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Furious residents have called for former Lord Mayor of Leicester Robert Wann to resign after it emerged he had attended just one council meeting in nearly six months.On Monday, Councillor Wann avoided... 
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Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has warned "appalling choices" will have to be made when it comes to setting Leicester City Council's future budgets.Sir Peter is in the early stages of determining...
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A woman whose father was held in a concentration camp was outraged as some theatre-goers shouted "Sieg Heil" and made Nazi salutes during a film.Katherine Horkheimer-Wolfe said the...
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I object to Leicestershire County Council closing The Aberglaslyn Hall Outdoor Education Centre in North Wales despite the fact that The Friends of Aberglaslyn presented a plan to run it as a charitable trust at no cost to Council Tax payers.
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The ruling Conservative group on Leicestershire County Council yesterday voted unanimously to kick out former leader David Parsons – despite him having quit it the day before.Councillor...
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The University of Leicester Students’ Union is excited to be supporting the NUS/UNISON Living Wage campaign on the University of Leicester campus.
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Sir Peter Soulsby has appointed another assistant mayor in a shake-up of Leicester City Council bosses.Councillor Rita Patel was yesterday added to the city mayor's executive team and put in charge...
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City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has hinted he may rethink the council's controversial plans for authorised gypsy and travellers sites in Leicester.
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City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby says he is considering buying a building to house a Muslim community group which controversially plans to lease a Leicester Scout hut.The As-Salaam Trust's plans to turn...
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The voluntary sector is in danger of collapsing because of a lack of cash, groups have warned the city council.A dozen organisations – which between them help thousands of people – have...
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Almost 400 jobs have been lost after a coach company collapsed into administration.Bowen Travel Group, based in Derby Road, Loughborough, ceased trading yesterday and axed 393 of its 448...
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Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson has urged international football's governing bodies to take firm action after the events of England Under-21s' European Championship qualifier against...
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The candidates in the running to become Leicestershire's first police and crime commissioner will appear at a series of public hustings in the run-up to polling day.With four weeks left to the local...
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A website for a campaign calling for a referendum on electing a mayor went live yesterday.Businessman Callum McKeefery is leading calls for a vote to see whether the system introduced in Leicester in...
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Former Lord Mayor of Leicester Robert Wann last night avoided been being kicked off Leicester City Council by attending his first meeting in nearly six months.The veteran Labour politician last...
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A Leicester University student has gained world-wide attention after producing t-shirts with slogans, he says to improve attitudes towards Islam.
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Police are investigating allegations that teenage footballers were racially abused by opposition supporters during a match.Leicester Nirvana FC claims some spectators made monkey noises and ...
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A petition has been drafted aimed at triggering a referendum to oust city mayor Sir Peter Soulsby.The Leicester Mercury understands a city businessman, opposed to Sir Peter's £4 million Jubilee...
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Organisers of Leicester's Mela celebration are to be asked to reschedule so it can form part of a bigger city-wide festival.The city centre event, which celebrates Asian culture, takes place in...
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Council bosses have been criticised for proposing to cancel funding for a community bonfire having just backed a campaign to get people to go to organised firework events.Last week, as reported in...
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Former county council leader David Parsons will find out next week if he is to be suspended from the Conservative Party.Tory whips have spent the past month deciding whether he has broken party...
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Campaigners have lost their fight to stop an outdoor education centre being sold.The Friends of Aberglaslyn Hall group had hoped to take over the management of the site from Leicestershire County...
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Hundreds of companies and charities have been asked if they would be interested in buying the city council's elderly care homes, should they go on the market.Council officers approached 350...
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Caribbean food has never made the deep inroads into British culture that Indian food has. You’ll find cafes and restaurant in the big urban centres which serve predominantly people of Caribbe...
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Greek Teachers demonstrating during the Visit of the German Chancellor Teachers in Greece are taking part in a general strike today in both the private...
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