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The Latest Breaking News from Leicester

TikTok influencer and her mother jailed for life over murders of two men

Mahek and Ansreen Bukhari sentenced in Leicester over killing of men who died when car was rammed off road

The Guardian - UK

School given day to shut over concrete risk with pupils split across four sites

Mayflower Primary School in Leicester was one of the first where reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete was identified in April.

The Independent UK

Labour suspends Leicester East CLP over alleged rule-breaking

Decision taken over claims that meetings were unfairly organised to support a particular faction

The Guardian - UK

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How we met: ‘I walked into the pub and saw the most beautiful woman’

Tom, 71, and Vishva, 68, met in Leicester in 1972. Despite family opposition, they married less than a year later and celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this autumn

The Guardian - UK

Three little words the Tories will rue

The Guardian - UK

Alex Mitchell set for England call if Jack van Poortvliet ruled out of World Cup

Leicester scrum-half Van Poortvliet will undergo a scan on his damaged right ankle.

The Independent UK

Leicester City 2-1 Coventry City: Championship – as it happened

Two terrific goals from Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall brought Leicester from behind and gave them a fine win in Enzo Maresca’s first match as manager

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Detective tells of ‘relief’ as four convicted of car chase double murder

Three others were convicted of manslaughter, with all seven defendants to be sentenced on September 1.

The Independent UK

‘Two different lives’: how TikTok fame swept up mother who killed lover

Ansreen Bukhari and her daughter, Mahek, partied together and ended up plotting to murder two young men

The Guardian - UK

TikTok influencer guilty of murdering her mother’s young lover over sex tape blackmail attempt

Victim, 21, rammed off road with innocent driver after threatening to expose three-year affair with older woman

The Independent UK

Ex-TikTok influencer and her mother guilty of murdering two men

Mahek and Ansreen Bukhari convicted over killing of pair who died when car was rammed off road

The Guardian - UK

Ollie Chessum offers England injury boost ahead of World Cup squad selection

Leicester lock is in contention to make Steve Borthwick’s final 33-man group as he closes in on full training return

Evening Standard

England coach Tom Harrison: Rugby passion helped overcome dyslexia challenges

The 32-year-old followed Steve Borthwick from Leicester to the national team.

The Independent UK

Chess: British Championship nears final round as Howell readies for World Cup

The seven-time champion Michael Adams, 51, shares the lead in Leicester, while England’s No 1 is preparing to meet the elite in the 206-player knockout in Azerbaijan

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The Independent UK

Father and son who died in house in Leicester named by police

Police are continuing their investigation into the deaths of Lee Borrett, 41, and his son Timotej, five, but do not believe anyone else was involved.

Evening Standard

Five-year-old boy and man, 41, found dead in house in Leicester

Leicestershire Police are investigating after the boy and man were found unconscious and died at the scene last night.

The Independent UK

Boy, 5, and man found dead in house in Leicester in ‘tragic incident’

East Midlands police are investigating after two victims found in Hopyard Close at 9pm on Monday

The Independent UK

Double murder trial jury retires in case of TikTok influencer and her mother

Mahek Bukhari, from Stoke-on-Trent, is standing trial in Leicester alongside 46-year-old Ansreen Bukhari and six other defendants.

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Birmingham Post

Leicester factory workers strike after rejecting fresh pay offer

Management said Unite union members had turned down an improved offer of a 7 per cent increase

Birmingham Post

Watches of Switzerland leaves Leicester trading estate for new HQ fit for a £1.5bn turnover brand

CEO Brian Duffy, 'We’re the biggest watch retailer in the world, based right here in Leicester'

Birmingham Post

Big Interview: Cooke Optics CEO Tim Pugh on the UK lens maker used on The Last of Us, The Batman and new Wes Anderson movie Asteroid City

Ridley Scott, Martin Scorsese and George Lucas have all used Cooke Optics lenses made in Leicester

Daily Mirror

Residents of 'UK's unhappiest place' defend their neighbourhood as it 'has potential'

People living in Melton, Leicestershire, disagreed with an Office for National Statistics survey which ranked the borough as the most unhappy place in the UK - and said the area has potential

Wales Online

Cardiff City transfer news as Leicester City defender signs and bullish youngster wants to 'influence' Bulut's decision

The latest Bluebirds news from Cardiff City Stadium

Daily Mirror

'We've seen jail car park where missing English king may be buried – and have doubts'

The historian who discovered Richard III's remains underneath a car park in Leicester reckons she's struck gold again at another car park – but fellow experts aren't too sure

The Guardian - UK

Film-maker Fyzal Boulifa: ‘I need to engage with my country in this strange time of identity crisis’

The acclaimed British-Moroccan director, who made his name with 2019’s Lynn + Lucy, on growing up in white working-class Leicester, filming with nuance and the brutality of London

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