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A 2,000 year-old Roman helmet, found in Hallaton, has been unveiled following reconstruction by the British Museum

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Police are hunting a man who carried out a raid on a Leicester city centre bank early this afternoon. The man attacked a security guard who was delivering cash to the Yorkshire Bank in Horsefair Street shortly at 12.25pm. The guard was taken to hospital with what police described as minor injuries. It is understood bank staff locked the front door in an attempt to detain the robber, but he smashed his way outside.

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Flanker Ben Woods will captain Leicester Tigers in the third round of the LV= Cup against Harlequins at The Stoop tomorrow (3pm).

Niall Morris, Scott Hamilton, Boris Stankovich, Graham Kitchener and Ben Pienaar are also included in the starting XV.

George Ford and Sam Harrison team up at half-back and Andrew Forsyth, who played in the opening two rounds of this season's Heineken Cup before suffering an ankle injury in the home win over Ulster, returns to the backline.

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Wymeswold produced a stunning display to win the clash of the top two in the Dutton Garden Services Premier Division.

They thrashed Loughborough Falcons 6-0 with goals from Pitman (2), Page (2), Dawson and McLennon.

Quorn Royals won 1-0 against title contenders Ashby Rovers with Harvey their goal hero.

FC Poplar returned to winning ways in Sport Advocate Division One by beating Sileby Athletic 3-2. Davidson, Moss and Bailey were their scorers with Rob Lewin and Gathercole on target for Sileby.

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Intersport pulled off a dramatic 1-0 victory over leaders Ellis Park in Hardy and Draper Carpets Division One.

The game looked to be heading towards a goalless draw before Ridley snatched a last-minute winner for Intersport.

Sporting Flynns are the new leaders despite being held to a 0-0 draw at home by struggling Tin Hat.

Thurlaston Magpies go third after a 1-0 home win against Monsell Rangers. Roach scored for Magpies, who are still unbeaten in the league.

A brace from Cornish helped Ponte overcome Market Bosworth 4-0.

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A lucky lottery player has won £1 million with a ticket bought in Leicester – but has yet to claim the prize. National Lottery bosses think the winner is unaware of their huge slice of good fortune because it is more than more than two weeks since EuroMillions draw. Although the punter's numbers did not come up, the ticket carries a randomly generated raffle code which has scooped the windfall. The ticket with the code LZT634986 was bought somewhere within the city of Leicester on Tuesday, January 10, and won the draw that evening.

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Leicester City have made a third bid for Nottingham Forest defender Wes Morgan and this time it looks as though they will get their man.

After having bids of £500,000 and £650,000 rejected by their East Midlands rivals, City have offered £800,000 rising to £1 million for the 28-year-old central defender, who is Forest's longest serving player.

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The family of a 15-year-old boy say they have been left heartbroken after he died in his sleep.

Dillon Knight was found dead at his home in Shepshed, near Loughborough, in the early hours of Tuesday morning last week.

The youngster, who was part way through a catering course at Loughborough College, has been described as a "loveable rogue" who "would do anything for anybody".

An inquest has been opened and adjourned into his death, which is believed to be connected to the epilepsy from which he had suffered for the past five years.

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The NHS often hits the headlines when things go wrong. Today the Leicester Mercury tells the stories of two patients who live four miles apart. Here are very differing accounts of their experiences. YES - Michael Swann is 'disgusted' after having two operations cancelled in seven weeks.

Michael Swann has had two operations cancelled in the past seven weeks because of a lack of intensive care beds. The 76-year-old is due back in Leicester Royal Infirmary on Sunday for an operation due to take place the next day.

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It will come as no surprise to the friends and family of Leicester Tigers scrum-half Sam Harrison that their man is a real fighter. Leicestershire born-and-bred, Harrison used to enjoy a scrap as a member of the Olympic Boxing Club in his home town of Hinckley.

Having grown up and joined the Tigers, Harrison is still fighting tooth and nail.

"I get a lot of stick at the club," said Harrison, 21. "I live in Hinckley and I am not the sharpest tool in the box. It's not a great combination."

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Leicester City striker Jermaine Beckford admits he has a love affair with the FA Cup – and he wants it to blossom further against Swindon Town at the King Power Stadium tomorrow.

Beckford's superb hat-trick in the third-round replay against Nottingham Forest will be writ large in City folklore, but it is also his achievements in the competition elsewhere which give the 28-year-old such a positive feeling ahead of the fourth-round tie against the Robins.

At Leeds, where he made his name, Beckford started nine FA Cup ties and scored eight goals.

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Following the excitement of the Hallaton Helmet making international news on 10 January, staff at Harborough Museum needed to come back down to earth and focus on practical matters. The new graphic panels relating to the helmet have been installed in the Hallaton Treasure Gallery.  A beautiful curved glass fronted case is also sitting empty [...]

At 9am on Tuesday 10 January the reconstructed Hallaton Helmet was unveiled to the media at the British Museum in London.  The reconstructed bowl was displayed alongside two cheekpieces which were found alongside it.  Many people who attended the event couldn’t believe how fantastic it looked having only ever seen it previously as hundreds of [...]

A magnificent Roman helmet which lay buried in a Leicestershire field for 2000 years then underwent nine years of restoration at the British Museum, is finally coming home for permanent display. The Hallaton Helmet will be publicly displayed for the first time on Saturday 28 January at Harborough Museum, Market Harborough. It will be reunited [...]

In order to be displayed at Harborough Museum the helmet needed to have any gaps in its surface filled in.  This would not only improve its appearance but also make it stronger.  Once all fragments of the helmet were located, they were reconstructed temporarily on a head-shaped piece of foam in order to determine the [...]

A museum’s resident skeleton has cycled more than 2,000 miles in a bid to pedal the distance of Beijing to London. However, Snibston Discovery Museum’s resident skeleton, Henry, still needs people to help him complete his year-long challenge before the start of the 2012 Olympic Games. Now, just over a third of the way into [...]

The fragments of the Hallaton Helmet’s bowl and neckguard were starting to resemble a helmet shape in Autumn 2011 as the British Museum’s conservation team began to fit them together on a head-shaped piece of foam.  Martin Cooper from the Department of Conservation Technologies at National Museums Liverpool was brought in to laser scan the [...]

Officer investigating an assault on a woman in Leicester city centre have charged a man in relation to the incident.

A 36-year-old man has today been found guilty of two counts of rape, which he committed in the early 90s.

Work continues this week to prepare for planned demonstrations by the English Defence League (EDL) and Leicester Unite Against Fascism (UAF) in the city centre on Saturday February 4.

A 21-year-old man has been charged following a burglary at a shop in Highcross Lane, Leicester in November last year (2011).

Leicestershire Police has teamed up with child sexual abuse prevention campaign, Stop it Now! England to provide specialist training for multi-agency staff who work with children and families across Leicestershire. Taking place tomorrow, the event will focus on ways that agencies can collaborate and work with the public to protect children across the area from sexual abuse.

A Leicester city man has been charged with theft and burglary offences on Monday, January 23.

Two men have charged with the murder as part of the investigation into the death of Mr Dogan Dogan.

Four people have been convicted at Leicester Crown Court for their part in a human trafficking case.

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