicester University denies it is dropping Chaucer for being ‘too white’ after proposing to stop teaching course on medieval poet in favour of modules on race and sexuality University courses featuring The Canterbury Tales and Beowulf are under threat English department staff have been told of the plans via email this week Uni today moved … Read more
Moment police raid party at flat in Leicester packed with more than 60 people inside as two hosts are fined £10,000 for breaching Covid rules Bodycam footage shows moment a police officer discovers over 60 party-goers As door of the King Street, Leicester, home is opened the officer exclaims ‘woah’ Two hosts of party were … Read more
Leicester hasn’t yet been able to start mass testing for Covid because of a logistical blunder that has meant 10,000 rapid swab kits local officials received are currently unusable, it was claimed today. Matt Hancock promised that areas put into Tier Three local lockdowns would get access to rapid Covid testing when the national lockdown … Read more
A former Leicester City football star is swapping the touchline for the line of duty after hanging up his boots to become a police officer. Tommy Wright, 35, will be treading the beat in his home town, where he remains a cult hero for scoring Leicester’s winning goal against arch rivals Nottingham Forest in 2003, after signing up … Read more
Traffic warden in Leicester issued £180,000 in fines over 18 months – an average of £10,000 every four weeks – figures show Leicester traffic warden handed out an average of £10,000 in fines every month Over 18 months from April 2019 he dished out more than £180,000 in tickets Figures from Leicester City Council show … Read more
Rebekah Vardy shares sweet snap of children Sofia, 5, Finley, 3, and Olivia, 11 months, wearing Leicester City football kits to support father Jamie By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 01:15 GMT, 9 November 2020 | Updated: 01:15 GMT, 9 November 2020 Rebekah Vardy took to Instagram on Sunday to share a sweet snap of … Read more
Boris Johnson was photographed today taking a potentially ‘revolutionary’ coronavirus test that experts hope could return results in under an hour and allow for students to return home for Christmas. The Prime Minister was pictured taking the swab test at De Montfort University in Leicester, the first city to enter a regional lockdown in June. … Read more