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Especially South Wigston. Nothing it it but barbers and takeaways.

If I disclosed that I'd lose my job, but it was part of an official report.

Yes, mainly set up by Eastern Europeans, probably as a front. The explosion in Vietnamese nail bars in the city a few years ago are a front for laundering the profits from Cannabis. The major supplier of which in our city are from Vietnamese grows.

Completely agree.

Yup, Sorted!

Yes me, Phone, Tablet and now my work computer

I live in the city boundary, but in a nice part of it. I walk into the centre and out of the centre daily via Vicky Park and New Walk and I work in the City Centre, do most of my shopping around the city during my lunch break, and my job is crime and crime statistics based and dealing with offenders - when some of the offenders who you've know for well over a decade are telling you it's chaos, then it's generally chaos. Luckily most of us aren't part of that specific world, but that specific worls is increasing in visibility to those outside of it, for sure.

And I'm glad you don't feel unsafe, but I can certainly see why some people do. Everyone has their own experience, and if you're a bloke probably your experience is completely different to if you were a woman for instance, Footfall is down in the City in daylight hours (don't know about nights, because it's largely such a wank scene now that I don't bother) quite dramatically at the minute and time and again we are seeing that one of the reasons for that is because people feel less safe.

Most City Centres have suffered, no doubt about it, but thats not the argument. The argument is its no more unsafe or violent than it was 15/20 years go. Statistically, yes it is, definitely, 100%, especially crime in daylight hours.

Pretty to look at areas, yes, though I wouldn't really class the Old Town as the City Centre now. Until a few weeks ago when the Police shifted then there were tents of homeless on The Oval at New-walk. Also been a big problem with Smackheads shooting up in New Walk Museum toilets (as needle exchange is nearby) - school trips there daily, not great is it. Have also seen multiple bumfights and been accosted numerous times walking down New Walk at 7:30am over the year on my way to work in the morning.

To add to this, today I was stood outside my office when two (what looks like 10 year olds) literally tried to run off with a Deliveroo drivers moped, in broad daylight, in a busy city centre. The Bench outside my work, which I might add is utterly swamped with CCTV and is walked past pretty much constantly by plod, is just a constant stream of people gathering and passing out wraps to eachother, so nonchalant, not even making the faintest effort to hide it. There's a well known crack house on Rupert Street where you can literally see people queuing up at certain times of the day. Sit and have a pint outside the blue boar and enjoy the show. And this is what I'd consider the 'better side' of the city. Clock tower, Charles Street, well, **** me.

Tell me the nice bits of the City Centre. Don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly happy with Stoneygate and Clarry Park on my doorstep, but the actual City Centre, nah, no thanks. I've worked in crime for 19 years this year, and I know for 100% certainty this is the worst its been, the last 18 months particularly. A few months ago a dodgy batch of smack went out and put 35 in hospital, with 5 found dead on the streets. Its a shit show out there.

It definitely does IMO. Anything outside of the lanes in terms of the City Centre is ****ing grim.

Absolute sh*thole full of prettyboys looking for a scrap back in my day. Surprised it was still going.

Interested to know what shoe everyone is currently running in.

100% Think the stress of campaigning was definitely having an impact on him. He's been largely fine since.

It was... Rebekah Vardy.

When you invite @Mon.is.a.god And in walks...

Shearer has only put Cooper in to wind Gary up.

I remember our form around the actual FA cup final being hideous and that's when people started really questioning Rodgers as people were moaning about the FA Cup final papering over cracks and giving him credit in the bank. It went downhill from there, so yeah, it took quite a lot of people 18+ months to give a sh*t about their club.

Leicester City home crowds are generally a bit soft though aren't they. Half of them only go because they've got a season ticket and it's something to do and bring up in conversation. If the same reaction from fans at the Walsall game was enacted at the KP it would certainly be a very toxic.

I think the earlier a crowd gets wholly verbal about it the shorter the lifespan of the manager. Whether it would have made any difference with OUR hierarchy is another matter.

Took a good two years for everyone to get on board with that, sadly. Worked out well eking that one out.

3 episodes of woe is me.