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The streets of Leicester will be filled with the sounds, sights and smells of the Caribbean tomorrow, when the annual carnival gets under way. 
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An average of 20 people have been logging on to watch live broadcasts of council meetings on the internet.Leicester City Council pays £10,000 a year for a company to stream its key committees...
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The Role: To provide an effective administrative and co-ordinating role within the Equality Unit and the Health and Safety Unit, which includes monitoring within a confidential environment, carrying out research and organising events.
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At just 16 inches wide, the Sykes family's narrow alleyway is causing them major problems.The passageway at the side of Matt and Eloise Sykes's home in Andrew Macdonald Close, Market Harborough, is...
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AN NHS Trust will not be prosecuted for corporate manslaughter in relation to the death of patient who was found hanged on a mental health ward.Coroner Catherine Mason had halted an inquest two weeks...
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Two city centre streets are to be spruced up to make them more attractive to shoppers and businesses.Leicester City Council will spend £80,000 improving Church Gate and Humberstone Gate...
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Union leaders fear a food factory will close after bosses said they were axing up to 150 more jobs.RF Brookes, of South Wigston, had already announced 193 redundancies in May after losing a contract...
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A care home manager has admitted paperwork on a patient was "extremely poor" during an inquest into his death.A hearing yesterday was told that 69-year-old Colin Barnett died from a heart...
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The population of Leicester has increased by 47,100 in the last 10 years according to new census data released today.
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David Parson's nine-year reign as Leicestershire County Council leader ended with his resignation yesterday.County Hall's Conservative group had been due to hold a motion of no confidence in...
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Families of deceased council tenants might have paid out tens of thousands of pounds in rent unnecessarily, it has been revealed.Leicester City Council said that about £35,200 has been collected...
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Suspicious anti-terror police broke into the van of a Leicester man after they found it parked in London bearing political slogans and containing a life-sized female mannequin.Self-confessed eccentric...
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A private company is pulling out of running a city GP surgery after protests from patients about poor service.The Practice plc made the announcement as patients threatened to demonstrate outside the...
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Voters will go to the polls in Lincoln East this week.Residents in the area will choose a new representative on Lincolnshire County Council on Thursday, August 2.The by-election om his daywas called after...
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Shopkeepers say they are getting caught up in a battle between two supermarket giants.Independent traders in Narborough Road, in Leicester's West End, said they were stuck in the middle of a row...
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Security firm G4S has been criticised for the quality of caretaking services it provides to schools in Leicester.The firm – already subject of intense scrutiny over its handling of the Olympic...
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Train drivers are to go ahead with three days of strikes during the Olympics.It is expected that 450 East Midlands Trains (EMT) drivers will walk out on August 6, 7 and 8.EMT accused drivers'...
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British Gas has confirmed it is going ahead with major job cuts by moving office jobs from Leicestershire overseas.The energy supplier initially announced staff cuts at its offices in Aylestone Road,...
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Hundreds of young people fear their dreams of working at the Olympics are in tatters because of the security 'fiasco'.They were lined up to work for G4S as temporary security guards at Olympic...
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Rail services will be disrupted for three days as East Midlands Trains drivers mount strike action during the Olympics.
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Calls have been made for more Government funding and extra schools in Leicester after the census revealed the city's population had risen by 47,000 between 2001 and 2011.The Leicester City Council...
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Victims of asbestos cancer were remembered at a special service at Leicester Cathedral yesterday.The service was held as part of the national Action Mesothelioma Day to raise awareness of the cancer...
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The University of Leicester is asking staff to consider taking voluntary redundancy to try to save it £2.5 million.Bosses say they have to make cutbacks after receiving less Government...
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A Leicestershire councillor undermined good race relations by producing a leaflet which criticised Muslims, a watchdog has found.Councillor Graham Partner – who quit the BNP to sit as an...
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Police have launched an investigation into the travel expenses of county council leader David Parsons.A force spokeswoman said yesterday that officers were investigating allegations of financial...
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