Leicester Mercury
- Address: St George Street, Leicester, Leicestershire
- Post Code: LE1 9FQ
- Phone: 0116 251 2512
- Website: www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk
- Editor: Richard Bettsworth
- Who owns it?: Northcliffe Media
- Frequency: Daily
What we have written about Leicester Mercury
June 25, 2007
Safety pins at the ready
Oy! What are you looking at? Why – it’s that nice young reporter from the Leicester Mercury… but what does she look like? Her latest…
June 25, 2007
After 72 years Arthur Church calls it a day
Arthur Church is to retire as a columnist on the Bucks Free Press 72 years after he joined the paper as a junior reporter. Mr…
June 25, 2007
Another Concorde 'special'
The Leicester Mercury had the presses rolling at 5.07pm with a front page lead and page two backgrounder on the day of the Concorde disaster….
June 25, 2007
Free treatment after Mercury highlights problem
A generous physio has stepped forward to offer free treatment to a sick youngster after a funding anomaly was highlighted in the Leicester Mercury. Unless…
June 25, 2007
Caught in the glare of the media spotlight
Residents of a Leicestershire village have found themselves uncomfortably in the media spotlight as the national press followed up a Leicester Mercury exclusive. The rural…
June 25, 2007
OBE for newspaper man
Former president of the Newspaper Society, John Aldridge, has been awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. He started out in the newspaper…
June 25, 2007
News In Brief from around the regions
Regional press news – this story updated 23.6.2000 News In Brief from around the regions by HoldTheFrontPage staff THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: Football fans can now…
June 25, 2007
News In Brief from around the regions
SNAKE’S ALIVE: Sonia Howick had an unexpected guest in her conservatory, reported the Portsmouth News – a five-feet long corn snake which she discovered hanging…
June 25, 2007
Mercury reporter led the way
Football correspondent of the Leicester Mercury, Bill Anderson, was ahead of the national media who were today buzzing with speculation linking Martin O’Neill with the…
June 25, 2007
News In Brief from around the regions
NUDE FOOTIE: Police were called to playing fields at Cheltenham at 4am after a caller reported six men playing football in the nude, the Gloucestershire…
June 25, 2007
News In Brief – from around the regions
FULL-TIME FOR PUPILS: Lunch was being served with a football theme today for pupils in Cambridgeshire schools. Twenty four hours before Chelsea were due to…
June 25, 2007
Website is Jennifer's baby
Jennifer Burt – as a baby! Former Leicester Mercury health correspondent Jennifer Burt is helping to bring advice and reassurance to mums across the UK…
June 25, 2007
As you DON'T like it
Amrin Khan struggles bravely with her French accent while a trio of cast members look on smugly. Photo by Debbie Allen: Courtesy of Leicester Mercury….
June 25, 2007
News In Brief – from around the regions
SURF-INN THE NET: One of England’s oldest pubs – Nottingham’s famous Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem – has set up its own website. The Nottingham…
June 25, 2007
News In Brief – from around the regions
A REAL HANDFUL: Pensioner Godfrey Hill has been called The Messiah, an alien and a freak – because he has a thumb and five fingers…
