News feed - This Is Leicestershirehttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/rss.html?chid=178216Channel RSS feedLeicester murder victim is namedhttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Murder-investigation-launched/article-1896810-detail/article.html

Police have released the name of a murder victim.

Nazir Taj Sheikh, 36, of Leicester, was stabbed following an incident in Grove Road, near...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:32:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Murder-investigation-launched/article-1896810-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:32:00Z120 jobs at risk at Leicester firm after Government stops exports to Iranhttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/120-jobs-risk-Leicester-firm-Government-stops-exports-Iran/article-1897042-detail/article.html

More than 120 jobs are in jeopardy at a firm after the Government scuppered its biggest contract.

H Beesley, of Leicester, lost more than...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/120-jobs-risk-Leicester-firm-Government-stops-exports-Iran/article-1897042-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00Z£80m bid to rebuild Leicestershire schools is rejectedhttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/163-80m-bid-rebuild-Leicestershire-schools-cash-fails/article-1897157-detail/article.html

A bid for £80m to rebuild schools in Loughborough, Quorn and Barrow-upon-Soar has been rejected.

The announcement that the six English...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/163-80m-bid-rebuild-Leicestershire-schools-cash-fails/article-1897157-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZCivil servants' strike hits Leicestershire court and job centreshttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Civil-servants-strike-hits-Leicestershire-court-job-centres/article-1897209-detail/article.html

Up to 3,000 workers in Leicestershire have joined in what is thought to be the biggest civil servant strike for 23 years.

Members of the...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Civil-servants-strike-hits-Leicestershire-court-job-centres/article-1897209-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZAttacker jailed for 12 years for a "horrific and terrible" stabbinghttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Attacker-jailed-12-years-horrific-terrible-stabbing/article-1897178-detail/article.html

A man has been jailed for 12 years for a "horrific and terrible" stabbing which left his victim fighting for his life.

Adam John Anthony...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Attacker-jailed-12-years-horrific-terrible-stabbing/article-1897178-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZPetrol up by 6p a litre this yearhttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Petrol-6p-litre-year/article-1897140-detail/article.html

Petrol now costs an average of 113p a litre – a rise of 6p since the start of the year.

The figure has risen from 82.6p during the...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Petrol-6p-litre-year/article-1897140-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZLeicester boxer Rendall Munroe helps children in estate's big clean uphttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-boxer-Rendall-Munroe-helps-children-estate-s-big-clean/article-1897103-detail/article.html

Boxing binman Rendall Munroe has spent his day off helping to tidy up his neighbourhood.

In a month, the European and Commonwealth...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-boxer-Rendall-Munroe-helps-children-estate-s-big-clean/article-1897103-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZAnglican sisters put Leicestershire estate up for sale to downsizehttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Anglican-sisters-Leicestershire-estate-sale-downsize/article-1897082-detail/article.html

It's what estate agents might refer to as a decent sized fixer-upper, complete with 20 bedrooms, its own chapel, orchard and cottages.

But...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Anglican-sisters-Leicestershire-estate-sale-downsize/article-1897082-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZHitler Youth who visited Leicester in the 1930s were "unlikely" to be Nazi spieshttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Hitler-Youth-visited-Leicester-1930s-unlikely-Nazi-spies/article-1897282-detail/article.html

Historians say Hitler Youth members who visited the city in the 1930s were "unlikely" to be Nazi spies.

In the years leading up to the...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Hitler-Youth-visited-Leicester-1930s-unlikely-Nazi-spies/article-1897282-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZLeicester library users fear merger will lead to fewer bookshttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-library-users-fear-merger-lead-fewer-books/article-1897246-detail/article.html

Library users say they are worried that the merger of two city centre libraries will have a big impact on the quality of service provided.

...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-library-users-fear-merger-lead-fewer-books/article-1897246-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZGPs to take lead in care shake-uphttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/GPs-lead-care-shake/article-1897220-detail/article.html

Health officials are planning to make it quicker and easier for patients needing urgent medical care to see a GP.

Doctors could be asked to...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/GPs-lead-care-shake/article-1897220-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZSex attack on girl, 15, in Hamilton, Leicesterhttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Sex-attack-girl-15-Hamilton-Leicester/article-1897206-detail/article.html

A 15-year-old girl is recovering after being sexually assaulted by a stranger.

The teenager was targeted after she got off a bus in...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Sex-attack-girl-15-Hamilton-Leicester/article-1897206-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZOadby man shot himself at Kibworth gun clubhttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Oadby-man-shot-Kibworth-gun-club/article-1897184-detail/article.html

A 53-year-old man shot himself in the head at a gun club while his instructor had his back turned, an inquest heard.

Robert Brailsford, ...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Oadby-man-shot-Kibworth-gun-club/article-1897184-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZLeicester City Council backs science park planhttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-City-Council-backs-science-park-plan/article-1897192-detail/article.html

Plans to develop a science park and proposals to extend a street drinking ban have been approved.

Yesterday, Leicester City Council's...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-City-Council-backs-science-park-plan/article-1897192-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZShepshed residents protest against waste incinerator planhttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Shepshed-residents-protest-waste-incinerator-plan/article-1897144-detail/article.html

Hundreds of people protested against plans to build a waste incinerator on the edge of their town at a public meeting last night.

More...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Shepshed-residents-protest-waste-incinerator-plan/article-1897144-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZQueniborough wind farm protesters meethttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Queniborough-wind-farm-protesters-meet/article-1897129-detail/article.html

Campaigners fighting a proposed wind farm are expected to meet tonight to discuss their next step.

Members of Campaign group Scottish Power...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Queniborough-wind-farm-protesters-meet/article-1897129-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZLeicester tree plan is nearing its targethttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-tree-plan-nearing-target/article-1897555-detail/article.html

A PLAN to plant 10,000 trees across the city has reached number 7,500.

Around 30 young people aged 11-16 were joined by staff from...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Leicester-tree-plan-nearing-target/article-1897555-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZParents call for more control over air rifleshttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Parents-control-air-rifles/article-1897550-detail/article.html

Parents of children shot by a youth with an air rifle have called for a tightening up of regulations surrounding the weapons.

Three children...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Parents-control-air-rifles/article-1897550-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZAuthor Sue Townsend backs appeal for organ donorshttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Author-Sue-Townsend-backs-appeal-organ-donors/article-1897519-detail/article.html

Author Sue Townsend was at Leicester's hospitals yesterday to urge people to join the national organ donor register.

The Leicester writer...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Author-Sue-Townsend-backs-appeal-organ-donors/article-1897519-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00ZNeglected dogs are taken from ownershttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Neglected-dogs-taken-owners/article-1897517-detail/article.html

A couple who let two dogs go without food and health care have had them taken away by the RSPCA.

Leicester magistrates issued a...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:30:00 GMThttp://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Neglected-dogs-taken-owners/article-1897517-detail/article.html2010-03-09T09:30:00Z