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A competition has been launched to find a young person to switch on Loughborough’s Christmas lights in front of thousands of people this November. The council has teamed up with Fosse 107 and Love Loughborough to find the lucky winner.

Queen’s Park and the Outwoods are closed as a safety precaution because of forecast high winds, with the Outwoods expected to remain shut until Monday.

Eleven people have been arrested, six vehicles seized and £5,000 in cash recovered in Leicestershire as part of a national operation targeting vehicle crime.

All 13 household waste recycling sites across Leicestershire now have ReHome Zones, allowing residents to give unwanted items in good condition a second life instead of sending them for disposal.

Hinckley Leisure Centre Car Park to be closed for the day on 20th October 2026 for large steel sections to be delivered for the next stage of the improvement works

A van driver has been found guilty of attempting to rape a woman near services on the M1 earlier this year.

Amateur photographers have been recognised for capturing Charnwood’s parks, wildlife and countryside, with more than 100 entries submitted to this year’s Love the Outdoors in Charnwood competition.

Police are urging residents to warn older relatives, friends and neighbours about courier fraud after seven reports across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Victims are being targeted by callers pretending to be police officers or bank staff.

Two men have been killed by falling trees as Storm Boelo pummelled the UK, with winds of up to 84mph, flooded streets and power cut to 800,000 homes.

A second person has been charged in connection with the shooting of a police officer in Nottingham city centre on 18 October.

"Everyone in Ukraine should know how to apply a tourniquet and how to stop someone's bleeding," Anatolii says.

A meeting between Ukraine, Russia and the US will take place next month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

More than 80 people have been injured, including seven seriously, after a bus plunged off the side of road in Spain.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been re-elected president of Brazil, the electoral authority has said, in a result that defied poll predictions - but his opponent has refused to accept the result.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has returned ‌to the country nearly a year after her daring escape.

A teenage boy has been arrested after a boy died in a crash following a police pursuit.

Gary Neville launched a scathing attack on Manchester United's players and accused them of downing tools after they were booed off at the end of their 3-0 loss to Bournemouth.

Michael Carrick's future as Manchester United head coach is hanging by a thread.

Kimi Antonelli moved to the brink of becoming Formula 1's youngest-ever world champion with a superb drive to victory in the United States Grand Prix.

Michael Carrick looks poised to lose his job as Manchester United head coach following their 3-0 defeat at Old Trafford to Bournemouth, according to Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher.

Harry Kane is the odds-on favourite to win the 2026 men’s Ballon d’Or, which could be one of the tightest results in recent history.

They looked like a modern-day Morecambe and Wise. But at least they weren't sharing a bed like the famous comic duo.

Actor Tom Skerritt, best known for roles in Top Gun and Alien, has died at the age of 93.

Actor Noel Clarke has pleaded not guilty to six sexual offences.

The BBC has confirmed it will close BBC Three, BBC Scotland and BBC Radio 4 Extra linear broadcast services in the spring of 2027.

A former soap opera star has been jailed for nine years after fleeing the UK for Spain to avoid facing trial for allegedly conning would-be models out of more than £13m.