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Matthew Hoggard lifted by his surprise captaincy role

10.11.09
Matthew Hoggard is excited by the challenge of leading Leicestershire after signing a three-year contract with the Division Two county... more

Matthew Hoggard set to make decision on future

06.11.09
Former England seamer Matthew Hoggard is expected to make a decision on his future early next week as he weighs up rival bids from Leicestershire and Sussex... more

Leicestershire confident over Matthew Hoggard deal

20.10.09
Leicestershire have offered former England seamer Matthew Hoggard a three-year contract... more

Barclays customers hit by cash machine fraud gangs

20.10.09
Hundreds of Barclays customers have lost thousands of pounds after their cards were apparently 'swallowed' by the bank's machines... more

Matthew Hoggard wants talks with Leicestershire

14.10.09
Former England bowler Matthew Hoggard is keen to speak to Leicestershire and any other interested counties but as yet is in the dark over where he will play his cricket next season... more

Family hounded to death ‘are wake-up call on yob culture’

29.09.09
Latest: Home Secretary claims case of mother and disabled daughter hounded to death by feral youths was a 'wake-up call' for anti-social behaviour... more

Essex likely to be pipped at the post

25.09.09
Essex looked certain to fall short in their promotion bid despite Tom Wesley’s 132 at Derby... more

Kent secure Division Two with the bat

17.09.09
Kent have won the LV County Championship Division Two title after picking up a fifth bonus point against Leicestershire at Canterbury... more

McCanns cling to hope over lost Madeleine

28.08.09
The parents of Madeleine McCann are 'drawing strength' from the discovery of Jaycee Lee Dugard, their spokesman said... more

Sporting Miscellanies

04.08.09
Just in case you thought pre-season tours were just a lame excuse to top up a sun tan and wring a few pennies out of some unsuspecting continental types, spare a thought for Watford. ... more

Ramprakash hits a double century

03.08.09
Mark Ramprakash was 271 not out at lunch for Surrey against Leicestershire with the Division Two game heading for a draw... more

Boris: Bendy buses are on borrowed time

24.07.09
When the last number 507 of the day slips into the forecourt of Waterloo Station at 32 minutes past midnight, it will mark the beginning of the end of the bendy bus... more

Get the body beautiful at boot camp

01.07.09
Once the exclusive domain of constantly dieting Hollywood A-listers, hardcore weight-loss boot camps are springing up all over Britain. Sue Ryan puts herself on the line... more

Kate and Gerry McCann to help raise plight of missing children

18.05.09
The parents of Madeleine McCann will join families of other vanished youngsters to mark International Missing Children’s Day... more

Australia star Phillip Hughes flops with bat again

14.05.09
Cricket: Australia's Phillip Hughes — a sensation in the county championship — continued his mediocre one-day form after being dismissed early on in Middlesex’s Friends Provident Trophy Group B clash with Scotland... more

Ian Bell: I'll follow Andrew Strauss out of the wilderness

28.04.09
Cricket: Ian Bell is using Andrew Strauss as his inspiration in an attempt to recover from the lowest point of his career and win back a place in the England team for the First Test against West Indies... more

Hands of jigsaw man 'buried in Epping Forest'

28.04.09
The missing hands of "jigsaw" murder victim Jeffrey Howe may have been buried in Essex, it has emerged... more

Police in body parts case to reconstruct face of victim

14.04.09
Police hunting the killers of a man whose body parts have been dumped in the countryside say they want to create a facial reconstruction of the victim this week... more

Top 10 sporting chokes

23.03.09
As Manchester United start to feel the pressure after imploding against Fulham, we take a look at some of the greatest sporting chokes of all time...... more

Leigh glee as Ealing reach final

19.08.08
Leigh Parry took the honours as reigning champions Ealing booked their place in the final of the Evening Standard Challenge Trophy... more

Cleared McCanns shift focus to accessing files

22.07.08
Kate and Gerry McCann's desperate search for their four-year-old daughter Madeleine has gained renewed energy... more

McCanns will be cleared and want all Maddy files

18.07.08
Kate and Gerry McCann will demand complete access to police files when they are finally cleared on Monday of any involvement in the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine... more

Six young people killed as Mondeo crashes with lorry

10.07.08
Six young people were killed when the car they were travelling in hit a lorry head-on... more

McCanns hire new team of detectives to comb police files

02.07.08
Kate and Gerry McCann have hired a new team of private investigators to examine police evidence when they are finally cleared... more

The next big thing: VAN TRAMP

06.06.08
Van Tramp are winning the fans on the road.... more

Closing Kolpak loophole won't help anyone, says Leicester chief

06.06.08
"Crude protectionism" could do more damage to domestic game and England team, claims Neil Davidson... more

Broad owes a big debt to Australia

03.06.08
A stint Down Under as an 18-year-old turned wannabe batsman Stuart Broad into an England bowler.... more

Only way is up for Pettini's men

15.04.08
One promotion, at least, is not beyond Essex during Pettini's second term in charge... more

Holy hole in the road!

30.08.06
Batman and Robin clamber up the wall of a burning building to save a victim - this was the scene in a London street as an ingenious combination of reality and art had passers-by doing double and triple takes. ... more

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