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  • December 18, 2025
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    Leicester artist Hxrtleya plans more releases for 2026 

    Leicester exhibition restores legacy of pioneering textile artist Mary Linwood

    Creative entrepreneur opens ranggstudios in Leicester but now faces demolition

  • News
    News

    Animal-loving Leicester MP speaks out on damaging impacts of fireworks on pets

    O2 Academy Leicester offers free tickets for NHS staff

    Video documentary: Why Mark Townsend’s story and the Lauren’s Legacy campaign highlight how defibrillators are vital in all football stadiums

  • Health
    Health

    ‘My mess is somebody else’s message’ – The sobering story of Leicester City fan, Lee Jobber, who overcame depression, alcoholism and a brush with death

    Three children, three cancers, one woman: one Wisbech mum’s journey with breast cancer

    Transgender female with prostate cancer: ‘I’m just so glad I had the balls to ask for a second opinion on my diagnosis’

  • Politics
    Politics

    Animal-loving Leicester MP speaks out on damaging impacts of fireworks on pets

    Leicester bar Big Difference to host nine-hour Gigs for Gaza

    Oadby and Wigston Lib Dems bid to stop takeover of borough’s council

  • Features
    Features

    ‘My mess is somebody else’s message’ – The sobering story of Leicester City fan, Lee Jobber, who overcame depression, alcoholism and a brush with death

    Musician Dave Clarkson finds sugary inspiration for sweet sounds of nostalgia

    ADHD diagnosis: Am I really that different?

  • Opinion
    Opinion

    Stop sanitising history: it’s time to teach students about our colonial past

    Have you tried the pill? 21-year-old endometriosis sufferer’s experience with the contraceptive

    Apologising for being a feminist

  • Reviews
    Reviews

    Review: Black British Lives Matter

    Review: The Tale Of Jenny and Screech by Ren

    Review: Below the Belt sheds light on life with endometriosis

  • Sports
    Sports

    Promoted DMU basketball second team confident of successful season even after suffering first loss

    DMU women’s basketball takes off as Leicester’s citywide sports embrace diversity

    FTGU’s Kobey Yang on way to being Taiwan’s next big wrestling talent

  • Football
    Football

    ‘My mess is somebody else’s message’ – The sobering story of Leicester City fan, Lee Jobber, who overcame depression, alcoholism and a brush with death

    DMU football player realises importance of putting education first in balance with sporting passion

    Video documentary: Why Mark Townsend’s story and the Lauren’s Legacy campaign highlight how defibrillators are vital in all football stadiums

  • Varsity
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    Video report: De Montfort Lions fail to roar against University of Leicester in Varsity 3rd team clash

    DMU and UOL prepare as Varsity approaches

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Leicester-based Abdul Sattar Mahomed opens up about balancing music and medicine

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Chantelle Marquez: From runaway to rising music star

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She loved it, yeah, yeah, yeah: Scouse, stairs and statues on a day trip to Liverpool

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Strictly professionals Karen Hauer and Gorka Marquez bring their new dance show Speakeasy to Leicester

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Hit West End jukebox musical &Juliet comes to Milton Keynes Theatre

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Outbreak festival adds Glassjaw, Terror, XweaponX and more to 2025 line-up

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Leicester artist Hxrtleya plans more releases for 2026 

Leicester exhibition restores legacy of pioneering textile artist Mary Linwood

Creative entrepreneur opens ranggstudios in Leicester but now faces demolition

Activist leads Coconuts and CocoNOTS debate at DMU’s Stephen Lawrence Research Centre

Free rickshaw rides in Leicester will transport families to series of Christmas activities

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Spotlight

‘My mess is somebody else’s message’ – The sobering story of Leicester City fan, Lee Jobber, who overcame depression, alcoholism and a brush with death

Lee Jobber was the big, bare-chested, drum-banging Leicester City fan who everyone knew at the King Power stadium. Behind the facade, however, was a sensitive man slowly falling apart. Hanzala Fayaz tells his story.

She shoots, she scores! DMU Journalism graduate Alice Wright nets job at Man City

A high-flying journalism graduate from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) has landed her dream job at the richest and most successful Premier League football club of the last 10 years....
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Reviews

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Review: Black British Lives Matter

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Review: The Tale Of Jenny and Screech by Ren

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Review: Below the Belt sheds light on life with endometriosis

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Review: The good, the bad and The Rookie

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Review: Christmas in Lagos

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Review: Netflix’s Woman of the Hour. ‘A reminder that even the supposed nice guys can turn out evil’

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Features

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‘My mess is somebody else’s message’ – The sobering story of Leicester City fan, Lee Jobber, who overcame depression, alcoholism and a brush with death

2 months ago

Musician Dave Clarkson finds sugary inspiration for sweet sounds of nostalgia

2 months ago

ADHD diagnosis: Am I really that different?

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“There are young fathers who are going through something like this and probably feel that they can’t talk to anyone. That’s wrong.”

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Three children, three cancers, one woman: one Wisbech mum’s journey with breast cancer

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Muslim mountain guide paves the way for minority hikers through social media

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Sexual abuse in a relationship: “My body was rejecting him”

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Eco-influencer empowers audience to live sustainably

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Transgender female with prostate cancer: ‘I’m just so glad I had the balls to ask for a second opinion on my diagnosis’

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“We don’t have savings for when we are old. We’ve used them up when I wasn’t working”: The reality of the gender pay gap

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Living in Sweden as a woman

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Sport

Promoted DMU basketball second team confident of successful season even after suffering first loss

DMU women’s basketball takes off as Leicester’s citywide sports embrace diversity

FTGU’s Kobey Yang on way to being Taiwan’s next big wrestling talent

Video documentary: Why Mark Townsend’s story and the Lauren’s Legacy campaign highlight how defibrillators are vital in all football stadiums

Video documentary: How much does poor ownership affect English football? The tale of Dai Yongge destroying Reading FC

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Digital reports

Video documentary: Why Mark Townsend’s story and the Lauren’s Legacy campaign highlight how defibrillators are vital in all football stadiums

Video documentary: How much does poor ownership affect English football? The tale of Dai Yongge destroying Reading FC

Audio news: De Montfort Students’ Union helps students get through cost-of-living crisis by setting up food pantry 

New podcast launched to study mental health in sport

Video: Good deeds done by Leicester’s Islamic community at Eid Shopping Festival 2025

DMU News

DMU raises awareness on cardiac arrest and delivers CPR training in memory of graduate Adam Redfern

By Uche Okogwu The parents of De Montfort University (DMU) graduate Adam Redfern, who died while on a run, are teaching students and staff the life-saving techniques of CPR training....
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DMU Journalism

‘It’s unlucky and unfair – but I won’t let it stop me’ says DMU student with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

She shoots, she scores! DMU Journalism graduate Alice Wright nets job at Man City

Write on time: DMU Sports Journalism students face live match report deadline in Leicester City press box

DMU support helps former Journalism students grab nominations at regional business awards

Opinion

Stop sanitising history: it’s time to teach students about our colonial past

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Have you tried the pill? 21-year-old endometriosis sufferer’s experience with the contraceptive

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Apologising for being a feminist

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“It’s a dead end”: The long process of getting an endometriosis diagnosis

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The female burden of contraception

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NHS or private gynaecology – a personal comparison

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To scream or not to scream: how can Muslim women respond to Islamophobia?

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Why I hate: Stigma by Wage War

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Culture Kick: Esha Sancee

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Music, Film and Journalism students reviewing the Oscar-nominated short, A Lien
Music, Film and Journalism students reviewing the Oscar-nominated short, A Lien
Aliyah Sheth at ITV News
Aliyah Sheth at ITV News
Sport Journalism students on a visit to Grace Road, home of Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Sport Journalism students on a visit to Grace Road, home of Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Arts and Enteratinment Journalism students on a backstage tour of Curve theatre, Leicester
Arts and Enteratinment Journalism students on a backstage tour of Curve theatre, Leicester
Arts and Entertainment Journalism students at the Curve theatre, Leicester
Arts and Entertainment Journalism students at the Curve theatre, Leicester
Journalism students on a DMU Global trip to Lisbon
Journalism students on a DMU Global trip to Lisbon
Sport Journalism students in the dressing room at the King Power stadium
Sport Journalism students in the dressing room at the King Power stadium
Sport Journalism students watching a match from the press box at the King Power stadium
Sport Journalism students watching a match from the press box at the King Power stadium
DMU Journalism students on a trip to Parliament
DMU Journalism students on a trip to Parliament
DMU Journalism students, 2016
DMU Journalism students, 2016
DMU Journalism students, 2016
DMU Journalism students, 2016
Graduation day for 2019 DMU Journalism students. And yes, you're right: there isn't 2019 of them
Graduation day for 2019 DMU Journalism students. And yes, you’re right: there isn’t 2019 of them
Graduation day: Sam Gill sneaks in a bit of refreshment
Graduation day: Sam Gill sneaks in a bit of refreshment
Sport Journalism students at Welford Road, home of Leicester Tigers
Sport Journalism students at Welford Road, home of Leicester Tigers
Graduation day for DMU Journalism students Luke Williamson and Tom Carter
Graduation day for DMU Journalism students Luke Williamson and Tom Carter

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