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A senior Tory politician has apologised for misleading councillors over his travel arrangements.Coun David Sprason has admitted comments he made at a Leicestershire County Council meeting about a trip... 
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A Leicester MP has called for a Parliamentary debate about maternity services in Leicester.Jon Ashworth, member for Labour South, is hoping the matter will be aired in the Commons within the next few...
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Leader David Parsons could face a standards watchdog investigation over his use of the county council's chauffeur-driven car.Liberal Democrat councillor Bill Boulter has complained that Councillor...
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A defendant dubbed a "pervert" by mistake, a rabbit applying to be a Czech language specialist and solicitors using the Google Translate website to understand their clients: the debacle surrounding court interpreters has had its amusing moments.
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Leicester's Freemasons' Hall is opening its doors on June 9 to let the public take a look around for its first open day in 14 years.The white Georgian building is at 78 London Road, and there will be...
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Circus performers, dancers and an up-and-coming indie band will mark the arrival of the Olympic torch in Leicester.Details of the event to welcome the flame to the city on July 2 were being...
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The High Court ruled Mr Gove's decision was unlawful and must be reviewed.
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Two firms were ordered to pay a total of £170,000 after a worker was killed.Richard Kenny died when a 32-tonne lorry overturned and crushed the digger he was driving. JH Hallam Contracts Ltd, of...
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A centre for young entrepreneurs is to be built in the Cultural Quarter.Enterprise agency The Mighty Creatives has been granted planning permission to build an innovation centre at a disused...
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Controversial proposals to increase school bus fares for thousands of young people in Leicestershire have been shelved following a storm of protest from teachers and parents.Leicestershire County...
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Passengers are angry after being told their last bus home from Leicester will soon be leaving three hours earlier.The last bus on the Arriva 5 and 5A service between Leicester and Melton, which stops...
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Hospital, health centre and court staff were due to go on strike today in a dispute about pensions.Members of Unite union were planning to picket Leicester Royal Infirmary and the Merlyn Vaz health...
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Hundreds of health workers, hospital staff, prison officers and civil servants came out in support of a national day of strike action against pension reforms yesterday.Members of Unite, Public...
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County council leader David Parsons has been accused of politicising one of the authority's top civic roles.Liberal Democrat councillors say the council's Tory leader has gone back on an agreement to...
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Campaigners are calling for answers about why maternity services in Leicester have been allowed to reach crisis point.Zuffar Haq, a member of the Leicester Mercury Patients' Panel, said the city's...
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Hundreds of Leicestershire police officers will be doing their bit to make the Olympic Games the greatest show on earth, senior officers have revealed.The force has assigned 305 officers to Olympic...
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The stark contrast between relative wealth and relative poverty is illustrated today in the respective fortunes of leafy Houghton on the Hill and, just a few miles down the road, Braunstone Park. The...
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Unions leaders fear hundreds of civil service jobs will be put at risk in a shake-up of the way benefits are processed.The Public Commercial Services (PCS) union has warned that up to 250 staff at the...
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The city's first Muslim Lord Mayor was sworn in at a ceremony held at the Town Hall last night.In a traditional inauguration, Councillor Abdul Osman was officially made Lord Mayor of Leicester at...
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I could probably fill these pages with stuff about awards – who’s won one, who’s been shortlisted etc – but it would get pretty dull. However I’ll make an exception t...
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A fifth in a series of one day strikes by drivers on East Midlands Trains (EMT) over pension contributions begins.
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A magistrate has pulled out of the race to become Leicestershire's first elected police chief.Rick Moore, 66, had been lining up a bid to stand for the £70,000-a-year police commissioner...
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Governors at a primary school said they had decided to convert to an academy for financial reasons.St Thomas More Catholic Primary in Knighton will leave local authority control on Friday, June 1.Head...
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A drunken homeless man shouted racist abuse at people in the street on the day he was let out of prison for a similar offence.Archibald Colraine (57) served 10 days in prison after being convicted of...
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Embattled Leicestershire County Council leader David Parsons is still refusing to allow auditors to investigate his expenses – three months after he promised to do so.It was alleged last...
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