The sun has been shining, so you might have been busy exercising, enjoying the garden, doing some DIY.

Whatever you've been up to it's Saturday - so we understand if you've missed some of today's big stories.

Here are a few of our most-read from our Leicester newsroom today.

Couple left without water

A distressed couple are forced to flush their toilet with pond water after being left without a supply for days.

Shielding Colin and Jacky Green’s taps ran dry on Wednesday and the best they have managed to get out of them since has been trickles of water.

The pair say they are desperate because supplier Severn Trent Water has given them no indication of when their supply could be restored.

Paddling pool plea

Hosepipe and paddling pool use could be behind lack of supplies of water across the county.

Severn Trent Water has apologised to customers who have lost their water supply as temperatures rise and demand soars - and called on people to avoid making the situation worse.

Banned from B&M

A notorious shoplifter who is banned from stores across his home town went into his local B&M because he thought it was one of the few places where he was still welcome.

However, Daniel Jones was not allowed into the Loughborough shop - as its management had told him explicitly to his face when they caught him stealing stock previously.

Lockdown fine numbers

Leicestershire Police said they were not going to be 'heavy-handed' when enforcing lockdown measures but new figures show more fines were handed out here than in most neighbouring force areas.

Police were given powers to break up gatherings and fine people for breaching restriction of movement rules under the Health Protection Regulations 2020, from March 27.

And the force has handed out many more fines than neighbouring police.

Signs tampered with

The county highway authority has asked for people not to interfere with roads signs after somebody foolishly reversed a speeding restriction notice at the notorious Iveshead Road danger junction in Shepshed.

Instead of alerting motorists that the approaching speed limit was 50mph, it displayed the national speed limit of 60mph.

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