Two East Midlands students killed in Ukrainian plane crash
A university student from Leicester has been named as one of the British nationals who died when Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine.
Father 'beyond devastated' over death of son in crash
The father of a student from Leicester who died in the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crash says he is 'beyond devastated'.
20-year-old Richard Mayne, who was a former pupil at Dixie Grammar School in Market Bosworth, was among hundreds of people who were killed when the plane came down.
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