New government rules will require councils nationwide to stop sending food waste to landfill.

If approved the development would link up Blaby and Countesthorpe, the plans show.

The proposed installation would span 201 acres (81 hectares) and power about 12,000 homes per year.

A council is increasing fines for littering next year to deter offenders in a Leicestershire town.

A first set of documents has been submitted ahead of a full application being drawn up.

A road had been closed but one driver still tried to pass through and had to be saved by fire crews.

A man in his 30s was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, which involved a car and a van.

The proposed houses are split across three separate planning applications for Countesthorpe