Loughborough Echo

2 days ago | leicestermercury.co.uk | Sophia Papamavroudi

Sarah Ferguson has candidly opened up about her battles with cancer, making a poignant statement as she supports a campaign targeted at enhancing cancer care for teenagers. The Duchess of York, who battled early-stage breast cancer in 2023 and skin cancer in 2024, penned her personal experience stating that her diagnosis felt "like a death sentence," describing it as a "bomb going off in my life".

2 days ago | leicestermercury.co.uk | Hannah Richardson

Residents fear stabbings and other violent crime in their Leicester neighbourhood will increase if a store’s bid to sell alcohol late into the night is approved. Evington Road has “become a hotspot for anti-social behaviour”, those who live there have said, with a “rise in serious crime” there in “recent years”. Crimes have included “stabbings and shootings”, which have caused “significant fear and distress among residents”, residents said.

3 days ago | leicestermercury.co.uk | Samantha Masters

Larry Lamb, who played villain Archie Mitchell in EastEnders, has discussed the idea of making a comeback to the soap, despite his character's death 16 years ago. Archie's life came to an end on Christmas Day in 2009 when he was hit over the head by an unknown culprit at the time. His death sparked a gripping whodunit storyline at the time, with Archie's own daughters Ronnie (Samantha Womack) and Roxy (Rita Simons) Mitchell included in the mix of names suspected.

3 days ago | leicestermercury.co.uk | Dylan Hayward

A bank card, cash and other items were stolen during an alleged burglary in the Rowlatts Hill area of Leicester. Detectives have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to about the incident. The reported burglary took place at a property in Higgs Close between 6am and 9am on Thursday, April 10. Leicestershire Police said the stolen bank card, which was taken from a purse, was allegedly later used at shops in Ethel Road, Evington Valley Road and St Saviours Road on the same morning.

3 days ago | leicestermercury.co.uk | Dylan Hayward |Ellie Crabbe

Two Leicestershire villages have competed against each other in an annual sporting tradition known as "bottle kicking". The event between neighbouring Hallaton and Medbourne, near Market Harborough, takes place every Easter Monday with participants competing to bring wooden barrels of beer across a boundary stream into their respective villages. The "bottles" – old wooden barrels holding about a gallon of beer – are sealed with wax before the annual contest.