Firefighters are tackling a large wildfire of about 2691 sq ft (250 sq m). Leicestershire Fire Service said crews were first ...

A proposed "wrecking ball development" in a Leicestershire village would "negatively ... on village life and with no guarantees that flooding won't be made much worse". The Harborough draft ...

Flooding has caused widespread disruption across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, but one man saw it as an opportunity to go wakeboarding. Footage taken by the BBC News helicopter captured ...

A Leicestershire school that was badly damaged in January’s floods has been given a much-needed boost thanks to the local ...

Leicestershire was hit by some of the worst flooding in living memory back in January as hundreds of residents were left homeless. Scores more had to be rescued from their submerged homes, while East ...

The council also raised issues concerning impact on flooding and sewerage systems. After several requests to the applicant for further work on the plans, Leicestershire County Council, as the Local ...

The authority said it was having to use £6m in reserves to balance this budget Leicestershire County ... pointing out that the idea for extra flooding cash was put forward by them last year ...