The child from a local family fell into the River Soar in Leicester ... major search is under way involving specialist divers, helicopters and four police forces. In an update on the rescue ...

By Tim Parker, BBC Radio Leicester Bright spotlights have been punctuating the night sky along the swollen river and canal around Aylestone in the past few hours. Search and rescue staff are ...

A major operation to find a two-year-old who fell into a river in Leicester will be scaled ... assisted by five specialist search and rescue teams from across the country, Leicestershire Police ...

The father of a missing two-year-old boy who fell into a river in Leicester entered the water to try to rescue his child ... specialist teams joined the search on Monday. The father was taken ...

The 'knifeman' who stabbed a mother and her 11-year-old daughter in Leicester Square did not know them and was a stranger, police believe. The Metropolitan Police said a man, 32, thought to be ...

Emergency services were called to in Glebelands, Leicester, after a blaze broke ... "open mind" and working with Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service to establish the cause of the blaze.

A Leicester animal rescue centre is at capacity as it grapples with an unprecedented number of abandoned pets, pushing its facilities to the brink. The RSPCA Woodside centre in New Parks is appealing ...

The open days give people young and old the chance to see real life fire engines plus the mini fire engine, bouncy castles, meet the search ... Fire and Rescue Station, Meridian E, Leicester ...

Jean-Philippe Mateta’s second-half stoppage-time penalty salvaged a point for Crystal Palace in a 2-2 draw with Leicester at ...

There is a further event at Southern Fire and Rescue Station, Meridian E, Leicester on Sunday ... Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service and search "events".