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Grandma Turns Artistic Passion Into Profitable Side Hustle, Earning £4,500 Annually

Helen Ashton, a 60-year-old grandmother from Leicester, has turned her passion for painting into a lucrative side hustle, earning £4,500 annually by creating custom staircase murals and ceramics.

International Business Times UK

‘Heartbreak’ as UK Caribbean carnival axed due to expense

The annual extravaganza, which has been running for nearly 40 years, was due to take place on Saturday 3 August in Victoria Park, Leicester.

The Independent UK

Who are the pro-Gaza independents who unseated Labour MPs?

All four capitalised on dissatisfaction over Labour’s stance on the Gaza war but said they had other priorities too

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Independent Muslim who beat Labour in Leicester says victory was not ‘sectarian’

Shockat Adam says he is not a single-issue MP, but will fight on NHS and housing as well as Gaza

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Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno: ‘I’m not an extrovert; I’m a songwriter. Now I’m the frontman of this huge band’

The Leicester-raised musician on avoiding ‘nasty lads’, the power of putting on costumes and his anguish at having to sack the band’s frontman

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Labour silence could lead to re-election of disgraced Keith Vaz, mayor says

Peter Soulsby says party should be reminding Leicester East voters about sex and drug allegations against former MP

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Man charged with murder of woman, 76, found dead in Leicester house

Sindeep Singh, 47, was arrested after Bhajan Kaur’s body was found in home in North Evington

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Peter Riach obituary

Other lives: Prominent Australian economist who settled in the UK to found the economics department at De Montfort University, Leicester

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Five kids in a home gym, mother and daughter cricketers and a karate trio – meet the families who work out together

They strengthen muscles – and family bonds. Six sets of relatives who train as a team explain the appeal

The Guardian - UK

Easy Life band sued by easyGroup reveal inspired new name

A Hard Life for Leicester band who were sued by the creators of the ‘easy’ brand, easyGroup

The Independent UK

Disgraced Keith Vaz expelled from Labour as he stands for One Leicester party

Exclusive: Vaz to run in Leicester East, infuriating Labour candidates who have campaigned for his eviction for years

The Guardian - UK

Body found in hunt for two-year-old Xielo Maruziva who fell into river

The toddler fell into a river in Leicestershire in February

Evening Standard

Body found in search for two-year-old boy who fell into river in Leicester

Xielo Maruziva went missing in River Soar on 18 February after walking along a towpath

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Family mourn ‘lovely’ teenager, 18, stabbed to death in Leicester

Codie Bambrick was attacked at lunchtime on Glazebrook Road, New Parks

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The Guardian - UK

Man, 50, charged with murder of woman, 44, in Leicester

Raj Sidpara charged after body of ‘bubbly, caring’ Tarnjeet Riaz found at address in east Leicester

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County cricket: Surrey wrap up innings win, Durham draw with Essex – as it happened

The champions proved far too strong for Hampshire while Leicestershire are top of Division Two after drawing with Northants

Woman & Home

Why Kate Middleton was royally teased by Prince William's family in the early days

Kate was teased by members of the royal family after her first walkabout

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Arsenal 3-0 Leicester City: Women’s Super League – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: Beth Mead scored twice to keep pressure on the top two and help Arsenal gain an unassailable lead over fourth-placed Manchester United

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Man jailed for life after breaking baby son’s neck in Leicester

Judge says Michael Davis showed ‘callous indifference’ to baby Ollie’s suffering, as mother Kayleigh Driver jailed for seven years

AAP

Rain can't stop Harris opening English season with a 50

Marcus Harris, snapped up in a late deal by Leicestershire, has opened the county championship season with a half-century.

FourFourTwo

Revealed! Leicester City star crowned FourFourTwo's best player in the EFL for 2023/24

Leicester City have led the Championship for much of the season, and one star player has been earned the FourFourTwo best EFL player award

Dynamite News

AI technique accurately predicts deadly heart rhythms

In a Leicester study to see if artificial intelligence (AI) could identify whether a person was in danger of a deadly cardiac rhythm, an AI tool accurately detected the condition 80 per cent of the time. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Lady Henig obituary

Historian and deputy speaker of the Lords who chaired the Security Industry Authority

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Theo Matoff obituary

Other lives: Canadian-born architect and lecturer who ended his career as head of the School of Architecture at Leicester Polytechnic

The Guardian - UK

Premier League and FA Cup quarter-finals: what to look out for this weekend

It’s an eight-game lineup, with places at Wembley up for grabs and a quartet of top-flight matches too

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