The Latest Breaking News from Leicester

Champions Leicestershire toast absent Aussie skipper

Leicestershire are toasting absent club skipper, Peter Handscomb, after they ended up winning promotion back to England's county championship top flight.

AAP · Sep 11, 2025

Add to playlist: ultra-prolific Leicester rapper Snoa plus the week’s best tracks

With 71 singles and three albums so far this year, the teenage MC is keeping the quality control high as he swerves across cloud rap, grime and more

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2025

Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns

University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull

The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2025

Man, 76, charged after children fell ill at Leicestershire summer camp

Jon Ruben charged with three counts of wilful ill treatment of a child after illnesses at camp in Stathern

The Guardian - UK · Aug 1, 2025

Appeal court to review sentence of boy who killed Bhim Kohli, 80

Seven-year sentence for 15-year-old who killed dog walker in Leicestershire park referred under ‘unduly lenient’ scheme

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2025

Boy’s sentence for killing 80-year-old Bhim Kohli to be reviewed

Two children were sentenced for killing Bhim Kohli in a park near Leicester last year.

Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2025

‘The lawsuit was my life. Of course I’m writing about it’: Hard Life – formerly Easy Life – on being sued by easyGroup and starting afresh

When the Leicester band were forced to drop their old name after a legal threats from a certain budget airline, it could have been curtains. But frontman Murray Matravers’s trip to Japan has prompted a bold new outlook – and an upbeat new album

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2025

Is England v Jamaica on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch Lionesses send-off

The Lionesses play their final fixture before Euro 2025 as they face Jamaica at Leicester

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2025

Birmingham and Ipswich to open Championship campaign with Friday night clash

The opening game pits ex-NFL quarterback Tom Brady against singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who are respective minority owners of Birmingham and Ipswich.

The Independent UK · Jun 26, 2025

‘They were inseparable’: family’s anguish at wait to bring Air India victims home

Relatives of Pooja and Harshit Patel, who were visiting from Leicester, want to cremate them together but have faced painful wait for identification

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025