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Sep 4, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Dan Martin

    TikTok is 'glorifying' motorbike crime, Loughborough MP warns (opens the original)

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    An MP has called on TikTok to take action against social media accounts he says "glorify" crimes including motorbike theft and dangerous and illegal behaviour on the roads. Jeevun Sandher, who represents Loughborough, said he was concerned the firm, and other tech companies, were allowing content that normalises criminal behaviour. The Labour MP said he had written to TikTok asking for six accounts, linked to the LE11 Loughborough postcode area he represents, to be removed from their platform. T

  2. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Dan Martin

    Shop in Blaby linked to people smuggler has licence revoked (opens the original)

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    A shop in Leicestershire with links to a convicted people smuggler has had its licence to sell alcohol revoked. A BBC investigation traced Twana Jamal Khdir, once described as "the godfather" of the French migrant camps, to Blaby where reporters witnessed him working illegally in two shops in the village. Khdir, an Iraqi national, was later arrested and charged with immigration offences. Blaby District Council said it had withdrawn the licence of one of the shops - Candy Corner 1 in Lutterworth

  3. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Dan Martin

    Reform UK councillor resigns from Leicestershire County Council (opens the original)

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    A Reform UK councillor has announced she has quit her seat on Leicestershire County Council. Helen Butler, who was division councillor for Shepshed, said it had been an incredible honour to represent the town, but wanted to spend more time with her family. Butler was elected in May 2025, when Reform took control of the county council as a minority administration. She was appointed as cabinet member for finances and resources but stepped down from that post in October citing family commitments. H

  4. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Dan Martin

    Former Melton Borough Council leader charged with sexual assault (opens the original)

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    The former Labour leader of Melton Borough Council has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman. Leicestershire Police said Philip Allnatt, from Melton Mowbray, was charged with one count of sexual assault on Friday, in relation to an alleged incident in February 2026. The 76-year-old also faces a charge of alleged harassment without violence between December 2025 and February 2026, the force said. Allnatt is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on 14 September. Allnatt was elected

  5. Article · Jul 11, 2026 · Dan Martin

    It was eerie working in the grave of Richard III (opens the original)

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    Specialist contractors have said it was an "eerie" experience working inside the grave of King Richard III after completing repairs to cracked glazing over the historic site. The last Plantagenet king of England's bones were discovered under a council car park in Leicester in 2012, and the burial area is now the centrepiece of a visitor centre. This week, experts were sent in to fix a large crack in thick glass that allows visitors to walk over the area and view it from above, caused when a visi

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