By Portia O'Toole The Rainbows Hospice has organised a 5km festive Santa run through Loughborough on Sunday(DEC7), starting at 11am. The run will raise money for the Leicestershire charity, which provides play therapy sessions for babies, children and young people with illnesses. Their aim is to “brighten short lives”. Advanced tickets can be bought until tomorrow (FRI,DEC5) for £15 (adults) or £8 (children), but tickets will be available at a slightly higher price on the day. 

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A high-flying journalism graduate from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) has landed her dream job at the richest and most successful Premier League football club of the last 10 years. Alice Wright started her first full-time job at Manchester City FC earlier this year writing for the club’s website and app as well as matchday programmes and an online magazine.

Budding sports writers from De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) raced against the clock to produce live match reports from the Premier League clash between Leicester City and Newcastle United. The group of third-year students from DMU’s BA in Journalism watched the action from the press box at the King Power Stadium before completing a 350-word match report. Their reports had to be completed within 10 minutes of the final whistle, and filed to lecturer Lee Marlow, who leads the sports journalism module on the course.

It is no mystery that Liverpool is known for being the birthplace of The Beatles and the home of Liverpool FC, but who would’ve thought the tap water isn’t vegan-friendly? Viktorie Lachmannová heads north Liverpool is easily approachable by all forms of transportation, though I strongly don’t recommend horseback or going by a minibus crammed with people with no windows open.

By Niamh Spencer, DMU Journalism student School and college students from across the Midlands got a taste of the thrills and skills of being a journalist when De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) hosted a BBC Young Reporter Day. The event was part of the BBC’s effort to get more students interested in developing future careers in the field of journalism.

Completing a BA in Journalism at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) followed by a Master's in Diplomacy is not what most people would consider a traditional route into the police force. But Philippa Blakeley would not have it any other way. The PC at Leicestershire Police is currently starring in the latest series of BBC Three’s Fresh Cops -a winner of a Royal Television Society award - which follows young officers round the clock and shows viewers the daily challenges they face.

Two entrepreneurs who studied Journalism at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have been nominated at the same business awards. They are part of a quartet of DMU graduates and current students who have won recognition at the 2025 East Midlands Real Entrepreneurs' Awards. The news comes as Universities UK – the organisation which lobbies on behalf of higher education – launches a new national campaign to show the impact universities have in helping support and motivate students to set up their own businesses.

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