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The UK’s biggest dedicated air cargo operation has outperformed all expectations during lockdown. Management at East Midlands Airport said more people ordering goods online had led to a big rise in freight shipments to the UK. At the same time the nationwide cut in passenger flights – which usually carry …

Have you ever dreamed of being the squire of a plush mansion – but only have the budget for a three-bed semi-detached? Well, a new addition to the South West property market could be worth a look, if you don’t mind getting your hands dirty. An incredible derelict manor house …

Experts are urging you to check your purses, wallets and pockets – because a 50p coin has sold for HUNDREDS. The fifty pence piece has sold for as much as £400 – yes, really – on auction retail website eBay. The coin has fetched the jaw-dropping sum all because of …

A Leicester man has shared his family’s experience of being in a multigenerational household during the lockdown. There has been speculation that multigenerational households were a possible cause for the spike in Covid-19 cases in the city last month. But for family-man Rizwan Afzal, 39, this is a “disrespectful” assumption …

A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms across the UK is in place for the end of the week as forecasters predict possible flooding – bringing an end to the recent tropical heatwave. The warning is in place from 12pm on Friday, June 26, until 6am the following day. The Met …

The Tesco Extra in Beeston had to temporarily close on Wednesday (June 17) after floodwater poured into the superstore. Shopper Sue Cain, 52, filmed the car park of the Station Road store partially underwater. The charity volunteer coordinator, of Arran Close, Stapleford, also captured footage of the supermarket left damp …

A single toilet roll is selling on eBay for more than £200. The ”coronavirus emergency bog roll” has attracted 10 bids so far, with more than five days to go. The hilarious description of the everyday essential states: “1 x Andrex toilet roll (200 sheets). “Has your local Asda sold …

Housholds across Leicestershire have been receiving mail at least seven years late after long-lost post was recovered from a house in the county. At least two people from Leicestershire, including one person from Melton, are known to have received mail this week that dates back at least seven years. The …

A Royal Mail postman on his delivery rounds asked a young woman in the street if she would give him oral sex for £20. Postman Lea Troth pulled up in his Royal Mail van alongside a young woman walking down a street and wound his window down and said: “Will …

A postman asked a young woman if she would perform a sex act on him while he was at work for £20. Lea Troth pulled alongside the woman who was walking down a street and wound his window down while he was working. After she refused, he asked her to …