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Hundreds join campaign for statue in Leicester to honour Sir David

Sir David was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A campaign has been launched for a city centre statue of Sir David Attenborough.

More than 1,200 people have backed calls for a statue of the television legend, who grew up in Leicester with film-making brother Richard.

Daniel Wright, bar manager at the Orange...

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Is Golden Mile in Leicester the UK's best street for food?

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

With its dozens of takeaways, restaurants and Indian sweet shops you are never short of somewhere to eat on Leicester's Golden Mile. Now, the Belgrave...

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Woman teacher admits grooming a 15-year-old Leicester boy for sex

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A woman teacher has admitted grooming a 15-year-old boy for sex. Anne Poli-Page, 47, rang his school four times, pretending to be his mother calling...

Bowstring Bridge security concerns leads to £25,000 rise in demolition bill

Karen Green chained herself to the Bowstring bridge in a protest, in November

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Concerns over security caused the final bill for dismantling the Bowstring Bridge to rise by £25,000. Work to remove the structure in Leicester's...

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Driver fined £100 after motorcyclist left paralysed

Driver Kate McCullock leaving Leicester Magistrates Court

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A driver from Leicester involved in a crash which left a motorcyclist paralysed from the chest down has been fined £100. Kate McCullock was...

New Tesco store in Leicester breaks high-strength booze pledge

Tennent's Super lager – 9% alcohol – was on sale at the Tesco in London Road, Leicester

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A Tesco store has been caught selling high-strength alcohol – contrary to a promise the company made when it was seeking to open the shop. Last...

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Leicestershire voters will face wait to find out General Election result

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Voters and candidates in some parts of Leicestershire will have to wait until lunchtime on the day after the General Election to find out who their...

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Woman injured after gas leak in Leicester home

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A woman in her 60s had to be taken to hospital after a gas leak in her home. Emergency services were called to a bungalow in Bale Road, Northfields,...

Leicester City isn't playing fair say disabled couple

Season ticket holders Colin and Mary Holden

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

A couple say that Leicester City is forcing them out of their season ticket seats and segregating them in a disabled section away from their friends...

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