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    The cast of Punch 2026. Photo by Pamela Raith A stage set with sweeping ramps down both sides and strong spotlights. 6 actors fill the stage and are caught mid-action. The man at the front seems to be shouting.

    Olivier Awards-nominated play Punch heading for Leicester’s Curve theatre on a national tour

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    From the third row: My evening in the Question Time audience

    Black and blue flyer giving details of the Leicester City FC march in the article.

    Leicester City FC fans to march for change

    ‘Go ahead’ given for controversial student flats plan as historic Leicester building set to nearly double in height

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    University of Leicester trial hopes to find first licensed drug for Long Covid

    ‘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

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    Charnwood’s Eco Hub speaks out against MP’s “disappointing” voting patterns

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

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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

    Musician Dave Clarkson finds sugary inspiration for sweet sounds of nostalgia

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    A tale of two cities – and how one student bridges the identity gap between Somalia and her adopted UK homeland

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    Review: Jane Austen’s Period Drama. Oscar-nominated menstruation comedy is bloody funny

    Review: Rye Lane. ‘Quintessential romcom is charming and groovy’

    Why I hate … Game of Thrones, season eight

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    LISTEN: ‘There’s not a team that can beat us’ say DMU men’s footballers

    Black and blue flyer giving details of the Leicester City FC march in the article.

    Leicester City FC fans to march for change

    Winter blues hit Foxes as Leicester City’s troubles mount

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    LISTEN: ‘There’s not a team that can beat us’ say DMU men’s footballers

    Black and blue flyer giving details of the Leicester City FC march in the article.

    Leicester City FC fans to march for change

    Winter blues hit Foxes as Leicester City’s troubles mount

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    LISTEN: ‘There’s not a team that can beat us’ say DMU men’s footballers

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The cast of Punch 2026. Photo by Pamela Raith A stage set with sweeping ramps down both sides and strong spotlights. 6 actors fill the stage and are caught mid-action. The man at the front seems to be shouting.

Olivier Awards-nominated play Punch heading for Leicester’s Curve theatre on a national tour

Annual independent publishing festival returns to De Montfort University

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The UK’s first exhibition on Elsa Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art opens at the V&A

She was one of the most innovative fashion designers of the 1920s, who transformed women's wear as we know it. Now, more than 50 years after her death, Elsa Schiaparelli is finally getting the blockbuster exhibition her legacy richly deserves

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DMU student Hannah Wiles takes us behind the scenes of Question Time, sharing the behind-the-scenes of being an audience member in one of Britain’s most iconic political debate shows.
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Black and blue flyer giving details of the Leicester City FC march in the article.

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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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