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Pop group Easy Life forced to change name after objection from easyGroup

Leicester-formed band decide not to defend lawsuit due to financial burden, after easyJet brand owner calls them ‘brand thieves’

The Guardian - UK

EasyJet owner sues Leicester indie pop band for using name Easy Life

The owner of the budget airline has launched legal action to force the band to change their name

The Independent UK

Former social worker alleges she was dismissed over menopause symptoms

Maria Rooney’s action against Leicester city council is first tribunal case to consider the symptoms as a disability

The Guardian - UK

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Band Easy Life say they are being sued by owner of airline easyJet over name

Leicester-based band Easy Life say they are being forced to change their name by the owners of easyJet, who have started legal action against them.

Evening Standard

Council ‘colluded against’ social worker over menopause symptoms, tribunal told

Maria Rooney claims she was constructively dismissed by Leicester City Council after she was discriminated against over her menopause symptoms.

The Independent UK

EasyJet owner sues band for using name Easy Life

Leicester band say they are ‘virtually powerless’ after easyGroup accuses them of being ‘brand thieves’

The Guardian - UK

Teenager fatally stabbed pensioner after randomly walking into house, court told

Daniel Rounce is the subject of a trial of the act due to being unfit to plead or stand trial by way of his mental health.

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Legal first as tribunal hears case of woman alleging menopause discrimination

Maria Rooney’s case is supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and will be heard at an employment tribunal in Leicester.

The Independent UK

Nevin seeks to build on her promise with Leicester City

There are more than a dozen Australians in England's Women's Super League but few are maturing as fast as Leicester City's Courtney Nevin.

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Enter the Water by Jack Wiltshire review – the company of birds

A homeless man journeys from Cambridge to the coast in the Leicester writer’s fresh, funny and serious verse narrative

The Guardian - UK

‘Inadequate’ safety in Leicester maternity care ‘worrying but unsurprising’

A law firm that represents patients in maternity negligence claims against the trust said concerns raised by families had been ‘batted away’.

The Independent UK

Jamie Vardy still mocking ‘no bottle’ Tottenham seven years after Leicester title

Jamie Vardy is still dining out on Leicester City's remarkable Premier League title win seven years ago, and Tottenham's failure to stop it.

Evening Standard

Panellists confirmed for review into unrest in Leicester

The unrest was sparked following a cricket match between India and Pakistan in September last year.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak pledges support for redundant Wilko workers amid chain’s collapse

The retailer, founded in Leicester in 1930, plunged into administration last month after struggling with losses.

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Concrete crisis: officials thought asbestos in schools was safe too – the same mistakes have been made over Raac

The decision to close some schools and erect emergency structural supports in others just days before the start of a new term appeared to come about suddenly. The announcement followed three recent failures of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac), in particular the collapse of a beam in late August at…

The Guardian - UK

Leicester school told by DfE to close building finds it has no Raac

Willowbrook Mead primary will now shut for a day to move furniture back after scramble to create new spaces

The Guardian - UK

Leicester City helicopter crash was ‘tragic accident’, say inspectors

Mechanical failure blamed for 2018 crash, which killed club’s owner and four others

The Independent UK

List of schools fully or partially closed due to potentially dangerous concrete

Here are some of the schools impacted by the reinforced autoclaved aerated (Raac) concrete crisis.

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The Independent UK

Concrete closure list: What schools will have to close because of crumbling RAAC?

More than 100 schools are impacted by the Department for Education’s order to close over safety fears

The Independent UK

List of schools fully or partially closed due to potentially dangerous concrete

Here are some of the schools affected by potentially dangerous reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

Evening Standard

TikTok influencer and mother jailed for life for ambushing and murdering two men in car chase

Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin, both 21, died when their car left the A46 near Leicester last February

The Guardian - UK

TikTok influencer and her mother jailed for life over murders of two men

Mahek and Ansreen Bukhari sentenced in Leicester over killing of men who died when car was rammed off road

The Independent UK

School given day to shut over concrete risk with pupils split across four sites

Mayflower Primary School in Leicester was one of the first where reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete was identified in April.

The Guardian - UK

Labour suspends Leicester East CLP over alleged rule-breaking

Decision taken over claims that meetings were unfairly organised to support a particular faction

The Guardian - UK

How we met: ‘I walked into the pub and saw the most beautiful woman’

Tom, 71, and Vishva, 68, met in Leicester in 1972. Despite family opposition, they married less than a year later and celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this autumn

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