| In 1996, the Blue Box mobile theatre made its final journey to Leicestershire to become the centrepiece of an exhibition of touring and travelling theatre. |
| Around three million Melton Mowbray pies, which contain pork rather than cured meat, are made in the Leicestershire borough every year. |
| In the 18th century, gentlemen farmers such as Robert Bakewell of Dishley in Leicestershire took an active interest in improving livestock. |
| They are in second place, only 11 points adrift of Surrey, but fourth-placed Leicestershire could also come into the reckoning if they defeat Yorkshire. |
| Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and to a lesser extent East Anglia, are full of place-names ending in by, thorp, and other Scandinavian elements. |
| Lecturers at Brooksby Melton College in Leicestershire walked out in a one-day strike over pay this week. |
