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Leicester Worker
March 4, 2013 3:28 PM
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Governors at a second city primary school have voted to convert it into an academy.The controversial move at Humberstone Junior School, which was opposed by union officials and councillors, means...
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Leicester Worker
February 27, 2013 2:46 PM
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Police have issued CCTV images of two men they want to speak about an incident of racist abuse at a takeaway restaurant.A 14-year-old boy was sitting eating some food with a friend when he was...
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Leicester Worker
February 26, 2013 11:34 AM
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Leicester is to launch an ambitious bid to become the UK's next City of Culture.
The city is hoping its multi-cultural history, track record of staging events such as Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival,...
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Leicester Worker
February 25, 2013 9:29 AM
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A transsexual who was punched and knocked unconscious within moments of walking into a pub has spoken out in support of a campaign to highlight hate crime.Giovanna Del Nord was hit in the head...
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Leicester Worker
February 25, 2013 8:58 AM
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Sir Peter Soulsby has been accused of neglecting Leicester's outer estates while ploughing millions of pounds into city centre improvements.Leicester's Labour mayor is pressing ahead with his ...
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Leicester Worker
February 23, 2013 9:02 PM
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Plans to build a mosque with a 60ft minaret on the site of a demolished public house have been approved.The scheme by Goodwood Community and Education Trust was voted through unanimously at a city...
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Leicester Worker
February 22, 2013 11:00 AM
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More than 1,000 low-paid public workers are to get a wage rise from April.Leicester City Council has announced it will pay its staff at least £7.45 an hour – the figure known as the Living...
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Leicester Worker
February 21, 2013 11:50 AM
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Plans to build a place of worship and education centre look set to be approved despite neighbours' objections.Goodwood Community and Education Trust wants to put up a three-storey religious...
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Leicester Worker
February 20, 2013 3:46 PM
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Vandals have wrecked a city councillor's car by slashing its soft top roof and covering it in a green fluid.Barbara Potter believes she may have been targeted after featuring in the media singing a...
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Leicester Worker
February 20, 2013 3:26 PM
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Anti-cuts protesters and union members carried out an angry protest at Leicester Town Hall this afternoon as councillors met inside to approve cuts of millions of pounds to its spending.
More than 50...
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Leicester Worker
February 19, 2013 1:58 PM
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A young woman has described how scared she felt when a thug spat at her in the street, apparently because she was wearing a Muslim head scarf.The 20-year-old, who has asked not to be named, was...
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Leicester Worker
February 19, 2013 1:46 PM
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Regulars at a Leicester pub had to look twice after a leather-clad Keith Vaz strutted onto the stage and belted out a Grease anthem in honour of a local campaigner.
The Leicester East MP and ward...
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Leicester Worker
February 11, 2013 10:09 AM
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young Midlands chef with big ambition and talent to match is likely to pitch up in London. Fortunately for the rest of us there comes a time when they'...
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Leicester Worker
March 4, 2013 3:15 PM
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De Montfort University spent nearly £22,000 on a dance event that raised about £5,000 for charity, it has been revealed.The university has published the costs of staging its DMU Heroes...
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Leicester Worker
February 27, 2013 2:44 PM
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Traders have formed a group to oppose plans for a new £4 million public square in the city centre.Workers in and around St Nicholas Place said the development of Jubilee Square, which would...
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Leicester Worker
February 25, 2013 9:32 AM
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Health and safety inspectors will be making unannounced visits to building sites in the coming weeks.The move is part of a national campaign by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to reduce the...
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Leicester Worker
February 25, 2013 9:28 AM
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Police are searching for a woman who shared a taxi with two men who racially abused and assaulted the driver.The driver picked up the woman and two men in St Nicholas Place, Leicester city centre, in...
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Leicester Worker
February 23, 2013 9:05 PM
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A Banksy artwork which was taken from a London street and had been listed for auction in the US has been withdrawn from sale.
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Leicester Worker
February 22, 2013 12:13 PM
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Leicestershire MPs will speak at a public debate about the perceived lack of trust in politicians.The debate will be hosted by campaign group Unlock Democracy.The free event, which is open to the...
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Leicester Worker
February 21, 2013 11:51 AM
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Prime Minister David Cameron's decision not to apologise for the massacre of hundreds of Indian people in 1919 by troops under the command of a senior officer in the British-Indian Army has been...
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Leicester Worker
February 20, 2013 3:52 PM
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Controversial plans to cut subsidised bus travel for the elderly and some school pupils have been dropped in last-minute changes to the city council's budget plans.Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby yesterday ...
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Leicester Worker
February 20, 2013 3:41 PM
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The HMV store in Leicester has escaped a new round of branch closures.
The store, in High Street, is not among 37 which have today been earmarked for closure by administrators Deloitte.
It comes after...
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Leicester Worker
February 20, 2013 3:16 PM
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Leicestershire County Council has approved around £48 million worth of cuts over the next four years in a bid to plug a huge gap in funds.
Councillors voted 32 against 14 to pass the budget,...
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Leicester Worker
February 19, 2013 1:48 PM
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A man who placed a pig's head at the door of a community centre used by Muslims has been given a suspended prison sentence.Liam Ferrar (24) appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court for sentencing...
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Leicester Worker
February 11, 2013 11:41 AM
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In recent days the ‘bedroom tax’ has shot up the political agenda. The Sunday People, displaying the very best of tabloid campaigning journalism, has relentlessly exposed both the unfairness and the failures of this policy in the last few weeks.
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