A 101-year-old great-grandmother is among those in the latest funeral notices from the Leicester Mercury. Rene Jones was a resident at Amberwood Care Home in Wigston and she passed away last month.

Touching tributes and moving words have been paid to many in this week’s Leicester Mercury death notices. The loving words ...

"The situation is still on my mind when I go to bed," says 93-year-old Arthur Ebinger, as he recalls being rescued from his ...

Fans attending our Premier League home match against Leicester City at Stadium on Sunday (kick-off 2pm) are advised to take ...

Proposals that could see swathes of countryside at the edges of Leicester developed are “justified” to meet local housing ...

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) says crews from Central and Birstall stations were called to Belvoir Street on Tuesday afternoon (January 7). Multiple firefighters are tackling the ...

Footage taken by the BBC News helicopter captured him being pulled along by a vehicle on a flooded road near Birstall in the county. On Monday, Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service declared a ...

The Environment Agency has also issued a severe flood warning - indicating a "danger to life" - in place for the River Soar at caravan parks near Barrow upon Soar in Leicestershire. It said ...

The father-and-son combination of Buds and Joshie Waqalevu helped Newark post their first win of 2025 at Tamworth on Saturday ...