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A man has died following an alleged poisoning in Leicester, prompting emergency services to swarm a busy high street.

Police were called to Barwell Infant School at 7:30 am in Townend Road in Barwell, near Hinckley. A man’s body has been found at an infant school in Leicestershire.

This is the pensioner suspected of poisoning children at a summer camp.

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A young boy was tragically killed by his father, who then took his own life in a suspected murder-suicide, an inquest has revealed.

A police dog has died after entering the water to search for a suspect at a country park in Leicestershire.

Formal identification has now taken place

A body has been pulled out of a river months after two-year-old Xielo Maruziva fell into the River Soar in Leicestershire.

A 47-year-old man is in police custody after being arrested on suspicion of murder

A man has died at Long Clawson Dairy, near Melton, Leicestershire, with police finding him after being alerted to reports of a man injured and an investigation is now underway

Attempts to save 55-year-old Christine Bauld, who was found seriously injured at her home, failed. Gregor Bauld, 22, has appeared in court charged with her murder

Peter Faulding and his team joined the search for Xielo Maruziva in Leicestershire on Tuesday and this evening, with Assistant Chief Constable Michaela Kerr thanking the private company

Experts from Specialist Group International - the diving team led by Peter Faulding who joined the search for Nicola Bulley - are now helping search the River Soar for missing Xielo Maruziva

Xielo Maruziva fell into the River Soar in Leicester, prompting a huge search for the two-year-old, with police already introducing drones and marine dogs into the investigation

Two-year-old Xielo Maruziva has been missing since he fell into the River Soar in Aylestone, with a police search now entering its fifth day as weather warnings were issued for the area

A search has been ongoing in the area since Sunday afternoon after Xielo, 2, was reported to have fallen into the water at the Aylestone Meadows area, near to Marsden Lane.

Leicestershire Police have released an urgent plea as search teams continue a rescue operation after a two-year-old boy fell into the River Soar in Aylestone Meadows

Leicestershire Police are continuing to search the River Soar on Tuesday for a two-year-old boy who fell in two days ago, with CCTV emerging showing the sickening moment it happened

Police are looking for a dog walker who is said to have been walking along the footpath of the River Soar in Leicestershire, which is where a two-year-old fell in

The two-year-old boy has been missing since falling into Aylestone Meadows in Leicester, with police dive teams searching the area as members of the public are urged to stay away

Police were searching the River Soar in Leicester on Monday for the missing two-year-old after reports the boy fell into the river while with his family on Sunday evening

Police were called to the River Soar in Leicester on Sunday evening after the two-year-old boy fell in, sending out a helicopter and drone before calling off the search as it got dark