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Leicester Mercury published 'Super' GPs set to screen A&E patients

October 23, 2015, 8:50 am
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Specialist doctors and nurses from a "super surgery" based in Northampton are to staff the urgent care centre at Leicester Royal Infirmary. Bosses at Leicester's hospitals have appointed the Lakeside Healthcare Group to provide the new service, initially for a year, from Tuesday, November 3, hoping it will be better for patients and reduce the pressure on the A&E department. For the past two years the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust has been responsible for running the urgent...

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Mercury_Sport commented Premier League predictions – with defending Leicester...

October 23, 2015, 8:51 am
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What is the score going to be when Leicester City welcome Crystal Palace to the King Power Stadium as they look to continue their superb start to the Premier League season? That is the question we are asking Mercury sports writer James Sharpe, who gives us his prediction and casts his eye over the weekend's action. It's 3pts for getting the correct score and just 1pt for getting the right result. Every week, we invite a guest to go up against him. With 3,000 athletes set to descend on the...

Premier League predictions – with defending Leicester...

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Leicester Mercury published Leicester Tigers prop Marcos Ayerza lines up for Argentina...

October 23, 2015, 9:00 am
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Once Leicester Tigers' clash with Harlequins is done and dusted on Sunday, the attention of many fans will turn to the World Cup and Argentina's semi-final with Australia at Twickenham.Tigers front-row favourite Marcos Ayerza will be lining up for the Pumas in their second trip to the last-four in three tournaments.Australia will start as favourites but, given the sides' most recent performances, an upset could be on the cards.Scotland gave Australia an almighty shock last week and the...

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Leicester Mercury published Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez could return to the starting...

October 23, 2015, 9:00 am
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Riyad Mahrez could return to Leicester City's starting line-up on Saturday after his impressive impact last week at Southampton. The Algeria international has started the season in superb form and scored five goals in his first six games. He has also provided four assists for his team-mates, including Jamie Vardy's last-minute equaliser at St Mary's Stadium last week. However, Mahrez was rested completely for the victory at Norwich and manager Claudio Ranieri said he chose...

Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez could return to the starting...

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Leicester Mercury published Leicester Tigers v Harlequins – match preview: Tom Croft...

October 23, 2015, 9:05 am
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Victory against London Irish at Reading last week was as solid a way for Leicester Tigers' to launch their Aviva Premiership season as anybody could have asked for.The trick now is for Richard Cockerill's side to kick on from there, put together a sequence of results and establish themselves among the challengers for the title.That, though, is far from a straightforward task.Next up are Harlequins at Welford Road on Sunday, a side who have given Leicester more than a few headaches in...

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Leicester Mercury published Leicester Marathon: Athletes from all over world battle it out to...

October 23, 2015, 9:10 am
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Athletes from all over the world will battle it out for the title of Leicester Marathon champion.Around 3,000 people are expected to take part in the full and half-marathons on Sunday, with runners from as far as China, Canada, South Africa and India due to take part.Competitors will set off from Victoria Park at 9.15am on their journey around and out of the city before returning to the park for the finish line at the end of the gruelling final mile up New Walk.The race for the full marathon...

Leicester Marathon: Athletes from all over world battle it out to...

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Mercury_Sport commented Leicester City v Crystal Palace – Premier League LIVE!

October 23, 2015, 9:19 am
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Leicester City will have to be wary of a backlash when Crystal Palace visit the King Power Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday.The Eagles had been flying high in fourth place in the table before their home defeat to West Ham at the weekend.They have now slipped down to sixth, one place and one point behind City, who mounted their customary fightback to draw 2-2 at Southampton.Claudio Ranieri will be desperate not to see his side go two goals down once again this weekend, with Palace having...

Leicester City v Crystal Palace – Premier League LIVE!

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Leicester Mercury published Leicester City v Crystal Palace – classic match: Four goals...

October 23, 2015, 9:25 am
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As Leicester City fired four goals past Crystal Palace in the second round of the League Cup in September 1999, another quartet was nearly bringing the club to its knees. Civil war raged at Filbert Street. The boardroom was torn in half. On one side stood club chairman John Elsom and plc chairman Sir Rodney Walker. On the other, the infamous 'Gang of Four', a group of directors led by chief executive Barrie Pierpoint. The power struggle in the boardroom began to spill on to the...

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Leicester Mercury published Elton John's concert at Grace Road cricket ground: Lots of...

October 23, 2015, 9:46 am
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Phone lines were buzzing and lots of people were logging online to buy tickets for popstar Elton John's Leicestershire summer concert after they went on general sale today. The gig will take place at Leicestershire County Cricket Club, in Grace Road, on Saturday, June 11. Ben Martin, of Marshall Arts, which are the promoters for the Elton John concert, said: "Having seen the sales, it is going really well. Opening figures were very strong."Clearly people are delighted Elton John...

Elton John's concert at Grace Road cricket ground: Lots of...

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Ciaranfagan published 'Monk' banned from posting homophobic leaflets to homes

October 23, 2015, 9:50 am
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A 'monk' who posted homophobic leaflets to homes in Leicestershire has been banned from putting them through any letterbox in England and Wales for five years. Damon Jonah Kelly, 53, appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court today to be sentenced for an offence of harassment in October last year. His leaflets – which he has distributed by going from street to street in towns and cities in up to 11 counties – said homosexuality and gay marriage were sinful, immoral and the work of...

'Monk' banned from posting homophobic leaflets to homes

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Ciaranfagan published Drugs house which attracted up to 70 visits a day is closed by...

October 23, 2015, 10:11 am
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Police have closed down an alleged drugs den which was attracting up to 70 "customers'' a day. The flat in West Street, near Leicester Prison, has been sealed off for three months and the unofficial tenants kicked out. The registered tenant is currently in prison. Police said neighbours had been made ill by the constant coming and going from the flat, which is owned by Midland Heart housing association. They alleged in magistrates' court today that drugs, including heroin, cannabis...

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Leicester Mercury published Burglar who climbed through open window as mother and daughter...

October 23, 2015, 10:16 am
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A drug addict who burgled two houses while the occupants were upstairs in bed was jailed for three years and four months.Scott Trenfield, 42, admitted breaking into a home in Repton Road, Wigston, when a handbag and keys to a Toyota Yaris were taken.The Toyota, which was parked outside, was also stolen, on August 5.A mother and two adult daughters who lived at the address awoke the next day to discover the intruder had entered via window which was left open, due to warm weather.Trenfield also...

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Leicester Mercury published Chef who put his mother in a head-lock ordered to pay her...

October 23, 2015, 10:20 am
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A son who assaulted his mother outside her home has been ordered to pay her £1,500 compensation.The victim, Christine Garside, was held in a head-lock at one stage and also fell to the ground dislocating her knee in the incident.Leicester Crown Court was told that her son, Curtis Garside, 20, was banned from going to the family home in Coronation Avenue, Long Clawson, due to previous bad behaviour.On July 18 last year, Mrs Garside was at a friend's house when the defendant sent her a text...

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Leicester Mercury published Wife writes letter in support of her husband after he was caught...

October 23, 2015, 10:24 am
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A man who accessed child pornography on the internet and via e-mails has appeared in court.Adam Hartopp, 37, was said to have been suffering from depression when he committed the offences, relating to about 400 images, between September and November last year.He pleaded guilty to possessing the illegal images; the majority featuring girls aged between 13 and 18, although some were around 10 and 11 years.Hartopp, of Tiverton Road, Loughborough, was given a three year community order with a...

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Mercury_Sport published Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri hopes to add Jamie Vardy to...

October 23, 2015, 2:30 pm
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Claudio Ranieri hopes to one day add the name 'Jamie Vardy' to the list of great strikers he has coached.During his 30-year coaching career, Ranieri has worked with some of the most high-profile and prolific strikers in world football.Gianfranco Zola, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Hernan Crespo, Gabriel Batistuta, Carraca, Enzo Francescoli and Diego Milito are some of the distinguished strikers who have worked with Leicester City's manager over the years.Although Ranieri said it is far too premature...

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Leicester Mercury published Alan Birchenall's Leicester City column: I was leading scorer in...

October 23, 2015, 10:00 pm
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Welcome today to Alan Pardew and Crystal Palace to the King Power Stadium. It doesn't make me feel any younger when a visiting manager used to play after I finished playing at Palace. I had a short stint at Palace before joining Leicester but, with due respect to all my former clubs, it feels like my whole career has been spent at Leicester City. I spent just over a season at Palace and I enjoyed it. I am told by our historian John Hutchinson that I did finish leading scorer at Palace...

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Leicester Mercury published Leicester City v Crystal Palace: Is Alan Pardew the next manager...

October 23, 2015, 10:00 pm
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When Roy Hodgson decides to eventually stand down as England manager, there are not too many home-grown managers standing up as obvious successors, should the FA want to stick with an English coach. In the Premier League, there are currently just six Englishman in top jobs. One is Steve McClaren, who has already held the job and failed. Another is Sam Allardyce, who the FA have already snubbed previously. Tim Sherwood is hardly pulling up trees at Aston Villa, while Swansea's Garry...

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Barry_Cooper1 published World Gibbon Day: 11 fascinating things about these amazing apes

October 23, 2015, 11:00 pm
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One Leicestershire zoo is hoping a national day will help raise the awareness about one of the world's most endangered species. Today has been labelled World Gibbon Day in a bid to highlight the plight of the primate, with many of its 15 species on the list of animals that are under serious threat around the world, so much so that 2015 has been named "Year of the Gibbon" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Twycross Zoo in Atherstone, boasts one of the...

World Gibbon Day: 11 fascinating things about these amazing apes

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Barry_Cooper1 commented The Leicester Marathon: Road closures

October 23, 2015, 11:00 pm
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The Leicester Marathon takes place tomorrow and with a variety of road closures will be in place across the city from 6am in the morning. The route goes from Victoria Park onto the city centre via London Road, St Georges Way, Charles Street and Belgrave Gate, before heading out along the Golden Mile and into the county. It will then take in parts of Thurmaston, Wanlip, Syston, Queniborough, East Goscote, Thrussington, Rearsby, Ratcliffe on the Wreake and Birstall before coming back into the...

The Leicester Marathon: Road closures

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Barry_Cooper1 published Five things to do in Leicestershire this weekend

October 23, 2015, 11:00 pm
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The October half-term break has come and gone as quickly as it arrived, but there is still time to make the most of the weekend. Leicestershire has a whole host of things happening on the final weekend before Halloween and we've picked out some of the best. The Wheel of Light When: Daily until November 15 Time: 1pm – 10pm (Friday – Sunday) Where: Belgrave Road Cost: Adult £5, Concession £4 (child below 1.4m, student, OAP), Family (2 adults, 2 children or 1 adult,...

Five things to do in Leicestershire this weekend

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