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An organisation which has promoted bikes and cycling for 13 years is holding its closing down sale.A treasure trove of 200 bikes, including tricycles, tandems, circus bikes and vintage penny...
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Marchers paraded joyously through the streets to celebrate this year's Leicester Pride.Traffic stopped and shoppers looked on as hundreds of revellers snaked their way along city streets on...
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A councillor has said he will pay back more than £3,500 in allowances after only attending one meeting in four months – if that is what his party group wants.Labour city councillors ...
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This week our local MP, Andrew Bridgen, has been in the news for his earnings outside of parliament.
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An MP who earns nearly £100,000 a year on top of his Parliamentary salary says his business success helps him in his role as a politician.Andrew Bridgen earns £65,738 a year representing...
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Councillors are to investigate whether Sir Peter Soulsby's £19 million plans to revamp Leicester city centre are value for money.The city mayor has outlined his Connecting Leicester vision,...
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The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has begun an investigation into the death of a man in Leicester following his detention by police under the Mental Health Act.
Officers were called shortly before 8 am on Wednesday 15 August to Devana Road in Highfields, Leicester following reports a man was acting strangely and causing a disturbance in the street.
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It's an unlikely setting for an ongoing night-after-night street protest.However, hundreds of people have been gathering in Thurncourt Road, on Leicester's Thurnby Lodge estate, for some weeks now to...
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A £19 million vision to transform Leicester city centre has been unveiled – including more pedestrianisation and the demolition of the 1970s market hall.Sir Peter Soulsby has outlined a...
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The protests against a Muslim community centre on the Thurnby Lodge estate in Leicester have now attracted the attentions of the leader of the BNP.
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A £600,000 piazza which opened a year ago is to be built on as part a proposed £7 million revamp of Leicester Market.City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby said Market Corner, next to the Corn...
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I have just discovered Oil and Vinegar – an interesting opening in Highcross. It’s likely to be the kind of place you’ll either love or hate. It’s somewhat high concept - ...
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Chancellor was given hostile reception at Olympic Stadium due to his government's heavy cuts to disability benefits Video: Osborne greeted by chorus of boos at Paralympics...
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A primary school could become an academy by next month.Governors at Queensmead Primary, in Braunstone, have decided that the school will break away from city council control with the help of ...
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View all the latest pictures in the gallery, Gallery: Leicester Pride 2012 photos Alex Hannam, on This is Leicestershire.
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Leicester Prison is the 4th most overcrowded in England and Wales, according to a report released today.
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An angry householder fired a toy gun at children in the street before slapping one of them.Sukhwant Singh lost his temper after months of racist abuse and harassment from some of the youngsters in...
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A man who died in hospital within hours of being detained by police has been officially named.Rafal Delezuch was formally identified when an inquest into his death was opened and adjourned at...
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Sky Ride organisers hope Britain's recent Olympic and Tour de France success will inspire cyclists to turn out in record numbers on Sunday.Many of Leicester's streets will be closed to traffic and ...
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A man who posted on Facebook "Let's have a riot in Loughborough" during mass disturbances in cities across the country last summer, has had his case thrown out of court.Sam Shepherd (20)...
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A Labour city councillor quit the party when officials called him in to discuss his long-term absence.Councillor Iqbal Desai, who has represented Stoneygate ward since 2007, resigned from the Labour...
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An appeal for calm has been made after an escalation in protests against a Muslim charity's plan to turn a disused building into a community centre.Up to 400 people took part in a protest on Friday...
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Leicester's mayor says he remains "open to discussion" over an Islamic charity's plans to turn a former scout hut into a community centre.
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Sir Peter Soulsby has said the £19 million he intends to use to transform Leicester city centre will have a greater benefit than the cash spent building the Curve theatre.The city mayor said the...
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