Rushey Mead

Fair aims to get people employment

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

A jobs fair aimed at helping people into work, training or volunteering posts takes place this week.

Abbey Primary School, in Ellis Avenue, Leicester, is hosting the event on Thursday, from 8.45am to 11.30am.

It is designed for people in St Matthew's, Belgrave,...

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Young footballers celebrate £1.1m windfall

, Pradip Dullabh, chairman of Leicester Bharat FC, and Harish Ravat, with Keith Vaz and team members

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Young footballers who scooped a £1.1 million grant celebrated with a kick-around with their MP. Keith Vaz, MP for Leicester East, visited...

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Mugger stole my bag – and confidence

Mira Ranna

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

A mum today told how a drug addict mugger punched her in the face as he stole her handbag. Mira Rana was just yards from her home in Belgrave,...

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Tamils stage war protest

Members of Leicester's Tamil community

Monday, March 16, 2009

More than 150 people took part in a protest against the Sri Lankan military's war against the Tamil Tigers. People from the Tamil community...

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600 pupils in school bid misery

worry: Jules Sutton with  son  George, who may  not be able to go to Riverside College, which is threatened with closure

Friday, March 13, 2009

More than 600 children in the city and county have failed to get into their preferred secondary school for the next school year, starting in...

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'Unanswered question over crash death'

The scene of the  crash

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

The parents of an optician who died in a road accident say they still feel there are unanswered questions surrounding his death. Nilesh Raja, 23,...



Model pupils help school to earn a glowing report

Jill Fletcher with pupils

Monday, March 09, 2009

Leicester's biggest infant school has received Ofsted's highest rating for its "exceptional" teaching of children of all abilities and background...

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Crane helps clean up tags

The cherry picker is used to clean off graffiti

Thursday, February 26, 2009

A cherry picker has been hired to help clean up graffiti tags scrawled on buildings across Leicester. The city council brought in the crane to...

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Visionary school has a lesson for teachers

Rushey Mead school head teacher Carolyn Robson with pupils

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Teachers nationwide should copy the methods of a Leicester school which has "excelled against the odds", the head of the Government's education...

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Three held over spate of thefts

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Three people have been arrested as part of a police campaign to tackle a series of burglaries. Officers, including some working undercover,...



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