Leicester Mercury published NEW CAR REVIEW: SEAT Ibiza SC

October 27, 2015, 9:10 am

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BackgroundRight from the very start, with its smart Giugiaro styled body and Porsche-developed 1.5-litre engine, the Ibiza has traded on an exuberant, youthful vitality - mercilessly massaged by the singularly on-message 'auto emocion' marketing campaign in more recent years. It's gone on to become one of the best-selling models in its segment across Europe, piling on 500,000 sales since 2008, when the fourth generation car was launched. Part of the appeal over that period has certainly been the...

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Leicester Mercury published NEW CAR REVIEW: Audi A4 Avant

October 27, 2015, 9:14 am

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BackgroundEvery now and then, the car industry seizes upon a concept and rival manufacturers will indulge in a feeding frenzy to saturate the market. With hindsight, some of these concepts aren't at all clever. In the late Eighties, virtually every manufacturer rushed a four-wheel drive saloon car, hatchback or coupe to market. The Nineties saw a sudden spike in sales of small SUVs that fell over when pointed at a corner, while in the early Noughties, premium manufacturers fell over themselves...

Ciaranfagan published Police warning after drivers fail child car seat safety checks

October 27, 2015, 9:14 am

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Just five out of 74 children travelling in vehicles stopped during a police check were in safely fitted car seats. Police and Leicester City Council have now urged parents to learn how to correctly fit child car seats. They have spoken out after an operation in the city which saw 38 cars, which were carrying 74 children, stopped and their child seats inspected. Officials checked whether the seats were secure, how the children were belted in correctly and were the right height for the...

danjmartin commented £500,000 to be spent on new public toilets in Belgrave Road...

October 27, 2015, 9:36 am

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Half a million pounds is being spent on creating new and revamped public toilets in two parts of Leicester. The city council is to invest the cash in building a new lavatory block in Belgrave Road and revamping the existing toilets in the Abbey Park pavilion. Officials say the work at Belgrave Road is likely to cost about £300,000, with about £200,000 being spent on refurbishing the Abbey Park facilities. The cost of the project has been questioned by Liberal Democrat city...

TomPegden commented Aircraft hangar takes off as conference and exhibition site

October 27, 2015, 9:37 am

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An aircraft hangar has been turned into the country's newest conference and exhibition centre following a £2 million investment.The owners of Bruntingthorpe Airfield and Proving Ground have created a 36,000 sq ft venue inside the structure which they have named Hangar 42.The refurbished hangar has enough space to accommodate more than 1,500 people and parking for more than 400 vehicles.There is also a marble-floored 3,000 sq ft entrance and reception area which has been built onto the...

Leicester Mercury published Baker Tilly is RSM as new global brand is rolled out

October 27, 2015, 9:40 am

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Advertising featureAccountancy firm Baker Tilly in the UK has adopted the name RSM this week, uniting under a single common brand with RSM audit, tax and consulting firms across the world.RSM, which has a base in Grove Park, Leicester, will adopt the new name with RSM audit, tax and consulting firms across the world. The new RSM logo and brand positioning – 'The power of being understood' – has been rolled out in all of the firm's 35 UK locations including Leicester, as well as...

Ciaranfagan published Crash causing delays for city centre traffic tonight

October 27, 2015, 10:09 am

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Rush hour commuters were facing delays this evening after a crash in Leicester city centre. Police said there had been a crash in Church Gate this evening. The road was closed between Burleys Way and Mansfield Street. A number of police vehicles are at the scene. It was not immediately clear whether anyone had been injured. A spokesman for Area Traffic Control said traffic on the ring road was moving slowly as a result. The turn from Vaughan Way into Church Gate remains closed.

Tom_Mack published Driver cut free after crash on A47 involving HGV

October 27, 2015, 10:18 am

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A driver had to be cut free from his car today after a crash on the A47 between Leicester and Hinckley. Emergency services were called shortly before 2pm after the car was involved in a collision with a heavy goods vehicle near the Desford junction, near to Leicester Forest East. The fire and rescue service sent two fire engines and the technical rescue team from Leicester's Southern fire station, who cut away part of the vehicle so they could extract the man. He was treated for his...

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Leicester Mercury published Leicestershire teenager picked to be ball boy at international...

October 27, 2015, 10:23 am

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A 16-year-old from Leicestershire has been picked to be a ball boy at an international tennis tournament. Harry Amos, from Market Harborough, has been selected out of 200 hopefuls to be one of 30 ball kids at this year's Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The competition will be held at the O2 in London from November 15 to 22. Harry will join a squad of 12 to 16-year-olds from all over the country, who will appear on court with players such as Roger Federer and Andy Murray. Harry said he...

Leicester Mercury published Personal trainer in the running to be Mills & Boon cover star

October 27, 2015, 10:32 am

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A personal trainer is in the running to be a cover star for a Mills & Boon book - after his dad entered him into a competition. Ram Ghuman, of Oadby, has made it onto the shortlist of 15 in the publisher's search for a Man of the Year to appear on the front of its next Valentine's Day title. He now faces a public vote which will decide the final three in the competition, before judges select the overall winner. The 21 year old said: "I was pretty shocked and surprised when I found...

Ciaranfagan published Court examines Leicester 'joint enterprise' murder conviction

October 27, 2015, 11:14 am

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A legal appeal which could affect the life sentence imposed on a Leicester man found guilty of murdering a former police officer began today. The hearing in the Supreme Court, in London, is examining the court's use of the joint enterprise rule. A panel of senior legal figures is examining a number of cases, including that of Ameen Jogee. He was convicted of murdering former police officer Paul Fyfe in 2012 even though a second man delivered the blow with a knife which killed Mr Fyfe, a...

Leicester Mercury published Amateur rugby player jailed for "unprovoked" punch in...

October 27, 2015, 11:41 am

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An amateur rugby player has been jailed for punching an opposition player on the pitch in an "unprovoked attack" which broke his jaw in two places. Jason Hadley (28) who was playing for Old Newtonians RFC, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on Harry Neal, who was with Oadby Wyggs. Leicester Crown Court was told that onlookers heard a "cracking sound" as Hadley delivered the blow. James Varley, prosecuting, said: "A spectator who saw it, said it was...

Mercury_Sport published Hull v Leicester City – Capital One Cup fourth round LIVE!

October 27, 2015, 12:00 pm

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Leicester City can book their place in their Capital One Cup quarter-final tomorrow as they travel to Hull on Tuesday night. Claudio Ranieri's men are flying after they secured their first clean sheet of the season with a 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace. Hull are one of only three Championship sides left in the competition but saw off Premier League side Swansea in the last round. City came away with a 1-0 victory the last time the two sides met at the KC Stadium last season, as Riyad...

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October 27, 2015, 12:47 pm

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A woman in her 60s is in hospital with "life-threatening injuries" after she was hit by a car in Leicester city centre this afternoon. She was crossing the road in Church Gate with her husband when the incident happened, at about 4pm. Police have said she was seriously injured and was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary. Her husband, also in his 60s, was hurt as well, although police said his injuries were less serious. A section of Church Gate, between Mansfield Street and...

danjmartin commented Cuts to voluntary sector groups in Leicester outlined

October 28, 2015, 7:59 am

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Council grants to six of Leicester's main voluntary groups are set to be cut by nearly £75,000. Leicester City Council currently provides £286,300 annually to organisations that work with various community groups in the city. They are The Racial Equality Council (TREC), the African Caribbean Citizens Forum, the Federation of Muslim Organisations, the Gujarat Hindu Association, the Leicester Council of Faiths and the Somali Development Service. However following a review that...

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Leicester Mercury published NEWS: Liberace's 23 carat Cadillac

October 28, 2015, 8:16 am

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Visitors to this year's Footman James stand at The Classic Motor Show may be forgiven for thinking the theme is a lovefest of the outlandish, lavish and extravagant as it unveils a classic car of monumental glitz as its 2015 centrepiece.The specialist insurance broker has secured a 1931 Cadillac Fleetwood Drop Head Coupe featuring 23.7ct gold-leaf clad bodywork, silver external door handles and 24ct gold-plated internal door handles, to wow the crowds at the NEC show next month.Reportedly owned...

Mercury_Sport published Golf news: Willesley Park duo make home knowledge count to take...

October 28, 2015, 8:49 am

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Willesley Park's Paul Dixon and Tracy Bourne made home course knowledge count by winning the County Women's Association's Mixed Foursomes Championship for the Baxter Trophy.This is the annual tournament for county clubs, represented by their lowest-handicap men and women golfers.Each club can field a maximum of two pairs. The top four pairs from the 18-hole qualifying stage then compete in the knock-out rounds.Dixon and Bourne had led the qualifier – also at Willesley Park – with...

Ciaranfagan published Police reduce team searching for Madeleine McCann

October 28, 2015, 9:06 am

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The team of police officers leading the search for Madeleine McCann is to be cut from 29 to four. The Metropolitan Police announced the reduction today, but insisted the search for Madeleine, of Rothley, would continue. Madeleine, then aged three, disappeared from the family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, in the Algarve, on May 3, 2007. The Met, which is in charge of the Home Office-funded investigation – Operation Grange – said the vast majority of its investigative work...

Leicester Mercury published Daughter wins thousands of pounds compensation from hospital...

October 28, 2015, 9:10 am

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A daughter has won thousands of pounds compensation over the death of her elderly father who died after undergoing pioneering heart surgery.William Ewan, 86, bled to death after complications arose during the key-hole procedure to replace a heart valve at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital in 2007. The High Court in London was told that since his death, the Second World War veteran's daughter, Gabriele Shaw, had fought to prove that the tragedy was avoidable.Her QC, David Berkley, said Mr Ewan,...

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October 28, 2015, 9:28 am

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Claudio Ranieri refused to see Leicester City's exit from the Capital One Cup as a big chance missed to reach a Wembley final for the first time in his career.City crashed out of the competition in the fourth round to Championship side Hull on penalties in a tense shoot-out.Riyad Mahrez missed the crucial spot-kick as he saw his attempt parried on to the post by keeper Eldin Jakupovic, after having given City the lead in extra-time.Had City been able to reach the quarter-finals for only the...