Leicestershire

  • LifestyleAOL

    Couple find a swarm of 160,000 bees living in their chimney

    Story and video from SWNS A couple felt stung after moving into their dream home - and finding a swarm of 160,000 BEES living in the chimney. The previous owner had bricked up the fireplace before selling the £400,000 property in Parkside,

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  • NewsAOL

    Watch incredibly close miss between tractor and train at level crossing

    Footage has captured the moment a train narrowly missed a tractor crossing a rural level crossing. The video, captured by the trains on-board camera, was released by British Transport Police (BTP) in Leicestershire

  • SportAOL

    Driver demands compensation after ogling bikini-clad cyclist

    A Leicestershire driver has asked for compensation after crashing his car whilst admiring a female cyclist who was dressed in a bikini top and short skirt. Ex-Great Britain showjumper Vicky Young was cycling through her village, near Bottesford

  • NewsAOL

    Man smashes up wrong car in revenge attack

    A Loughborough man has been jailed for 14 months after admitting damaging the wrong person's car in a would-be revenge

  • SportAOL

    Cyclists pushed off bikes by sinister motorist

    Cyclists in Leicestershire are facing a new and sinister menace in the form of a motorist and his accomplice thought to be stalking the county and pushing them off their bikes. In the last two weeks, three separate attacks have resulted in

  • TechnologyAOL

    Grandfather claims pothole saved his life

    It's not often a good news story appears on AOL Cars that features the word 'pothole' in the headline but for one elderly man, they are a lifesaver. Ray Lee collapsed at home after his heart rate soared to 190 beats per minute

  • NewsAOL

    'Airbag murderer' receives minimum of 24 years behind bars

    A former commercial pilot who deliberately disabled the passenger airbag and unclipped his wife's seatbelt moments before ploughing into a tree has been sentenced to at least 24 years in jail. Iain Lawrence, 53, deliberately deactivated