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Leicester City fan loses beard after Foxes clean sheet Eli Drury made the pledge not realising he would be left bristling for about two months.

Clean sheet, clean shave

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#leicester #lcfc

'Working out in a Loughborough park changed my life' Sessions led by instructors take place on new gym equipment designed by Loughborough University.

Love a trim trail and nice to see one designed thoughtfully too - the one in my local park only has leg exercises

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#loughborough

Nottingham triple killer 'assaulted husband and wife weeks before attacks' Valdo Calocane attacked two colleagues weeks before he killed three people in Nottingham.

Today's evidence

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#nottingham #kegworth

Misspelling of Nottingham triple killer's name broke link to previous police reports, public inquiry hears A public inquiry is continuing to hear evidence into the killings of Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates by Valdo Calocane.

Busy morning of evidence at the #Nottingham attacks inquiry in #London today

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Police crackdown disrupts drugs network on Leicester estate Safer Saffron has been running since July 2024 to tackle crime on the city's most deprived estate.

The Saff is now a 'difficult place to buy drugs' say cops

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#leicester #aylestone #saffronlane

Warning as fuel can with petrol left in recycling A council warns the can could have caused serious injury to members of staff.

Fuelish behaviour

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Campaign to reopen Cock Inn at Sibson linked to Dick Turpin Owners of the Sibson pub say they hope to refurbish and reopen the pub once a new tenant is secured.

Fnar

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#sibson

Hello there, BBC Leicester journalist here! I noticed the glut of waspy things being recorded for the first time locally in this update - would this be out of the ordinary, or indeed newsworthy and worth us reporting? TIA

I meant a boat trip, honest

Four vehicles crash at 'large-scale' car cruise in Blaby Police issue a warning to drivers and say hundreds of vehicles took part in the car cruise.

Not my favourite type of cruising for sure

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#blaby

New 20mph limits to be implemented in more Leicester streets Lower speed limits will be enforced in part of North Evington alongside new speed humps.

Twenty's plenty

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#leicester

We found out we'd bought fake flights at check-in An elderly couple turned up at Heathrow Airport ready to fly - only to learn they had lost more than £2,500.

I felt so sorry interviewing the Jansaris, who taken for a ride and not for a flight

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#leicester

'Holy grail' 1990s Pokémon Charizard card sold at auction Hansons Auctioneers says pulling a Charizard from a pack was

Charizard, I choose you!

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#etwall #pokemon #charizard

Man taken to hospital after car and bus crash in Langley Mill Derbyshire Police say he was seriously injured in the crash early on Saturday morning.

Bus crash in the early hours sees man injured

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#langleymill

Man hit by car in Leicester has 'life-threatening injuries' The police would like to trace a man who was talking with the victim before the incident.

Fighting for his life

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#leicester

Detective inspector sent colleague sexualised texts Adam Walker quit before a hearing into his time at West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire police forces.

He quit before he could be fired

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#nottinghamshire #westyorkshire

Rail probe after young person fatally hit by train in Bottesford An investigation is launched after a fatal incident at a crossing in Bottesford.

RIP

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#bottesford

Grieving daughter says skydiving 'connects me to my late father' Kaye Meadows is named New Skydiver of the Year after taking it up a year after her father's death.

Doesn't sound very zen to me but each to their own

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#langar #braunstone

Multi-million-pound plan to give Rutland sea dragon new home A £6m project would see Rutland County Museum extended to house the world-famous ichthyosaur.

Sea dragon!

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#Rutland

Rescuers urge drivers to help cygnets stranded in the road Young swans are being driven away by parents ahead of breeding season, but are landing on a road.

Why did the swan cross the road?

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#wistow

Loughborough sinkhole repairs to continue 'for a few days' The hole has led to the closure of Bridge Street and caused disruption for drivers.

They're looking into it

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#loughborough

New Avatar looks shit

Apparat. Go listen.

You know a press office is giving you the runaround when you ask for a statement and Outlook gives you these stock replies when it arrives.

Quite the tail

See also Deform. Seriously.

Using the phrase Liebour should immediately remove you from any political discourse. You children.

Thanks Stewart. I’m not sure what we’re going to end up doing with it but I’ll ping you a link if we do use it anywhere!

Hi Stewart - how's things? I'm based at the BBC nowadays (seems like a looong time I was at the Hinckley Times) and wondered if you'd mind us using your footage at all? And if we did, would you want a credit? Cheers!

Proposed safari site in Rutland could house bears and wolves An application has been submitted to Rutland County Council to build the British safari site.

Lynx and wolves and bears oh my

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#oakham