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Jan 21, 2025 | 
msn.com | Matt Taylor |Conor O'Grady
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Conor O'Grady
Former navy officer among new council apprenticesLee Beeching was a mining clearance diving officer with the Royal Navy [BBC]A man who served in the Royal Navy for 40 years is among a group of new apprentices learning specialist skills to maintain council houses in Leicester. The group will train in carpentry, joinery, gas engineering, property maintenance and electrical installation as part of the Leicester City Council scheme.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Conor O'Grady |Owen Shipton
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Matt Taylor |Conor O'Grady
Matt Taylor - BBC News, Leicester and Conor O'Grady - BBC News, LeicesterJune 25, 2024 at 10:06 PM·2 min readA couple who thought they had lost more than £20,000 over a Hajj pilgrimage have now completed the "marvellous" trip. Mohamed and Rahma Omar, from Braunstone in Leicester, set off for Mecca on 3 June for Eid-al-Adha.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Conor O'Grady
Police officer opens up on fears after knife attackBy Conor O'Grady, BBC News, LeicesterBBCPC Mohammed Ahmed and PC Niamh Harriman have opened up about injuries they sustained in the line of dutyA Leicestershire police officer says he fears being assaulted again after he was attacked with a knife. PC Mohammed Ahmed, 39, suffered a facial wound while attending an incident in Beaumont Leys Lane, Leicester, on 22 September.
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Dec 17, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Dan Martin |Conor O'Grady
A gay man has said a church tried to command the "spirit of homosexuality" to leave him with prayers. Sylvester Harrison Moran said he was so anxious during a conversion therapy session, run by St Thomas Philadelphia church in Sheffield, that he vomited and was then told a demon had left him. The government has begun the process of banning conversion therapy in the UK. The church said Mr Harrison Moran's experience was a "past practice", which it was determined to learn from.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Will Jefford |Conor O'Grady
Image caption, Roy Davenport took a picture of one of the nuclear test while stationed on Christmas IslandBy Will Jefford & Conor O'GradyA veteran who was stationed on Christmas Island during the testing of nuclear weapons in the 1950s is to be awarded a medal. Roy Davenport was among military personnel sent to stand on a beach while atomic bombs were dropped from a plane overhead and detonated.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
bbc.com | George Torr |Conor O'Grady
Image source, Steve Willatt/Chris GearyImage caption, Steve Willatt and Chris Geary travelled to Morocco after it was hit by a 6.8 magnitude earthquakeBy George Torr & Conor O'GradyTwo Leicestershire firefighters who have returned home from earthquake-hit Morocco have spoken of the "devastation" they witnessed. Watch managers Steve Willatt and Chris Geary formed part of an international search and rescue team looking for survivors among the wreckage.
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Jul 27, 2023 | 
bbc.com | Conor O'Grady |Greig Watson
Image source, Family photoImage caption, Vinnie have been in and out of hospitals three times while getting treatmentBy Conor O'Grady & Greig WatsonA family say they have faced a 'horrific' struggle to get home after their son had an accident on holiday. Vinnie, 11, from Leicestershire slipped while using the pool area at the hotel in Turkey and badly broke his leg.
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Jul 27, 2023 | 
bbc.co.uk | Conor O'Grady |Greig Watson
Image source, Family photoBy Conor O'Grady & Greig WatsonBBC NewsA family say they have faced a 'horrific' struggle to get home after their son had an accident on holiday. Vinnie, 11, from Leicestershire slipped while using the pool area at the hotel in Turkey and badly broke his leg. He needs to be flown home, but the family say they were told they could board the aircraft because it could not accommodate Vinnies' stretcher.
