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Revealed: 2023 LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards announced at sell-out National Space Centre event

Winners included HQ Familia, CarbonVue, National Centre for Earth Observation, Plastic Energy and Dr Nik Kotecha OBE DL

Birmingham Post

Developer responds to concerns about planned £750m rail freight hub in west Leicestershire countryside

Developer says people were 'keen to see new investment in the area that our scheme could deliver'

Birmingham Post

Van driver rammed police cars during 63-mile chase along M1

Two officers were injured

Nottingham Post

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Miley Cyrus responds to Leicestershire florist's Valentine's Day tribute to her hit song

Miley Cyrus' new song Flowers is rumoured to be about her relationship with her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth - and the Leicestershire florist was stunned that she loves their window display

Daily Mirror

Heartbroken mum's touching tribute to son, 10, who died in rope swing accident

Wicklow boy Riain Brennan-Byrne was visiting his mum in Leicestershire during the summer holidays when the tragedy unfolded

Dublin Live

Boy, 10, killed in rope swing horror while playing with friends as mum heartbroken

Riain Brennan-Byrne had been playing with a swing made from a blue cord wrapped around the branches of a tree while visiting his mum in Leicestershire during the summer holidays

Daily Mirror

Man hoping to convert chapel into home fined £2,400 for chopping down 'historic' trees

Benjamin Paget hacked down two historic yew trees at a former chapel in a sleepy Leicestershire village but was hit with a £2,400 fine for not seeking permission

Daily Mirror

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Missing Nottingham boy last seen over two days ago

Adam Ramzan was last seen in the Leicestershire area

Nottingham Post

Civil engineering and landscaping supplier Geosynthetics moving to 60,000sq ft west Leicestershire premises

Geosynthetics was established 25 years ago and has grown from a home business to an annual turnover of £12m

Birmingham Post

Controversial school's £4,500 Cambodia student trip has parents all asking the same thing

South Wigston High School in Leicestershire has left parents scratching their heads over an upcoming excursion to Cambodia - and it's not the first time the facility has made headlines

Daily Mirror

Baby tragically dies after being rushed to hospital as 31-year-old man arrested

The youngster was rushed to hospital after becoming unwell at a home in Blaby, Leicestershire on January 15 but has now sadly passed away.

Daily Record

Leicestershire crime commissioner settled tribunal claim after closing own ethics committee

Commissioner denies claim committee was closed because it raised concerns about Black Lives Matter comments

The Guardian - UK

Steve Smith to warm up for Ashes in County Championship with Sussex

The 33-year-old will be available against Worcestershire, Leicestershire and Glamorgan

The Independent UK

Gang who flooded streets with heroin and cocaine taken down in EncroChat sting

The gang were put behind bars for a combined total of 200 years

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Nottingham Post

Notts men among 22 criminals who flooded UK with industrial amounts of Class A drugs

Three men from Nottingham are among the 22 people who are now facing a total of more than 200 years in prison after Encrochat - communication service which was found to be used by criminals to plan and coordinate illegal activity - was taken down

The Independent UK

Tory ex-chancellor Nigel Lawson retires from Parliament after nearly 50 years

He represented the former Leicestershire constituency of Blaby in the Commons from 1974 until he joined the House of Lords in 1992.

Birmingham Post

Last few days to enter 2023 LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards

The awards take place at the National Space Centre, in Leicester, on February 16

The Independent UK

Rehan Ahmed to skip IPL to focus on red-ball development with Leicestershire

The 18-year-old impressed on his England Test debut against Pakistan

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Daily Mirror

Morrison shopper's fury as trip to supermarket like 'running an obstacle course'

An unhappy shopper at Morrisons in Leicestershire claimed shopping at the supermarket was like "running an obstacle course" when he popped into buy some essentials this week

Evening Standard

Rehan Ahmed repays England faith in potential as teenage spinner offers tantalising glimpse of what’s to come

In the last three months, Rehan Ahmed has won the league and cup double for his boyhood side Cavaliers and Carrington in Nottingham, claimed his maiden first-class century and five-wicket haul for Leicestershire and now debuted for England. Club, county and country.

The Independent UK

Rehan Ahmed: The teenage leg-spinner ready to grab England ‘dream’ with both hands

Rehan Ahmed has long been tipped for big things and is set to make his England bow in the third Test with Pakistan

The Independent UK

Uncapped Rehan Ahmed to make history in England’s final Test against Pakistan

Ahmed only made his LV= Insurance County Championship debut for Leicestershire in May.

Birmingham Post

Aggregate Industries strikes £26.4m Edinburgh roads deal

Leicestershire company will help construct, repair and maintain Scottish capital's roads

Birmingham Post

The best tourist attractions – according to the 2022 Leicestershire Promotions Tourism and Hospitality Awards

Best large visitor attraction was Bradgate Park, while the King Richard III Visitor Centre was best small visitor attraction

Birmingham Post

Leicestershire MPs urge Transport Secretary to stand in way of plans for huge Rail Freight Hub

Plans would see £550m Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange between the tiny village of Elmesthorpe and Hinckley

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