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Leicester's failed bid to become UK City of Culture 2017 "lacked slightly in ambition and innovation", according to the competition's judges. Leicester lost out to Hull in the race for the... 
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Investigators have been paid more than £16,000 to probe allegations of misconduct against Leicester councillors. City council solicitors ordered four inquiries after accusations members...
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Taxpayers will have forked out more than £300,000 for a plush city centre office to stand empty for almost three years. The grade-A accommodation in Colton Square, off St Georges Way, ...
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The majority of pupils in the city attend a good or outstanding school, according to figures released by the education watchdog. Ofsted has highlighted the local authority for raising standards...
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People will be given the chance to learn about a project to transform the Golden Mile once Belgrave flyover is demolished. The proposed scheme will include restricting the amount of traffic,...
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Last night local campaigners against the bedroom tax from the Community Unite trade union and the Anti-Bedroom Tax Federation paid a visit to the Labour-run City Council to encourage our political ...
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Phoenix, Leicester, Tuesday 10 December 2013, 5:45pm Hamedullah: The Road Home is being shown again at the Phoenix cinema in Leicester on 10 December 2013. The event is part of the Amnesty Leiceste...
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Leicester is honouring the Reverend Jesse Jackson by opening a park named in tribute to the famous civil rights activist and friend of the city.
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked and racially abused in Braunstone, Leicester.
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Leicester City Council has been given a "kick in the pants" for using bureaucratic gobbledegook which people cannot understand. It has been condemned by the Plain English Campaign for...
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Twitter lit up yesterday when Leicester MP Keith Vaz became the target of an imaginative online conversation.
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A community centre has celebrated its re-opening with a record number of visitors. St Matthew's Centre, in Malabar Road, Leicester, has undergone a £240,000 scheme to improve facilities. ...
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Energy Minister Michael Fallon said Conservative MP Nick Herbert's claim that he had to write letters to himself was "not wholly true".
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I was surprised to read RJ Bingham's attack on the Bishop of Leicester's First Person column and the strange comment that "an overwhelming majority of asylum-seekers are not genuine". I...
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UKIP leader Nigel Farage, of all people, has called on Britain to honour the spirit of the 1951 Refugee Convention and accept Syrian refugees and accord them protection. David Cameron and his...
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A local authority has agreed to sell a £200,000 building it owns for £1 to a local charity.
Leicester City Council approved the sale of the St George Street building to charity, Leicester Print Workshop.
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Leicester's three hospitals are likely to be almost £40 million in deficit by the end of March. The deficit has been mounting since the start of the year, and is due in part to...
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Plans for a £100 million redevelopment of Leicester's run-down riverside area have been outlined to the Government. The city council says it hopes to oversee a revamp of an area along the...
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In the UK, the Freedom of Information Act allows people to ask questions of public bodies. One such question put to the government by anti-disability discrimination campaigners, asked between Janua...
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The firm which became famous for making the code-breaking game Mastermind has axed jobs after suffering financial problems.
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University staff were out in force today as strike action got underway.
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Coca-Cola will bring its Christmas promotional campaign to Leicester this month - in the form of a festive lorry.
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A nursing union has criticised delays by health officials in answering their questions over concerns about staffing levels at an urgent care centre. Health bosses have now apologised and said they...
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A senior Labour councillor has suggested expensive capital projects planned by the city mayor should be mothballed. Councillor Patrick Kitterick, chairman of Leicester City Council's Labour group,...
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