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ArticleWOMAN JAILED OVER FALSE RAPE CLAIM

A WOMAN spared a prison term for mak­ing a false rape alleg­a­tion six years ago is now behind bars after repeat­ing the offence. Eliza­beth Ward, 36, was handed a 14-month term after admit­ting to per­vert­ing the course of justice when mak­ing up...

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ArticleLABOUR TAKES REFORM SEAT IN COUNTY COUNCIL BY-ELECTION

MP Dr Luke Evans has chal­lenged the farm­ing min­is­ter to say sorry, after thou­sands of farm­ers were shut out of a gov­ern­ment sup­port scheme. Applic­a­tions for the Sus­tain­able Farm­ing Incent­ive opened at 10am on Septem­ber 22 with little...

ArticleOfficer admits to child sex offence

A POLICE officer has admit­ted to a child sex offence. Mat­thew Hunt, who was charged with enga­ging in sexual com­mu­nic­a­tion with a child earlier this year, changed his plea to guilty at Leicester Crown Court on. The 27-year-old, of Heath Lane,...

ArticleAppeal for next of kin

A SEARCH has been launched to trace the fam­ily of a Leicester man who has died. Brian Ber­ry­man, who was 66, died at his home in the city centre. The cor­oner has appealed for rel­at­ives, or someone who knew him, to comes for­ward. Any­one with...

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ArticleWoman jailed after mak­ing false alleg­a­tion of rape against dis­abled friend

A WOMAN made a “cruel, delib­er­ate and unfor­giv­able” false alleg­a­tion of rape against a friend - five years after doing the same thing to another man. In May 2020, Eliza­beth Ward had been given a sus­pen­ded jail sen­tence after lying to police...

ArticleWarn­ing as gas cyl­in­ders caught up in fire

FIREFIGHTERS raced to tackle an fire involving two cara­vans parked before it could spread to nearby wood­land. Crews rushed to Bag­worth Heath as the fire raged out of con­trol, with plastics and gas cyl­in­ders burn­ing as well, cre­at­ing fur­ther...