Crime

Police are investigating after reports that a car was shot at while it was being driven along the A606 near Melton.

Police have issued crime prevention advice after thieves broke into six vans across Melton in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A teenager has admitted stabbing a man following an incident in Melton Mowbray.

A 28-year-old man has been charged after a car crashed on a level crossing near Melton in Leicestershire.

Police are appealing for the public’s help in recovering three tortoises after they were stolen from a property in Melton.

A Thurmaston man has been jailed for two years and placed on the sex offenders register for life after admitting committing sexual offences against a teenage girl.

The actions of a serial fraudster, from Teigh, who repaid a tax fraud debt with money stolen in another scam, have been slammed by a judge as he jailed him for four years and nine months.

Police are searching for a distinctive Ford Ranger Thunder pick-up truck which was a stolen from outside a property in Melton.

A 27-year-old Melton man has been arrested in connection with an incident which saw another one attacked with a baseball bat in a layby off the A607.

Anyone who has photographs or video footage of a Wymeswold footballer being racially abused at a cup final is being urged by police to send it to them.

Police are appealing for the public’s help following the theft of two quad bikes and a faltbed trailer from a shed at a property at Old Dalby.

Around 40 wedding guests, including serving members of the Paratroop regiment in full uniform, were involved in a brawl at Melton’s Royal British Legion on Friday night.

The Wymeswold footballer who was racially abused during a cup final this week, prompting his entire team to walk off the pitch in protest, has thanked people who have sent him messages of support from all over the world but says he will never play another match.

The scooter rider involved in yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) collision on the A606 at Burton Lazars died at the scene, police have confirmed.

A motorcyclist was injured after their machine was in collision with a vehicle at Burton Lazars this afternoon (Tuesday).

A judicial review examining the legality of Leicestershire County Council’s proposed changes to its school transport policy for vulnerable pupils over the age of 16 is set to get underway on Wednesday.

An 18-year-old Melton man is due to appear in court this morning (Monday) charged with committing a number of offences in the town including wounding.

A motorcyclist who was airlifted to hospital yesterday (Sunday) following a collision near Melton died after arrival.

Police have today (Friday) arrested two Melton men in connection with a robbery which took place in the town centre.