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“The first thing I did in the morning was take a fix… I don’t know why I started. I suppose it was to overcome my insecurity”: He was a member of one of the most famous supergroups of the late 60s. But this forgotten great died in poverty aged just 43

The tragic story of one of rock’s lost greats

Louder

“You could never call us pretentious. We were a rock’n’roll band. A rock’n’roll band that liked to experiment”: The wild story of Family, the British hellraisers that John Lennon loved and Middle America hated

Prog? Rock? Blues? Family were a square peg in the round hole of early 70s rock

Louder

Honest Tawanda Maswanhise on Brendan Rodgers relationship & key career targets

Honest Tawanda Maswanhise on Brendan Rodgers relationship and key career targets

The National (Scotland)

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Driver pleads guilty to causing death of taxi passenger in crash

Donna Brighton was killed and two other passengers were injured in Leicester in 2023.

Evening Standard

Champions Leicestershire toast absent Aussie skipper

Leicestershire are toasting absent club skipper, Peter Handscomb, after they ended up winning promotion back to England's county championship top flight.

AAP

Add to playlist: ultra-prolific Leicester rapper Snoa plus the week’s best tracks

With 71 singles and three albums so far this year, the teenage MC is keeping the quality control high as he swerves across cloud rap, grime and more

The Guardian - UK

Crackdown on international students could hurt struggling UK cities, thinktank warns

University sector, which is reliant on overseas students for a quarter of income, key to economic activity in cities like Leicester and Hull

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Inmate dies in hospital two weeks after prison incident

Leicestershire Police said Dennis Green, 42, passed away last month after an alleged assault at HMP Fosse Way.

Evening Standard

Andy Nyman: ‘People worry about getting cancelled – The Producers doesn’t care about any of that’

INTERVIEW: The Leicester-born actor is leading a revival of Mel Brooks’s classic anti-Nazi satire at the Garrick Theatre in London. He speaks to Louis Chilton about breaking taboos, working with Derren Brown, and why he can’t shake the feeling it’s ‘downhill from here’

The Independent UK

Helena Rowland: England’s 97-7 victory over Spain just the start of the journey

The rampant Red Roses ran in 15 tries in Leicester.

The Independent UK

Man in court accused of lacing sweets with sedatives before summer camp children fell ill

Jon Ruben, 76, remanded in custody in connection with the incident at Stathern Lodge in Leicestershire

The Guardian - UK

Man, 76, charged after children fell ill at Leicestershire summer camp

Jon Ruben charged with three counts of wilful ill treatment of a child after illnesses at camp in Stathern

The Guardian - UK

Appeal court to review sentence of boy who killed Bhim Kohli, 80

Seven-year sentence for 15-year-old who killed dog walker in Leicestershire park referred under ‘unduly lenient’ scheme

The Guardian - UK

Boy’s sentence for killing 80-year-old Bhim Kohli to be reviewed

Two children were sentenced for killing Bhim Kohli in a park near Leicester last year.

Evening Standard

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‘The lawsuit was my life. Of course I’m writing about it’: Hard Life – formerly Easy Life – on being sued by easyGroup and starting afresh

When the Leicester band were forced to drop their old name after a legal threats from a certain budget airline, it could have been curtains. But frontman Murray Matravers’s trip to Japan has prompted a bold new outlook – and an upbeat new album

The Independent UK

Is England v Jamaica on TV? Channel, kick-off time and how to watch Lionesses send-off

The Lionesses play their final fixture before Euro 2025 as they face Jamaica at Leicester

The Independent UK

Birmingham and Ipswich to open Championship campaign with Friday night clash

The opening game pits ex-NFL quarterback Tom Brady against singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who are respective minority owners of Birmingham and Ipswich.

The Guardian - UK

‘They were inseparable’: family’s anguish at wait to bring Air India victims home

Relatives of Pooja and Harshit Patel, who were visiting from Leicester, want to cremate them together but have faced painful wait for identification

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The Independent UK

Air India crash: one black box is found as Modi visits miracle sole survivor in hospital

Indian PM tours crash site and meets the only surviving passenger – a British national bound for Leicester

The Independent UK

Premiership final betting tips: Two predictions for Bath vs Leicester

Follow our rugby betting tips as Bath take on Leicester Tigers in the Premiership final

The Independent UK

Steve Borthwick names 16 uncapped players in 36-man England training squad

The group does not include players selected for the British and Irish Lions, or players from Gallagher Premiership finalists Bath and Leicester.

Evening Standard

Teenagers’ sentences ‘do not reflect severity of crime’, say Bhim Kohli’s family

A 15-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl were sentenced at Leicester Crown Court on Thursday for the manslaughter of the 80-year-old last year.

The Guardian - UK

Two teenagers sentenced over killing of Bhim Kohli, 80, in Leicestershire

Boy, 15, jailed for seven years, while a 13-year-old girl receives three-year rehabilitation order

Evening Standard

Teenagers sentenced for killing elderly dog walker in park attack

Bhim Kohli, 80, was fatally injured while walking his dog just yards from his home near Leicester.

Evening Standard

Bhim Kohli’s grandson ‘haunted’ by thought he could have saved grandfather

A 15-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl are being sentenced on Thursday at Leicester Crown Court for the manslaughter of the 80-year-old.

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