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A mother has voiced her anger at proposals to turn her children's school into an academy. 
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The chairman of Leicester's Labour Party misused his position as a councillor to gain information about a member of the public, a probe has found.
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A leading East Midlands BNP officer and candidate has pleaded guilty to possession and distribution of child pornography.
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One of Leicester City Council's most senior directors has been suspended.
Kim Curry, the council's £120,000 a year social services boss, was suspended on full pay yesterday morning following complaints about her management style from other senior staff members.
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First the good news. The Litten Tree -that tatty, mothballed pub that has for some time been a wart on the airbrushed good looks of High Cross - is slated for redevelopment into a restaurant...
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Too many children in Leicester are growing up in poverty, living unhealthy lives or falling behind at school, a new report says.
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Two teachers are hoping to set up a free school in the Market Harborough area for children aged from 11 to 18.
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By and large, Leicester city centre has struggled to support a really good deli. Stones in St Martin's prospered for a while, there's the market and a couple of Polish enterprises and the revam...
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A reminder that as of Thursday, Leicester Born and Bread is now up and trading and providing handmade, small-batch bread for the Leicester masses. Jessica has now added prices to the website an...
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Some wards are to be closed for up to six weeks as part of cost-cutting measures at Leicester hospitals.
Two assessment units at Leicester General Hospital have already been merged and some beds at Glenfield Hospital are being used for day cases rather than patients being admitted.
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A website has been launched to help passengers in Leicestershire raise problems they are having with public transport.
From badly cleaned buses to a lack of seats at stations, www.fixmytransport.com offers people the chance to air their issues with travel operators and fight for a better service.
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OK, time for a bit of a round-up. Good news for the Cultural Quarter as cocktail bar/cafe Manhattan34 nears completion. Due for a soft launch on 8th September this place at the other end of the E...
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The Government is considering plans to turn seven city primary schools into academies.
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Thousands of public sector employees across the county including firefighters, NHS staff and local government workers could strike this winter in a row over pensions.
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The political map of Leicestershire is set to be redrawn in one of the biggest shake-ups for decades.
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One of Leicester City Council's six directors has been suspended, the council confirms.
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Just a very quick recommendation for Sunday lunch here. After a bracing six mile walk up and down Beacon Hill yesterday, we ended up back in Woodhouse Eaves and at the Curzon Arms.
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A team of apprentices will help to maintain the city's council houses.
The group of 25 has been taken on by the city council's housing department, which received more than 600 applications for the apprenticeships.
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A row has developed in Leicester after it is disclosed that the Lord Mayor had his parking fines cancelled.
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Leicester musician Jersey Budd is aiming to raise as much money for charity as possible, after releasing his cover of Louis Armstrong’s classic ‘When You’re Smiling’ last week.
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From planning lessons to fixing locks on to the toilet doors, staff at Leicester's first free school have been busily preparing for the arrival of its pupils.
Krishna Avanti School, in Evington, was set to open its doors today and welcome 37 excited pupils who will make up its first two reception classes.
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The county council has axed its top £74,000 PR post.
Leicestershire County Council advertised the high-profile job vacancy last year and it attracted more than 40 applications, but no-one was interviewed.
In the meantime a consultancy firm called Westco provided a interim media boss on around £7,000 a month plus hotel accommodation costs.
They also carried out a review of the communications department.
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Sorry to go all Autumnal on you before August is even out but news here of a couple of opportunities for lovers of the fungi that will be springing out of damp forest floors all over the shop. You can book yourself in to Hambleton Hall’s annual Fungi Foray from 10.o0am on 1 October, which includes a tutored hunt through Burley on the Hill Wood (35 varieties found last year) and coffee, lunch and wine back at the ranch, all for £80
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