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Leicester Mercury
How to plant up a rainbow
Choose your favourite colours to help your borders pop in plenty of time for the summer
2 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Crackdown on HMOs could be extended by council
A CRACKDOWN on houses of multiple occupation (HMOs) could be on the way for two neighbouring areas.
2 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Fibre Optics
HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL TELLS LAUREN TAYLOR ABOUT TAKING SIMPLE, HUMBLE INGREDIENTS AND MAKING THEM DELICIOUS
3 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Plans for 690 new homes a year for the next 16 years
MORE than 10,000 homes are set to be built by 2042 under North West Leicestershire District Council's new local plan.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Annual temperature ‘could hit 1.9C above pre-industrial levels by 2030’
GLOBAL temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels in the next five years, with the annual average potentially reaching as high as 1.9C above pre-industrial levels, scientists have found.
2 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
OH WHAT A NIGHT!
A SINGLE EVENING WILL RING THE CHANGES ON ALBERT SQUARE
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
THE KEY MEN
Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman found themselves in harmony as piano tuners in a quirky crime drama. They tell YOLANTHE FAWEHINMI more
4 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Cannabis user who tortured 93-year-old jailed 22 years
A PARANOID cannabis user who tortured his 93-year-old friend for more than 24 hours while making voice recordings about a conspiracy has been jailed for murder.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Mother Nature is way more clever than we are
Springwatch host Michaela Strachan talks to NICOLA METHVEN about the joy of presenting the nature show
2 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Expected benefits of demolishing arcade ‘outweigh the harm’
THE partial demolition of the Odeon Arcade is set to have a “positive” impact on Leicester's street scene, despite heritage concerns.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
RIBBONED CARROT AND QUINOA SALAD Plant count 12, fibre count 13g (Serves 3)
INGREDIENTS: 150g quinoa; 1tsp veg bouillon powder; 1 small-medium red onion, thinly sliced; 150g carrots; juice of 1 lemon; 400g tin lentils, drained; 35g raisins (optional); 1tbsp extra virgin olive oil; sea salt and black pepper.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Thrilling ride into darkest desires
ON a shadowed stage, a naked young man screams in exultation and ecstasy atop his hallowed steed.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Council handed £7.4m towards recycling cost, but shoppers could pay
COUNCILS are set to save millions of pounds every year through changes to rules on packaging - but shoppers could end up paying the price through higher food bills.
2 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Phoenix says goodbye to co-CEO Ros
THE co-CEO of Leicester's Phoenix cinema and art centre has stepped down after 21 years at the charity.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
CITY TARGET WORLD CUP STAR
LEICESTER City have reportedly made an approach to sign former Birmingham City and Charlton Athletic striker Lyndon Dykes, writes Josh Holland.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Iran and US mulling over new ceasefire agreement
US and Iranian negotiators are said to have reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days in the three-month-old war and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear programme.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
SPRAY IT AGAIN AS FESTIVAL RETURNS
THIS weekend will see artists descend on the city’s new Waterside neighbourhood for the annual The Graffwerk Street Art Jam.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
THERE IS NO 'US & THEM'... THERE'S JUST US
ALAN CUMMING AND DAVID MORRISSEY JOIN WRITER RUSSELL T DAVIES TO DISCUSS THEIR NEW SERIES - TIP TOE, ABOUT TWO FEUDING NEIGHBOURS IN A PERIOD OF RISING RADICALISATION.
4 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Where there's a will...
ELEANOR TOMLINSON, CALLUM WOODHOUSE AND MATTHEW LEWIS DISCUSS THEIR NEW DRAMA, THE FORTUNE, ABOUT A MYSTERIOUS INHERITANCE. BY LYNN RUSK
4 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Carry on screaming
Decades after she visited as a child, LUCY BUCKLAND takes her sons to Butlin's resort in Skegness, which hits a milestone this year. And she's surprised by what she finds
4 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
New Arteta deal priority for Arsenal
ARSENAL co-owner Josh Kroenke has said tying Mikel Arteta down to a new contract is an “utmost priority” ahead of the club’s Champions League final against Paris St Germain today, writes Philip Duncan, of PA Sport.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
I stepped on King Power pitch — it felt like home
CITY TITLE WINNER FUCHS TO PLAY IN TODAY’S ANNIVERSARY MATCH
4 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Olympian is accused of crypto cash scam
LOUGHBOROUGH ATHLETE WAS ALLEGEDLY PART OF CRIMINAL GANG
2 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Neighbours' objections to seven-bed housing plan
OBJECTIONS have been raised against plans for an HMO in a residential area.
1 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Getting older is on my mind...
AT THE AGE OF 68, COMEDIAN AND WRITER DAWN FRENCH IS TACKLING THE SUBJECT OF END-OF-LIFE DECISIONS IN HER FIFTH NOVEL. BY HANNAH STEPHENSON
5 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
AI WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER
Google presses ahead with a fresh batch of artificial intelligence tech... whether the public want it or not
2 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
It's our job to get teens into work
TALKING to a friend the other day, she asked me what year I had started work.
2 min |
May 30, 2026
Leicester Mercury
MY CAREER WAS DONE WITH ABERDEEN LINK
GABBY AGBONLAHOR made the decision to retire from football at 32 after receiving a transfer offer that put him off for good.
1 min |
May 29, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Heart skips beat for Soccer Aid
WHEN a celebrity wants to do something special for charity these days, it seems they have to put themselves through hell.
1 min |
May 29, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Working from home rules for County Hall employees ‘updated’
50% TIME IN OFFICE PROPOSAL REVISED AFTER UNION OBJECTIONS
2 min |