Two people cut free from wreckage of car after crash in Howden...
Two people were taken to hospital after being cut free from the wreckage of their car.Firefighters released the casualties who were stuck in the car after the two-vehicle accident at the junction of...
View ArticleMotorist taken to hospital after M1 slip-road crash
A motorist was taken to hospital after a three-vehicle pile up on a slip-road leaving the M1.Emergency services and Highway Agency officers were called to junction 22 for Markfield at 8.48am, today.The...
View ArticleOne lane of A50 in Groby closed after car collides with street...
One lane of the A50 in Groby has been closed after a car ended up on its roof after a collision with a street lamp.Firefighters were called to the scene on a trunk road just after the A46 roundabout,...
View ArticleMotorcyclist killed in crash in Leicestershire
A motorcyclist has been killed in a crash on a county road.The collision involved two motorbikes and happened on the B4114 in Sutton in the Elms, near Croft, at about 7.30pm on Saturday.Police said the...
View ArticleMotorcyclist taken to hospital after one-vehicle collision in St...
A motorcyclist was taken to hospital last night after a collision in the city centre.The incident involving one motorbike took place on the countybound side of St Margaret's Way, Leicester at about...
View ArticleMan in critical condition following serious crash on Burleys Way...
A man who was involved in a serious collision this weekend is in hospital in a critical condition.The incident happened at about 2am yesterday morning on Burleys Way flyover, Leicester.Two cars were...
View ArticleNHS workers took nearly 400,000 days of sick in one year
Nearly 400,000 working days were lost to staff sickness across three health organisations in the past year.The days were taken by staff employed by Leicester's hospitals, East Midlands Ambulance...
View ArticleParamedic's car vandalised while treating patient at caravan site
Vandals daubed red paint and faeces over a paramedic's car while he was treating a patient.The paramedic was responding to a 999 call and was at a caravan site in Bagworth when his vehicle was...
View ArticleWoman treated for breathing difficulties following kitchen fire...
A woman has been treated for breathing difficulties following a kitchen fire in Belgrave, Leicester, this morning.The blaze happened at 11.45am in Penrith Drive. One woman was in the house when the...
View ArticleWoman treated for smoke inhalation after fire at house in...
A woman was treated for smoke inhalation after a kitchen fire at a house in Shepshed tonight.The woman was treated by ambulance staff after the fire at a house in Fairway Road.Two fire crews from...
View ArticlePerson taken to hospital after car crashes with tractor on A47 at...
A person was taken to hospital after being freed from the wreckage of a car after a crash with a tractor.Firefighters released the casualty after being called out to the incident on the A47 at the...
View ArticleFirefighters called out to car crashes in Wigston and Glenfield
Firefighters were called out to two crashes on the county's roads.Fire crews from Western and Eastern station were alerted at 11.37am yesterday to a two-car crash in Gynsill Lane, Glenfield.It is...
View ArticleVan fire closes A42
The A42 was closed for more than an hour due to a van fire.Emergency services were called to a section of the westbound carriageway, between junction 23a of the M1 and junction 14 of the A42, near...
View ArticleMan critical after city centre takeaway stabbing
A man has been taken to hospital after being stabbed in Leicester city centre.Police said emergency services were called to Granby Street at about 8.40pm, yesterday.The victim was taken to Leicester...
View ArticleSeven hurt in two-car pile-up on A46
A person was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash involving two cars resulting in seven casualties.Emergency services were called to the A46, between Anstey and Groby, shortly before...
View ArticleVeteran biker is raising money for the air ambulance service...
A veteran biker who was seriously injured after crashing while racing is raising money for the air ambulance service that flew him to hospital.John James Coopey, 67, is urging motorcyclists everywhere...
View ArticleNew Parks residents traumatised by suspected stabbing with two...
People living on a city street where two young men were critically injured in a brutal assault say they feel traumatised by the incident.The men, aged 18 and 19, were injured in an attack in Bateman...
View ArticleLorries burst into flames after collision on A1 in Rutland
Two lorries erupted in flames after crashing into each other on the A1, in Rutland.Emergency Services were called to the southbound carriageway, near Stretton, at about 5am, today.The collision sent...
View ArticlePillion passenger badly injured in fall from motorbike on M69
A pillion passenger was seriously injured when he fell from a motorcycle travelling along the M69 in Huncote.The accident occurred at shortly after midday on Monday.He was taken to the Queen's Medical...
View ArticleDouble stabbing New Parks: Detectives find burned out getaway car...
Detectives investigating a double stabbing in Bateman Road, New Parks say a getaway car was dumped and torched shortly after the incident.The vehicle was found in Tower Street near the Leicester Royall...
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