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More than 650 people joined Leicestershire's dole queue last month, according to figures released today.The number claiming Jobseekers' Allowance rose by 670 to 23,692 across the city and county... 
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A school which became an academy in January under the Government's flagship educational policy has been told it is inadequate by Ofsted.Humphrey Perkins High School, in Barrow, was visited by...
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The Leicester Mercury today launches an online opinion poll asking readers if they support a major overhaul of the country's drugs laws.Readers are asked whether they believe highly-addictive drugs...
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Allotment holders are calling for asbestos sheets dumped near their plots to be removed.Gardeners of the Ellistown Allotment and Garden Society say they have been trying to get council bosses to...
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Leading Portsmouth Liberal Democrats, Cllr Mike Hancock, MP and Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, leader of Portsmouth City Council have today written to party leader, Nick Clegg asking that the party line on the Health and Social Care Bill changes. They say that unfortunately the political battle on the Bill has been lost and the party should not now support the Bill.
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Staff and residents at an Isle of Man elderly care home stage a protest against its planned closure.
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A judge has ordered Tesco to pay £44,500 following an accident which left an elderly shopper with severe leg injuries.Angela Pownell was injured when her legs were scraped by a pallet truck that...
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Last week the leader of the House of Commons and lord privy seal Sir George Young (who by the way reads my posts for Labour Uncut or at least his special advisers do and then lets him know if I say anything interesting) announced the likely date for the Queens Speech.
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Summer Sundae Line-up Announced - Grace Petrie: Music...
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We, the undersigned, call for a visa centre to be established in Leicester. The centre should be able to issue Indian visas to British citizens and allow foreign nationals to register their biometric data for British residence permits.
We note that the nearest biometric facilities for Leicester residents are currently as far away as Beeston, Nottingham and Derby.
We further note that at present the nearest centre for Indian visas is in Birmingham.
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Enjoyed a fabulous piece of cod from Brady’s fishmongers last night. The thick end of a piece of fillet it was perfect for pan frying. I adapted a Jason Atherton recipe and served it with w...
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Sikh leaders plan to set up a free school in the city.They have applied to the Government for permission to create a free school and are in talks with the local authority over where it could be...
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The hospitals you built with the income tax, VAT, NICs, duties and other taxes that you paid, are wonderful places. The staff you trained with the income tax, VAT, NICs, duties and other taxes that you paid are wonderful people. The NHS is yours.
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A £4 million public square to commemorate the Queen's visit to Leicester was announced last week with a royal fanfare.But people with long memories may have been left with a feeling of deja-vu,...
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Advertising boards on city streets could be confiscated and destroyed if they breach strict new rules.The regulations were approved by Leicester City Council's cabinet yesterday, to limit the...
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People earning £150,000+ enjoy tax breaks worth more than the annual salaries of nearly eight million workers...
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A factory in Leicester which employs disabled people is facing closure.
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The guidelines laid down by Keir Starmer QC open the door for the Occupy movement and similar groups to continue to block streets, public monuments and shops in anti-capitalist and other protests.
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A Big Society fund set up to support grassroots community projects has been criticised after a quarter of the cash went directly to councils.Leicestershire County Council set aside £500,000...
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Students and unemployed young people took to the city's streets at the weekend to protest against a Government work experience scheme.Under the initiative, young people can work full-time for a...
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Council house improvements are part of the city council's £55.6 million capital spending plans for next year.Government cuts and a fall in receipts from the sale of assets mean the capital...
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Three Labour politicians will seek the party nomination for elected police and crime commissioner.Two councillors from the city and one from the county have officially told Labour party bosses that...
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This week, the Tudor Centre in north-west Leicester found itself under siege.
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Good to report that finally there’s some stirrings in Leicester of a pop-up restaurant scene. Lucy Cufflin of Lucy’s Foods in Stoneygate has teamed up with Powder Blue, an...
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Health bosses are sending £10 million back to the Department of Health.The cash is left over from the £1.5 billion given to the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland primary care trust...
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