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Fast food? Takeaway delivery driver spotted cycling down M1

Leicestershire police were called to reports of the cyclist on the M1

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Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Two-vehicle M1 crash causes long delays as lanes closed

Traffic officers were on the scene

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Store claims Leicestershire shopping centre 'closing' amid 'redevelopment' rumours

A number of stores have shut in the centre over the past year

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

WHSmith to close due to shopping centre 'redevelopment plans'

The company said it was 'disappointed' to have to close

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

'Substantial' fuel spill led to M1 lane closures and miles of queues

There were long delays

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Home of town's 'best' nursery could become student flats

Up to 15 flats are planned

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Delays reported after Leicestershire M1 crash

'Slow traffic' was reported

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

'Dangerous' young driver who caused head-on smash in Loughborough is sentenced

Joshua Chappell deliberately used the wrong lane and jumped a red light

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Drunk marketing manager crashed into care worker while more than 3 times limit

Caitlin Pheby was on the wrong side of the road driving home

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Loughborough's 803rd fair - in pictures

The first time the fair was held in the Leicestershire town was 1221

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Meet the 'heroic' joiner who saved girl's life after lolly got stuck in her throat

Gracie-Rae's mum 'freaked out' and ran into the street shouting for help

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Oil-covered Leicestershire swans rescued as pollution source remains a mystery

A substance has been visible in the water

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

101-year-old great-grandmother among this week's Leicester Mercury death notices

Tributes are also paid to a woman described as a 'friend to many'

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

'UK's youngest' steam locomotive set to debut at Great Central Railway

The events are described as a 'true celebration of steam power'

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Santa Express to stop at Leicestershire beauty spot on festive trip

The Great Central Railway Christmas journeys begin again later this month

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Brush takes over Scottish engineering firm in latest expansion

The Loughborough-based company specialises in power distribution

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Leicestershire's best places to live in 2025 - from 'bustling' villages to 'vibrant' city

Muddy Stilettos has included 10 Leicestershire and Rutland locations in its latest list

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Meet the 'sensitive' dog waiting nearly four years for a forever home

Lemmy lives at the Dogs Trust centre near Loughborough

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

Church eyes up landmark listed Art Deco bingo hall in 'disrepair' as new home

The site has been left empty for three years

Leicestershire Live - Loughborough

'Caring and compassionate' teacher among 21 Leicester Mercury death notices

A 'devoted' and 'loving' mother is also remembered