Two tiers of local authority, as exist in Leicestershire, are to be removed and new councils should have larger populations than many existing authorities - anywhere between 350,000 and 500,000.

Countryside roads in Leicestershire are amongst the most lethal in the country. Map charting figures show that roads outside ...

Latest traffic maps In an updated map of the affected area, we can now see that the situation doesn't appear to have improved for the time being. A section of the A447 Ashby Road has now turned ...

An emergency road closure is in place for a busy Leicestershire route. The road will be off-limits to drivers from today (Friday, June 6) for “up to 21 days”. However, Leicestershire County Council ...

Fenn Lanes is an old Roman road which was still a major east/west route in medieval times. Henry Tudor probably used it as his army marched to meet Richard and it may have been the location of the ...

But it is precisely a takeover by Leicestershire that some now fear, as the seven districts and boroughs in the county - and neighbouring Rutland - face being deleted from the map.