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Union officials said they could complain to Ofsted and the Department for Education over the "spiralling situation" at a city primary school.Staff at Uplands Junior School, in... 
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A vote of no confidence in Prime Minister David Cameron's leadership has been called for by North West Leicestershire MP Andrew Bridgen.The Tory backbencher has said the Conservative Party faces...
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Work to extend New Walk further into the city centre begins its first phase on Monday.Leicester City Council is spending £700,000 rebuilding Southgates, which runs parallel to Vaughan Way,...
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Officers investigating a racist incident at a shop have released a CCTV image of a woman they want to trace.A youth and woman entered a shop in Aberdale Road, Leicester, at about 8pm on Saturday,...
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Leicester City Mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, at the Clock Tower after the EDL had just marched past
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People are being urged to voice their views on proposed changes to financial support for transport and travel arrangements in the county.Leicestershire County Council is hoping the changes will enable...
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Venice Biennale review: Ai Weiwei's S.A.C.R.E.D are scenes of abjection showing sublime craftmanship
A Chinese woman in her early eighties arrived at the beautiful 7th century Venetian church to a flurry of press taking her photo on their camera phones.
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More than 1,600 people have supported a call to reopen a post office in a busy shopping area of the Leicester.Francis Street's post office closed in 2008, leaving pensioners angry and businesses in...
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About 30 teachers and union officials strike outside a Coventry school due to concerns over a new appraisal system.
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More than a dozen teachers picketed for two hours outside a city school this morning.
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Tasers have been used to subdue mentally-ill patients.Police have deployed the stun guns on patients on 13 occasions in the past three years.In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the...
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The Government has said it will tunnel its proposed High Speed 2 rail line under a site earmarked for an industrial development that could create 7,000 jobs in Leicestershire.
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Police are searching for a cyclist who tried to pull a Muslim woman's face veil off as he rode past her.
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Police are investigating a graffiti attack on a mosque.
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UCU members are angry that 70 staff are being made redundant, despite 100 leaving voluntarily
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Finance bosses at County Hall have said they will need to save a further £20 million over the next five years - on top of nearly £80 million of cuts outlined earlier this year.
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Nearly 100 people joined an English Defence League-organised procession through Leicester this morning in memory of Drummer Lee Rigby.
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Requests for help paying rent have soared since the introduction of the bedroom tax.The policy – officially called the spare room subsidy – came into force last month.It reduces...
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An arbitration service is called in to deal with a dispute between staff and managers at a Leicester school.
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Barristers and solicitors held a public protest outside Leicester Crown Court today in support of the Save the Criminal Justice Campaign.
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A host of high profile celebrities and cultural figures today announced a campaign against David Cameron's proposed £50 million programme of events to mark the centenary of the First World...
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Supporters of a failed asylum seeker from Afghanistan are hoping for a last minute victory as he prepares to be deported.
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Campaigners are calling for a 23-year-old failed Afghani asylum-seeker to be allowed to remain in Leicester, saying he will be killed if he is deported.Abdul Ghafar Rajabali's parents and family were...
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Staff at a troubled primary are to strike next Tuesday over plans to axe up to 10 teaching assistants.Governors at Uplands Junior, in Highfields, Leicester, have proposed getting rid of the posts at...
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