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Care home ordered to make improvements by inspectors bbc.in/4z0Z9mU

Shepshed care home ordered to improve by inspectors

Inspectors have downgraded the home's rating from "good" to "requires improvement".

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Theatre boss departs after 11 years as CEO bbc.in/4zDKpdz

Curve theatre boss Chris Stafford to leave after 11 years as CEO

Chris Stafford says he could not be prouder of "everything we have achieved together".

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Plan for 300 homes in town set for approval bbc.in/4sdR9wv

Plan for 300 new homes in Coalville set for approval

The proposed housing development would be located on land off Stephenson Way.

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Resident fined 拢600 after firm fly-tipped rubbish bbc.in/4k5Urjd

Charnwood resident fined 拢600 after firm fly-tipped rubbish

The council said it was able to trace the dumped rubbish back to the household it came from.

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Brace yourself for winter floods, council warns bbc.in/4sxp57z

Get ready for winter floods, Leicestershire council warns

Flood defence items are being distributed to at-risk parts of the county as winter approaches.

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Lorry driver guilty of attempted rape near M1 bbc.in/4zEG5ef

Lorry driver guilty of attempted rape near M1 services

Tadeusz Podlasinski attacked the woman near Leicester Forest East services in April.

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Charging battery believed to have caused house fire bbc.in/4dIeXCK

Charging lithium-ion battery believed to have caused house fire

A charging lithium-ion battery is believed to have caused of a house fire in Leicestershire.

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'Postcode lottery' driving children's inequality in England, commissioner warns bbc.in/4BfRyT7

Children face extreme inequality in England, warns commissioner

Dame Rachel De Souza's landmark report says children are being failed by a "postcode lottery".

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Plan for 拢3.8m health centre set for approval bbc.in/4BfIs8V

Plan for 拢3.8m health facility in Rutland set for approval

Rutland County Council's planning committee is recommended to approve the application on Tuesday.

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I've waited four months to bury my son after delay in returning brain bbc.in/4egaIyg

I've waited four months to bury my son after delay in returning brain

Lyn Malone's son Phil died five weeks after suffering a bleed on the brain.

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Stop selling kids flour and eggs, shops told bbc.in/4k3irDt

Leicester stores ban Halloween sale of eggs and flour to kids

"Please remember, flour and eggs belong in cakes, not on neighbours' walls."

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Arson-sniffing fire dogs win national award bbc.in/4shSyCk

East Midlands fire dogs sniff out 580 years of custodial sentences

The canines and their handlers work across the East Midlands to help solve fire investigations.

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How parents of murdered stalking victim are campaigning for change bbc.in/47w7Rh1

How parents of murdered stalking victim are campaigning for change

Alice Ruggles's parents continue to raise awareness of stalking through the trust set up in their daughter's name.

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Business park to be built on edge of town bbc.in/4i2p9XR

Business park to be built on edge of Shepshed

Firms have already expressed interest in the site west of Ingleberry Road, Charnwood planners heard.

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Recycling centres to close for repair works bbc.in/480x3MK

Leicestershire recycling centres to close for repair works

The county council says the improvements will ensure the sites remain safe to operate in the future.

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Canal to temporarily reopen as water levels rise bbc.in/4edh7u6

Leicestershire canal to temporarily reopen as water levels rise

Foxton Locks will reopen to boats at certain times from 22 to 24 October.

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PPE scam leader who bought watches and cars jailed bbc.in/4eieAPl

Leader of multi-million pound PPE scam bought watches and luxury cars jailed

Jogesh Bhandari bought luxury cars after scamming companies out of millions during the pandemic.

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EMR services 'unacceptable', says transport secretary bbc.in/4i3NMmY

EMR services 'unacceptable', says transport secretary

Heidi Alexander says East Midlands Railway needs to improve after a troubled few months.

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Questions raised over cost of city centre planters bbc.in/4B97NkJ

Questions raised over cost of Leicester city centre planters

A city councillor questions whether the 12 new planters represent value for money.

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Labour take seat from Reform UK in by-election win bbc.in/4ys1K8v

Labour wins council seat from Reform UK in Shepshed by-election

Labour's Jane Lennie takes a seat on Leicestershire County Council after a recount.

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