A doctor told ITV there are as many as 2 amputations every week on patients with diabetes in the county.

Nearly one in 10 people in Leicestershire now have diabetes

One in 14 people across the East Midlands now has type 2 diabetes, new figures have revealed, an increase of 25 per cent in five years.

Diabetes numbers increase across the East Midlands

A teenager from Leicestershire has been speaking at the National Space Centre sharing her experiences of living with type one diabetes. 

A new service to improve the help given to people with diabetes in Nottingham will be launched today. 

A programme aimed at preventing the development of Type 2 diabetes in those at high risk of the disease has “promising” early results.

The mother of a diabetic man who died after suffering an acute hypoglycaemic attack has spoken out to raise awareness the condition.

Diabetes UK launches its largest ever type 2 campaign in the UK today. 50,000 East Midlanders may unknowingly have the condition.

A ten-year-old diabetes sufferer from Warwickshire is raising awareness of the condition at school today to mark World Diabetes Day.

Sushmita Sen, Bollywood star and India's first Miss Universe, is in Leicester today to support diabetes charity Silver Star.