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Police investigating alleged racist chants aimed at Leicester's Asian community at an FA Cup tie between Leicester and Nottingham Forest on Saturday are treating the incident as a hate crime.Video... 
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A further 500 posts are to be axed at Leicestershire County Council, it was announced yesterday.In 2010 the authority announced it needed to cut 1,000 posts by April 2014.About 500 have been axed so...
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Leicester City Council faces a High Court battle with ousted chief executive Sheila Lock.Ms Lock's role as the most senior officer at the council was abolished in August, and she took her case to the...
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More than £2 million earmarked to improve parks, roads and play areas across the city is lying unused in council bank accounts.Developers are asked to hand over significant cash amounts to the...
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Makes approx 16 of the size shown in the photos (although I could have miscounted as we ate them as soon as each batch was ready!). Anyway, we ate all of them for dinner between two of us.
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Leicester City Council has revived controversial plans to close the majority of its day care centres to save money.It could shut six of its seven centres as part of £21 million of proposed cuts...
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After more than a decade serving cappuccinos and skinny lattes, coffee giant Starbucks is closing its original Leicester store.
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City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby is set to be given a raft of new powers over public transport and regeneration.It could see him deciding the routes and frequency of buses in Leicester, and the price of...
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Anti-capitalist campaigners Occupy Leicester are set to re-establish a street camp in the city centre.The plans were announced at a meeting attended by more than a dozen supporters in the city centre...
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A council says it is on track to make £57 million savings over the next four years.Nick Rushton, deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council, said key savings included £7 million from...
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Leicester City Council's New Walk headquarters are to be demolished.City mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has decided the two tower blocks – which engineers have judged as unsafe – should be...
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The salary of Leicester's elected mayor could be decided by the panel which sets the pay and allowances of politicians in London.The city council is considering asking the London Councils Review Board...
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Bus passengers in Leicestershire are angry after learning that fares are going up for the second time in nine months.Arriva Midlands is increasing the price of most of its journeys by 20p on January...
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An approved new high-speed rail link between the north and south could spell bad news for Leicester and Leicestershire. Here, business editor Ian Griffin explains why.
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The number of firefighters in Leicestershire is to be cut by nearly 40 under plans to reform shifts at some of the county's stations.Managers at Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service say they...
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A homeless woman told police she threw bricks from a bridge on to a busy dual carriageway so she could be put in prison.Amy Louise Mallebone (20) was disappointed when she received a suspended...
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East Midlands MEP Roger Helmer has denied treating his position in the European Parliament as his "personal fiefdom".The Leicestershire-based Conservative announced his intention to step...
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Following our first round of public consultation in November, we have drawn up proposals for growth and savings across each of the city council's service portfolios.
We are now inviting views on these proposals.
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Nearly £5 million of Government cash has been made available to provide new sites for travellers in Leicester and Leicestershire.The money, for 56 pitches, is an attempt to reduce the number...
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Concerned women have been inundating Leicester Royal Infirmary's plastic surgeons with calls as they are worried about their breast implants.They are anxious about the controversial Pip implant, made...
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Many politicians are dubious about the freedom of information act – which is all the more reason to hold on to it, says our Political correspondent, David Maclean
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A project to put solar panels on 1,000 council houses in Leicester could be back on following a court ruling.The Government announced in December that "premium rate" payments to people with...
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The leaseholders of offices vacated by Occupy Leicester protesters say they face a clean-up operation to remove the remnants of the camp left behind.A dozen or so anti-corruption campaigners left the...
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We're [sic] now confirmed our first batch of events for early 2012, which are:
Saturday 21st January at Tesco, Hamilton
Wednesday 29th February at Haymarket shopping centre
Saturday 17th March outside Westcotes Library, Narborough Road.
All our events will take place from 12 midday until 1pm.
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A crumbling council office block is to be emptied – two months behind deadline.The last 28 city council staff working at Marlborough House, at the corner of Welford Road and Marlborough...
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