Who would have thought that a polar bear could play cupid for someone. For Nimesh Chauhan, 27, this turned out to be true.

A dealership owner who advertised a dangerous vehicle as an ‘ideal first car’ and sold it to a deaf customer has now been asked to pay nearly £7,000.

Police has tracked down a bungling armed robber, after staff at a branch of Ladbrokes reported a man ploughing hundreds of pounds into gaming machines, with notes stained with dye.

A leading Leicester businessman has submitted a planning application to renovate the grade-II listed Braunstone Hall and build a cafe in the surrounding park. The Leicester civic society has welcomed the plans to convert this run down 18th century...

A major three-day festival to mark the installation of ten life-size Hindu deities at a temple in Leicester brought together hundreds of worshippers from all over the country.

A taxi driver has been jailed for 12 years for raping a teenager. Nasir Uddin, earlier this year was found guilty by a jury of one rape, two counts of attempted rape and four sexual assaults against the girl, who was aged under 16 when the abuse...

Mustac Abdulkadir, a former restaurant manager from Leicester has been fined after inspectors found rat droppings, a live mouse and other food safety breaches at Blue Peters Spice restaurant, in Law Street, Belgrave.

A £12,000 sham marriage bride from the infamous Benefits street has been jailed for 16 months. 37 years old Marcella Brotac, who lives on the infamous James Turner Street, Winson Green, had agreed to marry Harjeet Singh, 25, just 24 hours after...

A teenage driver who killed a grandfather as he sped a 105,000 Range Rover at 81 mph, in a 30 mph zone has regretted his action. Kirpal Singh Sokhi, 19, careered into Stephen Beckett’s car after “flooring” the powerful 4x4, which he had allegedly...

Falcons Primary School, in Gipsy Lane, Leicester’s first free Sikh school has shown that a good ethos is the main ingredient in creating a successful learning environment.