Crime

A special presentation is being held in Melton this evening (Thursday) for people who are interested in becoming a police officer.

A covert group of Melton people made up mainly of victims of crime have urged town traders to take a more responsible attitude to the sale of knives.

Police are treating a blaze which destroyed six caravans in a Melton field on Monday night as a hate crime.

A 71-year-old man who was injured after being in collision with a car in Melton wants to thank people who came to his aid.

A 21-year-old Melton man has been fined nearly £600 after being caught fishing without a licence, which would have cost him just £30.

Thousands of pounds of funding are to be invested into protecting young people in Melton who are at risk of being involved in knife crime.

A former parish clerk has been given a suspended jail sentence after admitting defrauding the two councils he worked for out of more than £36,000.

A motorcyclist who was involved in serious collision on the A52 in Bottesford last month has died in hospital.

Motorists in Melton - particularly those who drive a Toyota Prius - are being urged to be vigilant following a recent increase in the number of thefts of catalytic converters across Leicestershire and Rutland.

Storm Freya ripped through Melton last night (Sunday) causing a town centre road to be closed to traffic because of the dangers of falling debris.

Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses after a man in his 20s was killed in a road collision on the A46 near Six Hills early on Saturday morning.

A ‘distraught’ smallholder is recovering from the shock of finding the remains of her beloved five pet sheep after they were butchered in their own field.

A farmer has condemned the ‘quite devastating’ theft of six calves - three of which were aged under a week old - from their mothers.

Thieves stripped an historic church of its lead just days after a worshipper passed away after overseeing the completion of a £30,000 project to renew and repair the roof.

A man has been identified after police released CCTV footage of a burglary taking place at a garage in Syston last month.

A motorcyclist remains in a critial condition five days after a serious collision on the A52 at Bottesford.

The operator of Twinlakes Family Theme Park, near Melton, have been fined nearly £60,000 for breaching safety laws after an employee had his thumb and all four fingers on his right hand severed by a circular saw.

A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after two vehicles collided on the A46 near Melton this morning (Tuesday).

A 32-year-old Melton woman, who admitted conning people out of cash in the street to pay for her heroin and crack cocaine addiction, has stunned television viewers with her appearance after completing three months in rehab.