A charity shop that closed its doors when a manager left six months ago is now finally re-opening at the weekend. The shop is called The Leicester Samaritans and is located in Market Place in the city centre. The shop now has a new manager, who will be giving out free cakes to the first 25 people who buy something from the stop when it reopens its doors on Saturday.
A charity spokesman said: “We know the people of Leicester appreciate the work we do and hope they will help us”
A woman has been ordered to pay more than £500 for illegally distributing flyers around De Montfort University’s Mill Lane campus at Leicester Magistrates Court yesterday.
More than 100 flyers were taken from her in September last year and she was given an £80 fine which she did not pay within 6 month, so the case went to court. The woman did not attend the hearing and the case was proved in her absence.
East Midlands Airport said flights will operate as normal today. But other airports across the UK returned to normal after dangerously high levels of volcanic ash from the Icelandic eruption cleared the skies.
But some airlines had to cancel some flights to northern Europe due to the moving ash cloud. Easyjet said Hamburg airport would be closed until 2pm UK time and Berlin’s Schonofeld and Tegel airports were also expected to be shut this morning.
Hundreds of jobs are going to be created at a £200 million development by Santander.
The European banking giant wants to move it’s UK IT operations to Carlton Park in Narborough, Leicestershire.
It said the planned investment showed its commitment to maintaining the country as one of its key bases.
Blaby District Council chief executive Sandra Whiles said: “We pride ourselves in having strong relationships with large and small businesses in our district and will be looking carefully at Santander’s proposals – in particular the employment opportunities it may provide for local people.”
Almost £5 million worth of work on a new sixth-form centre is now well on its ways to completion. The new building at Longslade Community College in Birstall is expected to open in September, in time for the new school term. The new building will contain a common room, hall, foyer, drama studios, study areas and technology and media facilities, as well as an amphitheatre.
With just a few months to go, the roof is now in place and the 150-capacity amphitheatre is almost complete. Wall plastering is about to start and electrical fixtures will be put in over the next few weeks. The 170-space car park for the site is also nearly finished.
As De Montfort University in Leicester looks to cut their staff numbers by 80, 200 members of staff have been told there jobs are at risk. However, the university believes that very few people will actually lose their jobs, because there are around 80 vacant positions that could be filled by those people affected. A spokeswoman said the redundancies are due to Government cuts but said she is sure the majority of those affected could be redeployed.
The university refuses to say how much the job losses will save the university but staff costs were said to be considerably higher than other institutions.
The Olympic torch will come through Leicester next year as it travels the UK before the opening ceremony in London.
On 2nd July the relay will move through the city to Abbey Park where a stage show will be held.
The deputy city mayor said: ‘It’s a once in a lifetime occurrence for our city and I hope that people will share in this excitement.’
Leicester is one of the 66 places across the UK chosen to hold an event during the 70 day long torch relay.
Are you a first time buyer, looking to get on the property ladder? Latham & Co Estate Agents in Leicester have put together a short guide to help you get started.
This was an easy issue in the past; landers offered multiples of your income, for instance two and a half times your salary.
Now, because of the information available from credit agencies and the level of unsecured debt many of us carry most landers use credit scoring and affordability techniques that make this calculation more opaque.
If you have little debt then up to four times your salary might be available.
Traders in the Golden Mile are now calling on the local council to take action over the ‘shabby’ apperance.
They said more is need to be done to tackle such problems as litter and the state of the roads in the area.
Retails in Belgrave Road – which is known to many as the Golden Mile said that trade has been hit by the high cost of imports and the increasingly rising cost of fuel. But they have spoken to the council to see if they can do their bit by improving the look of the area.
First time buyers get help from the government to get them on the property ladder.
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a new scheme called ‘First Buy’ that is going to help first time buyers reach the 25 per cent deposit needed to enable them to get a mortgage. The scheme replaces Labour’s Homebuy Direct scheme, which was withdrawn last autumn.
The scheme will only be available to people who have a household income which amounts to less than £60,000 and for only new-build homes.
Both the Government and the housebuilder will each loan the buyer 10 per cent at a low rate of interest and then the buyers themselves will have to save the remaining 5 per cent.
The Government’s share of the money will come from a tax on banks.
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