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Leicester Worker
November 20, 2013 8:32 AM
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A defiant Mayor of Leicester has said the city does not "need to wait" to celebrate its culture following the announcement it lost out to Hull in its bid to become UK City of Culture 2017.
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Leicester Worker
November 19, 2013 9:53 AM
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A Leicester city councillor has appeared in court accused of falsely implicating her former partner in a crime. Labour member Barbara Potter has been charged with perverting the course of justice...
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Leicester Worker
November 18, 2013 10:58 AM
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Failure to build high-speed line would be 'disastrous for the British economy', Labour-affiliated unions tell shadow chancellor
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Leicester Worker
November 14, 2013 12:58 PM
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Jam and preserves produced by volunteers with a community gardening project is to go on sale in supermarkets. Spiced plum jam and spiced apple chutney made from fruit grown at Saffron Acres...
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Leicester Worker
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November 7, 2013 11:40 AM
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Young people have been repeatedly making a bonfire using fly-tipped hazardous asbestos roofing sheets. Over the past three evenings, the youths have been piling up waste wood and branches on a patch...
Via David Cant CMIOSH
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Leicester Worker
November 6, 2013 10:46 AM
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Firefighters across Leicestershire will go on strike for a fourth time next week if an agreement over pensions is not reached.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) announced the industrial action earlier...
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Leicester Worker
October 30, 2013 12:59 PM
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Friends say they fear for the safety of grandmother Evenia Mawongera, who has been deported to Zimbabwe. The 55-year-old was put on a Kenyan Airways flight from Heathrow on Friday night, after...
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Leicester Worker
October 28, 2013 1:07 PM
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David Cameron has suggested the scrapping of green surcharges, as a way to keep down fuel bills, despite Energy Secretary Ed Davy recently questioning (rightly) the big energy companies' claims...
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Leicester Worker
October 17, 2013 5:53 PM
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Popped in to look at the newly refurbished Silver Arcade which had its official opening today. Brought back happy memories of my early days in Leicester, hanging around in the café, second hand bo...
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Leicester Worker
October 14, 2013 7:51 AM
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A disabled woman has been told to go to Nottingham for a fitness to work assessment because of fire regulations at a centre in Leicester.Wendy Smith, of Leicester, who has severe osteoarthritis,...
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Leicester Worker
October 1, 2013 11:59 AM
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Hundreds of teachers gathered for a mass rally at Town Hall square, in Leicester, this morning as part of today's strike action.
About 300 members from the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and NASUWT...
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Leicester Worker
September 30, 2013 6:09 AM
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Back in April, my colleague Cat Turnell told the moving story of Roy Watts and two fellow International Brigade volunteers from Leicester, Fred Sykes and Jack Watson, who went to fight in the...
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Leicester Worker
September 27, 2013 9:50 PM
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Free higher education for the people of Leicester!
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Leicester Worker
November 19, 2013 1:18 PM
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Regular readers may remember me enthusing last year after being invited to try a set of new dishes prepared by celebrity chef Aldo Zilli for the San Carlo group. Well, happy days, it's happened aga...
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Leicester Worker
November 19, 2013 7:23 AM
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A large crowd of angry youngsters confronted councillors about proposed cuts to supervised play schemes.
About 150 children and parents gathered outside the Town Hall in Leicester last night (MON) to...
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Leicester Worker
November 18, 2013 10:55 AM
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Council bosses are planning cost-cutting changes to supervised play sessions for youngsters. Leicester City Council spends £910,000 on supervised play at 10 locations across the city. The...
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Leicester Worker
November 11, 2013 12:57 PM
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Having already given quite a decent big-up to The Smokehouse pop-up at Leicester's O Bar, I suppose I was a little nervous about it being a bit of a let down. Fortunately, turns out I needn't have ...
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Leicester Worker
November 6, 2013 10:48 AM
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Leicester has been named in a top 100 list of the world's most congested cities, in a new report.
It came 72nd in the list of the world's most congested cities.
Moscow remains the most congested city...
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Leicester Worker
November 1, 2013 10:46 AM
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University staff across the city and county formed picket lines this morning as strike action took place.
Lectures were cancelled and buildings shut as University and College Union (UCU), Unison, and...
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Leicester Worker
October 29, 2013 7:38 AM
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It's great news that Leicester's West End is about to get a specialist barbecue restaurant - even if it's only going to last a month. The Pop-Up Smokehouse will be operate from 7 November to 8 Dec...
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Leicester Worker
October 18, 2013 10:57 AM
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A father is worried for the safety of his family after enduring a torrent of vandalism, abuse and threats from a gang of 40 youths.
Cuneyt Koyuncuoglu, 33, spends his nights watching from his living...
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Leicester Worker
October 14, 2013 4:18 PM
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Voluntary groups in Leicester are bracing themselves for cuts in their city council funding.At the last count, Leicester City Council spends nearly £600,000 each year on contracts with...
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Leicester Worker
October 2, 2013 9:23 AM
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A 16-year-old neo-Nazi plotted a Columbine-inspired school massacre using pipe bombs, knives, and a crossbow, the Old Bailey heard today.
The English Defence League supporter stockpiled homemade...
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Leicester Worker
September 30, 2013 1:08 PM
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Governors at a troubled primary school have spent nearly £50,000 on legal fees in five months.The money was spent by governors at Uplands Junior School, in Highfields, Leicester, between April...
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Leicester Worker
September 29, 2013 10:33 AM
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More than 100 schools will shut or partially close in Leicester and Leicestershire when teachers strike on Tuesday.The number – about a quarter of schools across the city and county –...
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