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Incident in Loughborough
Officers are appealing for witnesses to an incident in Loughborough.
The incident took place at around 1.30am on Wednesday January 18 on Ashby Square, Loughborough.
A 26-year-old man who had been walking along Ashby Square sustained a broken jaw and swelling to his face.
PC Andy Dixon, the investigating officer, said: We are trying to establish how this man sustained these injuries, and I would appeal to anyone who was in the area and who may have seen anything suspicious to contact us.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact PC 1655 Andy Dixon on 101*, follow the instructions to leave a message for a police officer and when prompted key in the officer's identification number 1655. Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers, which is free** and anonymous, on 0800 555 111.
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About Leicestershire
Leicestershire is a landlocked county in central England. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire. The county borders onto Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, and Northamptonshire. The border with Warwickshire is Watling Street (the A5).
County Hall, situated in Glenfield, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority. The City of Leicester is administered from offices in Leicester itself and the City Council meets at Leicester Town Hall.
The River Soar rises to the east of Hinckley, in the far south of the county, and flows northward through Leicester before emptying into the River Trent at the point where Derbyshire, Leicestershire, and Nottinghamshire meet. A large part of the northwest of the county, around Coalville, forms part of the new National Forest area extending into Derbyshire and Staffordshire. The highest point of the county is Bardon Hill at 278 m/912 ft, which is also a Marilyn.
As part of a 2002 marketing campaign, the plant conservation charity Plantlife chose the Foxglove as the county flower.
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