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Council bosses have defended the new layout of a major Leicester road[1] after critics branded it “confusing” and an “accident waiting to happen”. The new Fosse Road North opened last Friday (May 19) after work designed to improve the area and make tra…
If Leicester City get relegated this season, they will statistically be the best team ever to face the drop, according to new research.
The study by BonusCodeBets[1] looked at total squad values of relegated sides from the 2004/2005 season to the 2022/…
East Midlands Railway (EMR) has warned 16 days of travel chaos are coming with half term holiday journeys set to be affected. The warning has been issued ahead of works on the Midland Mainline[1] which rail bosses say will cause “significant” impacts o…
Users of a popular Leicester walk and cycleway will need to find another route as improvement work gets under way from Monday. A section of footpath along Great Central Way will be widened to provide more space and a smoother surface for walkers and cy…
Only 87 zero emission buses are in use in England outside London, figures published by Transport Secretary Mark Harper show.
In February 2020, then-prime minister Boris Johnson pledged to support the purchase of at least 4,000 new zero emission buses a…
The school run in Ashby[1] was halted this morning when a double decker bus became stuck under a railway bridge.[2] The bus had been travelling along Station Road when it hit the bridge at around 8.30am.
Leicestershire Police officers were called to th…
Traffic was held on the M1 in Leicestershire this morning after two cars and a van crashed near Leicester Forest East services. Highways officers stopped traffic on the southbound carriageway near Ashby shortly before 7am.
The motorway was temporarily …
A fed up villager staged a spontaneous solo protest by standing in the middle of a road blocking lorries from accessing a restricted area.
It was the last straw for Kevin Hawkes from Stretton on Monday morning (May 15) who has become fed up with lorrie…
A police search helicopter has been spotted above Barrow upon Soar tonight as police close a number of roads and ask the public to avoid them. Leicestershire Police issued a traffic update at 9.40pm this evening (May 13) listing Bridge Street, Barrow R…
Leicestershire’s roads are in bloom as more and more verges are sown with wildflower. Around 60 parish councils have signed up to a blossoming Leicestershire County Council[1] scheme which will see verges across the county planted with native flowers.
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