Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said the expansion of Leicester's political boundary was long overdue [BBC] The government ...

England’s smallest county is set to disappear off the map forever under the biggest government shake-up in 50 years. Rutland ...

Labour has confirmed one of England's smallest counties will be wiped off the map forever under a "wealth rebalancing" scheme ...

Leicestershire, Notts, Hampshire and Derbyshire all win inside three days while Ben Stokes returns for Test duty On the day the England and Wales Cricket Board whisked Ben Stokes and Gus Atkinson away ...

Multiple Leicestershire schools face potential closure after education bosses started looking at soaring deficits in what has been called an "alarm bell situation". The Local Democracy Reporting ...

Defending champions Nottinghamshire replaced opponents Essex at the top of Rothesay County Championship Division One after winning by an innings and 52 runs at Chelmsford. Resuming on 13-2 and ...

Rehan Ahmed scored five centuries as Leicestershire were promoted last summer Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester (day two) Yorkshire 185 & 32-2: Wharton 9*; ...

Bottom-of-the-table Leicestershire have their eyes on a first victory since returning to Division One of the County Championship after centuries by Rehan Ahmed and Nick Kelly put them in a dominant ...

Josh Davey picked up 3-36 for Leicestershire in Yorkshire's second innings Rothesay County Championship, Division One, Uptonsteel Grace Road, Leicester (day three) Yorkshire 185 & 229: Moriarty 51*; ...

A body has been recovered in the search for a boy who entered a Leicestershire lake. Leicestershire Police said specialist police dive teams were searching for a teenage boy following reports he ...

Leicestershire completed an emphatic victory inside three days as Yorkshire were bowled out for 229 at Uptonsteel Grace Road, Jonny Bairstow's side sinking to a third defeat of the season by an ...