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More than £24,000 could have been saved had county council leader David Parsons taken the train on trips to London instead of travelling in a chauffeur-driven car, it has emerged.Figures... 
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Leicester's elected mayor Sir Peter Soulsby says European-style powers would transform his ability to improve the city.
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Mental health patients at a hospital had to sleep on couches because all the beds were full, according to a member of staff.A health worker, who asked not to be named, said the people had all been...
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Senior Tories rallied round embattled county council leader David Parsons yesterday amid continuing calls for him to resign.However, three Conservative councillors yesterday revealed unease in party...
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The use of stop and search powers by 50 Leicestershire police officers is to be examined.The officers have been singled out because of the number of occasions they have stopped black or Asian...
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Police have defended their handling of the English Defence League's march in Leicester earlier this year.A national campaign group, the Network for Police Monitoring – Netpol – yesterday...
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It is a quarter of a century since Keith Vaz became an MP – but he says it still feels like day one.Since the Labour politician won his seat from the Tories on May 11, 1987, he has become...
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A Leicestershire council is to dissolve the semi-independent organisation which manages its housing.
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Lycamobile has given Conservatives more than £300,000 in last nine months, but has paid no coporation tax for three years...
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This short film is about the build up to the launch of the Down Not Out project's magazine. The film follows the team from Leicester on a trip to The Connect...
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Have you ever wanted free electricity? Not sure what to do with your old bicycle? Want to stay fit?...
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A lovely afternoon at Leicester’s summer food festival. Good to catch up with with people such as cider maker Rob Norton (right) of the Bottle Kicking Cider Company. The company is going s...
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A secret ballot was held to decide who should get one of Leicestershire's top civic jobs.Tory Rosita Page was elected as Leicestershire County Council's vice-chairman ahead of Liberal Democrat...
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Tory councillors are to vote on whether embattled David Parsons should be sacked as leader of Leicestershire County Council.The Conservative was this week found to have broken the councillor code...
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Mercury readers have added their voices to calls for embattled Leicestershire County Council leader David Parsons to stand down.We launched an online poll yesterday asking whether the Tory...
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Nearly 50 workers at a district council have been told their jobs are at risk as part of cost-cutting measures.Harborough District Council is looking to share services with other authorities, with...
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Plans for two major supermarkets are set to be approved – despite more than 1,200 people opposing the schemes.Sainsbury's wants to build on the former GE Lighting site in Rushey Mead, while...
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Hundreds of workers at a food factory have walked out in strike over redundancy pay.The staff at R F Brookes, in South Wigston, said the redundancy package offered to nearly 200 people due to...
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Bus workers at the Unite voted by a 90% majority for industrial action which could take place during the Games...
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Leicester magistrates have told a homeless man not to commit crimes just so he can get a roof over his head.Rudy O'Mahoney (18), of no fixed address, stole a bottle of champagne from a service...
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Polly Toynbee: Nick Clegg is finished.But if Vince Cable leads an anti-austerity rebellion, he can help save his party and the UK economy too...
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A councillor has been suspended after he persuaded the local authority to buy his lawnmower off him and then charged it more than £1,300 storage.
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De Montfort University has made the top 20 in a green league of higher education institutes.The People & Planet league 2012, published by The Guardian, ranks the city university 16th out of 146,...
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Business leaders, charity bosses and politicians have met to discuss ways of tackling Leicester's growing child poverty rates.De Montfort University hosted the city's first Child Poverty Conference...
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If you were in town on one particular rainy night last October, there's a chance you stumbled across Leicester singer Grace Petrie and TV comedian and BBC6 Music presenter Josie Long entertaining a...
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