The sad thing about the Lesstar Mercrih now being owned by Reach PLC is that this sort of stuff is now usually just recycled Daily Express tat, spammed word-for-word across hundreds of identical purportedly "local" newspapers. In this case, it's a lightly retouched PA Media piece.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/viewers-cancel-licence-fee-after-8240675

Years ago, a journalist from the Mercrih might have been sent over to Raw Dykes Road for some local colour. No more.

@wood5y #LeicesterMercury #ReachPLC #GaryLineker #journalism

And on the day that Robert Mendick and Victoria Ward of the #DailyTelegraph demonstrate that they are clueless and have never seen the World Wide Web, half of which is porn that could easily contradict this PR stunt:

The #BirminghamMail leads on-line with a crime scene next to Asda in Walsall town centre.

The #EasternDailyPress goes with a woman with Legionnaire's disease from a stay in Florida.

The #LeicesterMercury goes with "Mum finds rat in oven".

#UKPolitics