Oakham

House blaze causes one person to suffer smoke inhalation

One person has suffered smoke inhalation after a house fire in a Leicestershire[1] village last night. The blaze broke out at a property on Newbold Road, Barlestone, yesterday evening (Monday, October, 30) causing one person living in the house to suff…

Inmate beat up female prison officer ‘for being racist’

A man serving a four-year sentence for wounding carried out a violent attack on a female prison officer who he thought was a racist. Louis Elue, a prisoner at HMP Stocken near Oakham, attacked the woman from behind as she was speaking to another prison…

A1 diversion route as Rutland crash leaves carriageway shut

A diversion route is in place due to a crash that has closed the A1 in Rutland today (Wednesday, July 5). The northbound carriageway is shut between Stamford and Stretton, with emergency services at the scene.
The crash was first reported shortly befor…