Whatever summer temperature it is where the average person’s mind begins to warp and melt in the general heat-haze, “The Virgin of the Quarry Lake” is set permanently to that exact degree.

The council said the puppies were left in freezing conditions An investigation is under way after eight puppies were abandoned on an industrial estate in Leicestershire. The dogs, believed to be ...

Seven giant sequoia trees in Ketton, Rutland, faced the axe in expansion plans at Grange Top Quarry, but a campaign by villagers has led quarry owner Heidelberg Materials UK to revise its scheme ...

The mineral rights of the San Rafael Rock Quarry have been purchased by CRH, an international group of building materials businesses based in Dublin, Ireland. CRH bought the rights from the Dutra ...

A council has lodged objections to controversial proposals to develop a sand and gravel quarry next to houses in the village of Preesall. The plans for Preesall, by developer Baxters, will be ...

An environmental group is asking the Nova Scotia government to quash the approval of a small quarry in a Lunenburg County watershed it hopes will be designated a wilderness area. George Buranyi ...

Universities across Leicestershire are opening up their libraries to everyone in the county. The new scheme means libraries at the University of Leicester, De Montfort University, and Loughborough ...

Early proposals for a new council structure have been outlined for Leicester, Leicestershire and possibly Rutland. These could see the end of districts and boroughs in the county. The potential ex ...

United were simply awful, particularly in a lifeless first half in which they failed to have a shot on target and fell behind to a Leicester side fighting for their lives in the Premier League.