"Significant" concern has been raised about the way Leicestershire Police has dealt with crimes including sexual offences and assaults on children.
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More than £400,000 is set to be spent revamping a bus interchange at a Leicester shopping centre. Engineers from Leicester City Council have drawn up plans to remodel the terminal at the... 
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A judge has lifted a restraining order imposed on a Leicester city councillor after she was acquitted of harassing her ex-partner. Barbara Potter was subjected to the one-year restriction in...
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A young gay woman has told how two young thugs taunted her about her sexuality before punching her unconscious.
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A study by the University of Leicester identifies a new method to optimize fracking, improving gas yields and reducing environmental impacts
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A senior member of Leicester's UKIP branch has quit claiming he had suffered online racial abuse at the hands of another party supporter. Ismail Patel complained to UKIP bosses about messages he had...
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Work on a £4 million revamp of Leicester's Belgrave Circle is now set to run into the new year. Council bosses had originally hoped to have the scheme, which began with the demolition of the...
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Sir Peter Soulsby has said he may seek a special council meeting to push through a £1.7 million road project, despite the concerns of Labour group members. The city mayor wants to narrow the...
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July 30, 2014 12:52 PM
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Community and faith leaders along with a member of the local parliament travel to 10 Downing Street to present the ‘One Leicester’ Peace Flag produced by the Federation of Muslim Organisations (FMO) in solidarity with the people of Gaza, who … Continue reading →
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July 30, 2014 11:37 AM
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A councillor has been paid more than £5,500 in allowances this year, despite only attending two of the 14 council meetings he was expected at. Councillor Robert Wann registered a 14 per cent...
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July 23, 2014 6:43 AM
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The city of Leicester is rightly famed for being a cultural melting pot. A wonder down Avenue Road in leafy Clarendon Park will take you past a Church, Synagogue, Hindu Temple and a Mosque; a beacon of how people from different ethnicities and backgrounds can live side-by-side in peace and ...
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July 19, 2014 1:09 PM
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Not much will entice me to break my usual Saturday morning ritual of coffee, crossword and a date with the lovely James Martin but when I received an e mail about the Saturday Stop By I was intrigued and excited in equal measure. I am aware of other initiatives which ...
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August 24, 2014 5:33 AM
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Join us this September as we celebrate Older Persons' Month.
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August 22, 2014 12:16 PM
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Leicester Mercury editor Richard Bettsworth has resigned after three years at the helm. Richard, who leaves the business on Friday, August 29, has worked for the Mercury for the past 14 years,...
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August 22, 2014 11:38 AM
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Leicester's Low Carbon City Lecture will bring together local experts to debate climate change, finding a way to engage all the various sectors and bringing them together to discuss important climate change challenges.
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August 21, 2014 7:18 PM
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A black Leicestershire Police inspector has revealed he has been stopped and searched by fellow officers around 30 times while he was off duty. Inspector Nick Glynn told BBC Leicester he has often...
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August 16, 2014 1:29 PM
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Fosse Park has been bought by the Queen's property business for £345.5 million. The popular retail park, close to junction 21 of the M1, has been acquired by The Crown Estate from northern...
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August 10, 2014 7:06 PM
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Europe's largest balloon festival is staged this weekend in Bristol. We trust there'll be no repeat of the scenes in Leicester in 1864. Author Jeremy Clay tells the little-known tale of Britain's balloon riot.
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August 10, 2014 3:40 PM
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Yorkshireman and cricket commentator Geoffrey Boycott claims Leicestershire only wants to reinter the body of King Richard III to make money.
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August 2, 2014 11:42 AM
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Re-enactment success
Despite the rain, around 100 people gathered in Leicester's Market Place this afternoon to mark the 100th anniversary of a meeting held there to oppose what is now known as the First World War.
Extracts from the original speeches were read to cheers and applause from the crowd. Although reference to "our brothers in Germany" was met with the good-natured heckle of "and sisters!".
The event, which was organised by Leicester & District Trades Union Council, concluded with the singing of the Internationale
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August 1, 2014 12:39 PM
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Jubilee or Peace Square?
The plans of Leicester's "City Mayor", Sir Peter Soulsby, to name a new square "Jubilee Square" took a knock at last night's meeting of the Council's Overview Select Committee.
Councillors heard from local campaigner Sally Skyrme who has collected over 1500 names on a petition calling for the new square, at the end of Leicester's High Street, to be named Peace Square.
Sally made a strong case but the City Mayor said that he had announced the name during the Queen's visit to the city and he would try to find an alternative space to be named Peace Square.
Several councillors said that they were unhappy with the process regarding the naming of the Square and Councillor Baljit Singh, along with several other councillors, suggested that the matter should be referred to the appropriate Scrutiny Commission.
Councillor Adam Clarke pointed out that there were other spaces in the city centre that could be named Peace Square.
In her reply to the discussion Sally agreed that there were other spaces in the city centre and suggested that one of these be named Jubilee Square. She urged councillors to show that they were listening to what people in the city wanted regarding the naming of the Square.
The Chair of the Committee, Councillor Mohammed Dawood, said that the issue would be referred to the appropriate Scrutiny Commission.
More information about the campaign for a Peace Square for Leicester can be found here
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July 30, 2014 12:47 PM
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Celebrated over four days, during the holy month of Ramadhan, the now annual Ramadhan festival has raised thousands of pounds to send humanitarian aid to Gaza and Syria. The festival which took place at The Spinney on Frisby Road from … Continue reading →
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July 30, 2014 11:29 AM
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We are expecting four Non-executive Director vacancies on the board of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.These are exceptional opportunities to share your talents and expertise to make a positive difference to the lives of...
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July 22, 2014 11:23 AM
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A campaign has been launched to raise £50,000 to help pay for a statue of Nelson Mandela in Leicester. Community leaders want to honour the former South African president by creating a...
