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Leicester Mercury
Tuchel dismisses “wake-up call’ talk
ENGLAND'S four-point haul all but guarantees their World Cup progress, but the mood has been dampened in the camp.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Spot the difference
ROSES ARE AT THEIR PEAK AND ONE STANDOUT GARDEN PROVES HUMBLE LADYBIRDS CAN KEEP THEM LOOKING GREAT
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Making a racket - how city is serving up more tennis
CHILDREN have been getting a taste for tennis at the city's refurbished tennis courts, which are available to use throughout the summer.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Group celebrate 'remarkable' milestone of gran, 101
A MEDITATION group has been celebrating the “remarkable milestone” of a member's grandmother.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Team takes to streets to help make city safer
A TEAM of six officers is taking to the streets as part of the city council’s efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour and make Leicester safer.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
City manager fails to lure his former No.2 away from Baggies
LEICESTER City manager Russell Martin will not be reunited with his former assistant manager Matt Gill after West Brom confirmed he will be staying at the Hawthorns, writes Josh Holland.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
LARGER THAN LIFE
MAZDA'S NEW CX-5 IS BIGGER AND MORE SPACIOUS, BUT AS THE JAPANESE FIRM STILL FEELS THE FAMILY SUV MARKET IS PRO PETROL, THERE'S NO FULL HYBRID OR ELECTRIC VERSION
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
New boss insists BBC has to ‘move faster’
THE BBC’s newly appointed Director-General has said the corporation faces a challenge to ‘move faster and change to adapt to the world around us’.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Maguire: ‘They won’t be too downbeat’
MANCHESTER United defender Harry Maguire believes England will not be “too downbeat” following their goalless draw against Ghana.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Huge battery energy storage system site is given permission
A HUGE development which some feared would significantly \"harm\" the area has been approved by officials.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
ON THIS DAY
1767: Georg Telemann, the most prolific composer of all time, died in Hamburg.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Exotic heron's castle retreat
THOUSANDS OF BIRDERS BEAT A PATH TO CAERNARFON FOR A CHANCE TO SPOT RARE EGRET
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Schools running big deficits risk closure under shake-up
SCHOOLS making massive losses face merger or potential closure under a Leicestershire County Council review.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
WELCOME BACK VW CARAVELLE
As part of a big shake-up to its MPV family, Volkswagen has resurrected the Caravelle nameplate it axed in 2021.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Fancy that! Bermudez signs new deal with Lightning
CANADIAN international winger Fancy Bermudez has signed a new deal to remain with Loughborough Lightning.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Cartwright is crowned new amateur champion
COBY Cartwright (Cosby) is the Leicestershire and Rutland county amateur champion for a second time, writes Jennifer Prentice.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Boys, 13, held over shopping centre fire
THREE 13-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with the fire at Thurmaston Shopping Centre.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
‘All she did was open a front door... an entire family shot through heart when Joanne, an innocent victim in a drug war, was senselessly taken’
LIFE FOR GANG MEMBERS WHO MURDERED WOMAN AGED 40 IN ‘RUTHLESS’ DOORSTEP SHOOTING
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Winning team finishes point clear of chasing pack
A HIGHLY successful am/am was held at Melton Mowbray with all teams comprising a county man, county lady, county boys squad golfer and a county senior.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Have a say at forums
PEOPLE living in a borough are invited to have their say about the issues that matter to them at a council's residents’ forums next month.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Danes discover Viking ‘factory’
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a huge Viking Age textile production site in Denmark that dates back more than 1,000 years and underlines the sophistication of Viking society.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Households facing £221 jump in bills as cap rises
SCHEME’S TIPS TO CUT THE COSTS
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Girls will be bowled over to get free cricket kits
OVER 100 girls across the East Midlands are to receive free cricket kit as the women's game enjoys its biggest summer yet.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Social media ban is not a silver bullet - Kendall
EIGHT in 10 young Australians reported still accessing social media in the months after a ban for under-16s took effect, according to research.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Israel stands accused
A TEAM of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations has accused Israel of deliberately shooting children in Gaza, and has repeated its accusation that Israel has committed genocide in the territory.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Council scraps its property firm as asset values plunge
A COUNCIL is to scrap the property company it created after it lost more than £800,000 of taxpayers’ money.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
‘I am 99 per cent confident Nat will make semi-final’
SCIVER-BRUNT’S WIFE GIVES INJURY UPDATE FOR WORLD CUP SCHEDULE
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Fresh plea for help after hall blaze
POLICE have made a fresh appeal for help over a fire which broke out at Loughborough Town Hall before an evening show.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Munoz goal sends Colombia through
DANIEL Munoz scored for the second successive game as Colombia booked their place in the World Cup last 32 with a 1-0 win over the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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June 25, 2026
Leicester Mercury
Don's no fan of the beautiful shame
SOMEWHERE in the West Wing, a grown man who once boasted he could flatten nations with the press of a button is hiding from a song.
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