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Former Leicester City owner Milan Mandaric is to face two charges of tax evasion, alongside Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp.Redknapp is accused of two counts of cheating the public revenue... 
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Plans have been drawn up for a large rubbish-sorting and recycling plant in Leicester.Waste management firm Sita UK is looking for somewhere to build a multi-million pound complex, which could process...
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The electric car could be the answer to mayor Sir Peter Soulsby's attempt to make Leicester a low-carbon city.A plug-in Mercedes Smart car is to be put through its paces by Mr Soulsby and his...
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A group of newsagents in Leicester has staged a protest against a Saturday cover price increase introduced by the city’s daily paper. The Leicester Mercury recently increased the price its Saturday edition from 40p to 60p. However members of the National Federation of Retail Newsagents claim none of the increase is being passed on to the agents and that their 16pc ‘cut’ is now the lowest in the newspaper industry.
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A lap dancing club has been criticised after two girls promoting the venue gatecrashed a business awards evening.Two dancers from the Spearmint Rhino club, in Leicester city centre, handed out...
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Two more schools in Leicestershire are considering converting to academies.Governors at Roundhill Community College, in Thurmaston, and Wreake Valley Community College, in Syston, have told the...
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Your views on how services are provided are important to us so from time to time we will be asking what you think about the way we deliver services across Leicester.
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Barbara Jacobs explores how Leicester transformed itself from one of the most racist cities in the UK to one of the most tolerant.
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De Montfort University has revealed plans to pedestrianise the road that splits its main campus in two.It wants to stop traffic along Mill Lane in Leicester and create an parkland.The university...
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Organisers of London 2012 have announced the places the Olympic torch will pass through en route to the opening of the Games next year.The flame will be carried through the city and 16 towns and...
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A special needs teaching assistant horrified by "insane" plans to cut sick pay for all school support staff has written an open letter to County Hall education boss Nick Rushton.Philip Lee,...
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More than 400 jobs are to be created thanks to a £5.5 million Government cash boost.The funding will be used to create a hi-tech vehicle testing centre in Leicester and to expand an engineering...
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An engineering firm has been fined £180,000 after a "loyal employee" was crushed to death by a 1.5-tonne steel frame.Michael Tilley was killed instantly at Parker Plant Ltd, in...
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An MP has visited a women's centre and pledged to help it fight to maintain its funding.Jon Ashworth, Labour MP for Leicester South, met workers and people who benefit from the Shama Women's Centre...
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Two elderly women have raised a petition of hundreds of names after their bus service was axed.Older residents in Birstall say they are now cut off from the centre of the village because the bus...
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Anti-capitalist protesters have pitched two tents in the city centre.About 20 people gathered at the Clock Tower yesterday as part of the Occupy Leicester protest, with two planning to camp out in...
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Thousands of people will be watching the Olympic torch when it passes through Leicestershire next year.But councillors in Hinckley, Market Bosworth and Ashby are annoyed that their towns have been...
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Jon Ashworth, Labour MP for Leicester South, airs his concerns about the cost of living and more Government cuts.
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The county council is looking to make savings by altering a salary protection scheme which costs £300,000 a year.Between 2010 and 2011, 133 county council staff who had been made redundant but...
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Hundreds of schools may have to shut after head teachers became the latest to back strike action on November 30.Members of the National Association of Head teachers (NAHT), of whom there are about...
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The city's air quality is getting worse, graffiti and fly posting is on the rise, and CO2 emissions from council buildings and schools are on the up, a new report shows.Leicester City Council's annual...
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A couple of reminders. Currently screening on Channel 4 is Jamie's Great Britain and some of you will remember last summer the Essex boy was in Leicester market filming with Amita Mashru of Paddy's...
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Another full-on delivery day yesterday, this time over in Rutland, Northants and Cambridgeshire. I wasn't going to get caught out like yesterday , and called a halt around 5.30 once I'd arrived at ...
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The teenage ringleader of a gang of youths who smashed windows and looted shops in the city centre has been locked up for six months.The 17-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, was part...
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Education bosses are looking at ways to cut down on the £6.5million it costs to educate children with special educational needs outside Leicester.Councillor Vi Dempster is has asked officers to...
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