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2 months ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Ben Carr
Gary Lineker has spoken of the "significant" impact of grassroots football on his life as he made a return to Leicester and where his goal-scoring prowess began. Gary's return to Aylestone Park Football Club was even filmed for the BBC's Match of the Day, with the Leicester City legend honoured to be back. Gary returned to Aylestone last Thursday (January 30) to take a trip down memory lane on a “big night” for the city-based club.
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2 months ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Ben Carr
The new children’s play from McFly frontman, Tom Fletcher, will promise “laughing in the aisles”, when it visits Leicester. ‘There’s A Monster in Your Show’ has been adapted into theatre from the first book Fletcher ever wrote. Tom, who is also one of the UK’s bestselling authors, wanted the show to be a “high-energy, 50-minute play to cement a love of theatre in pre-school children’s hearts”. He said: “I want kids to feel this is a show that they are a part of, not just coming to watch.
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2 months ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Ben Carr
A grade II listed cottage in Leicestershire has finally sold at auction - at the third time of asking. Two previous sales for the home were suspended, but auctioneers has previously spoken highly of the property. The cottage, in Bondgate, Castle Donington was finally snapped up on Thursday (January 30) on what was its third time under the hammer at SDL Property Auctions.
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2 months ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Ben Carr
A new healthcare clinic is set to open in a Leicestershire shopping centre. Community Eyecare is set to open in the Rushes in Loughborough. The former Sale Lab store, next to PureGym, is currently being refitted for the clinic. Community Eyecare is an independent provider which focuses on patients with eye conditions and also services to treat gastrointestinal (stomach and intestines) and hepatological (liver, gallbladder and pancreas) diseases.
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2 months ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Ben Carr
A man alleged to have blocked murder victim Junior Osborne's bicycle, allowing a 16-year-old boy to run up behind him and stab him through the neck, has been described as a “loner” who didn’t “really have many friends”. A jury at Leicester Crown Court heard today (Thursday January 30) that murder-accused Clifford Alvarez was also a “drug addict”.
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2 months ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Ben Carr
A driver hit two pedestrians, killing one, while trying to evade police. Ryan Skelton is said to have displayed “no regard for the safety of others” while trying to escape from officers. Skelton was behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Jetta on Thursday, September 12 last year when police were contacted by a member of the public who was “concerned” about his driving. When officers arrived and approached Skelton’s vehicle, he tried to make off from the area of Oronsay Road in Beaumont Leys.
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2 months ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Ben Carr
A Lego festival with large scale displays and speed building competitions is coming to Leicestershire this weekend. 'Rare' Lego sets and retired former collections will be among the key highlights. The Loughborough Brick Festival has been running for a few years and is back in style for one day only in 2025. The event will allow brick lovers young and old to indulge in ‘brick pits’, while getting the chance to get a hold of ‘rare’ Lego and even retired Lego sets.
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2 months ago | 
msn.com | Ben Carr
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2 months ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Ben Carr
Inheritance tax changes for farmers were “done in a fair manner”, the flooding minister has said during a visit to Leicestershire. Emma Hardy also thanked British farmers for the work they do to produce our food, saying: “We absolutely value them.” Ms Hardy spoke to LeicestershireLive from the rural capital of food - Melton - arguing that the tax changes will not impact as “many farmers as many of them fear it will at the moment”.
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2 months ago | 
leicestermercury.co.uk | Ben Carr
A dog has been found dead in a Leicestershire canal. Investigations are underway, with the RSPCA believing it may have been in the water "for some time". The female black terrier type dog was discovered by passers-by at the canal entrance close to Great Bowden Hall, near Market Harborough, on Thursday, January 23. The RSPCA, who are leading the investigation, said it is thought the dog had been in the water for a “number of days”. A cause of death has not yet been established by a vet.
