A church that has served a Leicestershire village for over a century is preparing to close its doors. Huncote Methodist Church, which opened in 1907, has announced it can no longer continue financially and practically in its current form.

The church, in Forest Road, Huncote, near Enderby, is expected to close in the summer of 2026 following guidance from the Methodist Church.

In a statement issued on Tuesday (December 16), church members said the Girls' & Boys' Brigade group based at the churc...

Crime has reached its highest levels in three years in one part of Leicester, leaving some residents “terrified”.

Leicestershire police’s online crime map shows 75 crimes were reported in Clarendon Park in September alone.

John, 49, who works at Morelli’s Barbershop, said that “crime has increased a lot” in the ten years he’s lived in Clarendon, but was still surprised to hear the statistics: “Wow, that surprises me. We used to have more police around a few years ago. I didn’t expect it to be that many.”

Devastated music fans are fearful for Leicester's future in the wake of iconic venue The Shed's closure, with one saying the city is "dying".

Fans have spoken of their shock following the announcement from The Shed, Leicester's longest-running grassroots music venue, which will close its doors for the final time on New Year's Eve (December 31).

Cathi Raye, 63, from Aylestone, who has lived in Leicester since the mid-1980s, painted a bleak picture of the city's cultural decline. She said: "I th...

A teenager has been arrested in connection with an alleged Leicester robbery on student accommodation that went viral online.

The 19-year-old man, from London, was arrested following the incident which is alleged to have taken place on Friday, November 21 at The Tannery student accommodation in Leicester’s Bath Lane. A video, which has gone viral online, reportedly shows one man being hit with a belt, while other people were allegedly forced to hand over money via bank transfer.

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Getting a referral for a Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) diagnosis can be a challenging and highly stressful experience for patients. Unfortunately, there is no single test for CRPS. Instead, CRPS diagnosis involves ruling out other conditions with similar symptoms. See ‘How is CRPS Diagnosed?’.

Being a student means juggling deadlines, revising for exams and late-night study sessions. But for those with chronic regional pain syndrome, it means doing all that while being in relentless, often debilitating, pain. It can feel overwhelming and at times impossible, but there are students all over the UK and around the world who find the resilience to do it every day. This is no easy feat, but to make it a little less daunting, we’re sharing the thoughts of university students as part of this new six-part series.

n the second blog of our six-part series on managing CRPS while studying, students share the ways they’ve reshaped their university journeys to better support their health.

In the third and fourth parts of our six-part series on managing CRPS while studying, students share their thoughts on managing symptoms and attending lectures.

In the fifth of our six-part series on managing CRPS while studying, students share their thoughts on advocating for you and your CRPS needs.

In the final part of our six-part series on managing CRPS at university, students highlight how important friendships and social support are.

Student protesters at De Montfort University (DMU) said they feel ‘very uncomfortable’ about a section in the university’s Disciplinary Code that says students who bring the university into ‘disrepute’ could face expulsion.

This comes as De Montfort University students and staff protested on campus on 21 May against plans to make approximately 20 art technicians redundant. Student representatives could be seen at the demonstration, informing students of the Disciplinary Code and expressing conc...

Standing in the heart of its campus, Amelia’s expression mirrored the awe of a thousand students at De Montfort University’s (DMU) open day. With one of the most renowned art buildings in the country staring down at her, the possibilities at DMU seemed endless; she imagined the people she’d meet, the art she would create, and the teachers whose wisdom would inspire her. What she didn’t expect was to be sitting with me three years later, discussing all the ways DMU has let her down.

“In the firs...

University of Leicester student, Maya Sterling*, says she wasn’t surprised when her flatmate told her men were being arrested in the elevator outside her flat, stating, “it’s really normal for this accommodation.”


She added: “I had to call the police myself once, after being woken up at 5 am by a guy who was hitting a car with a crutch.”


The Tannery, a student accommodation on Bath Lane, is where the viral “belt whipping” incident took place on November 22nd 2025. Eyewitnesses posted on so...

A referendum for the Student Union (SU) to lobby for the demilitarisation of the University of Leicester will open tomorrow (27th  January 2026), with campaigning beginning today. 


The proposal was taken to the first Leicester 100 meeting on the 4th of November 2025. 


What is a Referendum? 


A referendum is where the public vote directly on a specific issue. 


In this instance, students will be voting on whether the SU should encourage the university to stop partnering with weaponry co...

A former University of Leicester (UoL) Students’ Union (SU) Officer has told Ripple that they have “no clue how current officers could possibly cope” on the current SU officers’ wages. 


The former officer, who has chosen to remain anonymous, added: “Officers’ roles are high stress, high responsibility and high accountability.”“These are levels of responsibility you would not normally have in an organisation until you are in senior positions on much higher wages.”


The SU’s full-time executi...

According to UK Parliament, 59% of girls have experienced sexual harassment at school or college. That is more than 5/10 female students. I am one of those girls. And after what I have seen of my peers throughout my education, I am not surprised by that statistic. When I was 9, the boys in my middle school would ask me what texture my pubic hair was. When I was 11, as the only mixed-race girl in our school, they thought it was funny to ask me whether my vagina was purple or pink. By the time I was 13, the girls had grown used to boys looking up our skirts on the school stairs; we had learned to wear shorts underneath. By 15, we had stopped texting the boys in our class for help with homework; they’d just reply with an image of their penis.

Leicester’s independent newspaper, the Leicester Gazette, is raising money for more bleed kits in Leicester, following the recent stabbing of a De Montfort University (DMU) student.


Cyber-security student, Khaleed Oladipo, 20, was reportedly stabbed around 5 pm on February 3rd outside of the Innovation Centre. 


The incident prompted the Leicester Gazette to launch a fundraiser to “get as many life-saving kits installed across the city centre as possible.”


Bleed kits are designed to help...

Matt Schofield meets me in the David Wilson library café in a blue shirt and his signature Students’ Union jacket. He’s holding a velvet notebook in one hand (I have been told he takes this everywhere) and buys us both a coffee with the other. 


“It’s been a difficult year,” Matt says between sips, “with everything going on around the university.”


Matt is referring to the University of Leicester’s Strategic Review and its plan to restructure certain departments to combat financial challenge...

Last week, the ‘YES’ campaign won the Student Union (SU) referendum with an overwhelming 86% majority, meaning the SU will now formally pressure the university to demilitarise.


In response, a spokesperson for the University of Leicester said: “The University acknowledges the referendum result and strength of feeling on the issue. We have been in ongoing dialogue with our students and Students’ Union about the issues for more than a year and we shall continue with this dialogue.


“The Unive...