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Places of worship asked to voluntarily close to help curb spread of Covid-19 Request comes from city mayor and his director of public health Calls have been made for places of worship to temporarily close. (Image: GettyImages) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommen...

Nearly 500 Covid patients now in Leicesters hospitals - and the number is set to rise further Surge prompts NHS to rethink previous worst case scenario There are 472 coronavirus patients in Leicesters hospitals Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with our...

Childrens intensive care suspended at Glenfield Hospital so beds can be used by adult Covid patients Difficult decision taken to send seriously-ill children to Birmingham Updated Glenfields PICU is now treating adults with coronavirus (Image: Getty) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your informat...

Coronavirus infection rates for all 37 Leicester neighbourhoods with rises recorded in over three quarters of city Many parts of the city have seen sharp jumps The latest infections map (Image: DHSC) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related n...

A video of a woman apparently being arrested for sitting on a bench was staged-managed by anti-lockdown protesters, Dorset Police said. Footage, which has been shared widely online, shows three police officers surrounding a woman in Bournemouth for allegedly leaving her house more than once in a day. The clip then shows a woman being handcuffed and led away by officers as she repeatedly tells them: I was sitting on a bench.   But police believe the video was planned, stage-managed and recor...

Hordes of visitors were spotted having a stroll on Tynemouth Longsands beach in North Tyneside today  Car parks in the area were packed as families descended on the coastal beauty spot for a Sunday walk  And in London masses of people were seen taking to Hampstead high street and queuing at food stalls It comes as Covid hospital deaths hit 563 - the highest Sunday toll in eight months  

The West Mercia police force tweeted: There have been two reports of snowballs being thrown last night Came as friends were surrounded, read their rights and fined £200 each after driving seven miles for a  walk Derbyshire Police has previously been criticised for using drones to film dog walkers and dying lagoon black   Priti Patel insisted its right for officers to confront Britons sat on park benches after criticism of their tactics Officers in England and Wales have handed out more tha...

A former-police chief has claimed the Derbyshire officers who fined two women for going on a socially-distanced country walk together have damaged the publics perception of the police.  Former Durham Police chief constable Mike Barton said he believed Derbyshire Police would row back on its decision to fine beautician Jessica Allen and her British Airways flight attendant friend Eliza Moore. The women were slapped with two £200 notices for driving seven miles for a socially-distanced stroll...

The protest, organised by group StandupX, was attended by a few dozen people who marched from Clapham Common, in south London, and then down the high street.

Dont look for loopholes urge local leaders as Covid cases rocket Call for people to just observe the blooming rules days after national lockdown started 18:14, 8 JAN 2021 The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations fo...