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I'd have thought any PL stream would be illegal unless it's a stream of a televised game that you've subscribed too.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/iconic-leicester-store-blunts-shoes-9844278?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2LD3q2wbDFlokydrPxOWHyqhsf7aDSxeykS94Q--lNEA8v-ZSYx15soeY_aem_wLybm-wSVFrZsVkaM9HfGg#Echobox=1736268874 Iconic Leicester store Blunts Shoes confirms closure The store has been in Leicester since the 1980s ByTom MackSenior Reporter Iconic Leicester city centre store Blunts Shoes is to close its doors for the final time later this year. Bosses have blamed falling footfall for the end of the shoe business which has been a mainstay in the city for 40 years. The iconic Granby Street store is among the first people see when arriving in Leicester by train, but it will close in the coming weeks after Blunts head office in Kidderminster decided it was no longer financially viable to remain open. Jazmin Blunt from Blunts head office said the news was "sad" to announce. She said: "After 40 wonderful years, we are sad to announce the closing of our Blunts Shoes Leicester store. It has been an honour to serve this community, and we are truly grateful for your support and loyalty over the years." Blunts, which has 10 other shops across the region, also owns United Footwear in Newbold Verdon. The company has confirmed that store, which is to the west of Leicester, will remain open.

"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore. A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong. And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want." - Hannah Arendt (14 October 1906 – 4 December 1975) German historian and philosopher. Credit Goes To The Respective Owner

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Full list of service changes: Arriva Midlands has announced the following diversions: 49 (Fleckney) – Services terminating at Wigston Harcourt and will not serve Kilby, Fleckney, or Wistow 84 (Lutterworth) – Flooding in Cosby means Shuttleworth Lane and Condor Close stops will not be served 85 (Countesthorpe) – Services will terminate at Countesthorpe Square, with no stops at South Wigston X3/X31 (Market Harborough) – Buses are bypassing Great Glen via the A6, heading directly towards Kibworth and Market Harborough 31/31A (Oadby) – Not serving Rosemead Drive, Wigston Road, or Brabazon Road 5A (Melton) – Asfordby will not be served Centrebus routes affected: LC1 – Currently not operating due to a road traffic collision (RTC) A1 – Closed between Newark and Grantham A607 – Closed between Grantham and Melton A6006 – Closed near Asfordby MC1 and MC2 – Delays reported 55, 26, and 24 services – Currently suspended Kinchbus services affected: Kinchbus 2 - Unable to serve Sileby. Cannot serve Babington Road, Grove Lane/Melton Road, and Sileby Road in Barrow, and Hayhill Industrial Estate Kinchbus 5 - Unable to serve Derby Road and Alan Moss Road Kinchbus 9 - Service suspended due to flooding on A60 at Bunny Kinchbus 11 & 12 - Unable to serve Forest Road and Valley Road Sprint & Campus Shuttle - Unable to serve University Campus from Holywell Park D Laylor Derby - Unable to serve Derby Road (Loughborough) and Hathern Nottbus on Demand (West Rushcliffe Zone) - Currently unable to operate

No!

We wont actually need too many to ensure we get relegated.

A record points deduction - you'll never sing that

Yes it is perhaps I should have said party politics

NHS Community Hubs the latest solution to resolve problems with the NHS. It’s frustrating when you see that this is in effect Community Hospitals which previous governments and NHS Management closed down as they centralised all the facilities against the wishes of the public.

Leicester Memories Peter Taylor The Entrance to Kirby and West on the Western Boulevard Leicester . ( Unknown Year )

Being handed out at the Villa game, I don't care what people's politics are, well perhaps I do if they're extreme but let's not bring it into the football

Leicester Memories Jayne Wills London Road 1963.

History of Leicestershire in Images Richard Brandreth West Bridge pre 1900.

History of Leicestershire in Images Richard Brandreth Welford Road, Aylestone Road junction around 1910.

Not today they weren't unless you're judging hem on their closing down skills. Apart from the goal Mads contributed nothing up front and apart from his assist Vardy hardly had the ball in an attacking mode.

Who is?

https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/02/tv-fans-can-finally-binge-best-shows-free-this-weekend-22281605/?ito=facebookimage&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1Vww6ME5ks-ntgPwQ7B5M2IGdUzqlP5Ewh06AA7VIyMsuRYms0ce6kBvk_aem_VomKHBg86tkLQtvux3zE-w Apple TV Plus has delighted TV lovers with its ‘beyond genius’ move to make all its content free to watch this weekend. The subscription streaming service normally costs £8.99 a month to access its impressive collection of TV shows and movies from star-studded originals to acclaimed new releases. But to celebrate a fresh year of brand-new content the major streamer is making all of its coveted content totally free to watch for one weekend only. This means you can catch Gary Oldman’s starring turn in the spy thriller series Slow Horses, or perhaps you want to experience Hailee Steinfeld as American poet Emily Dickinson in the riotously joyous Dickinson. We’ve got the acclaimed Bad Sisters featuring Sharon Horgan, the widely-praised Pachinko, and the beloved football comedy Ted Lasso. But it doesn’t end with TV shows. For movie watchers, you can catch Saoirse Ronan in World War Two drama Blitz or have a laugh with the conspiracy comedy Fly Me To the Moon with Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. ‘This is the smartest thing a streamer has done in years. Beyond genius,’ @artan_ayan wrote on X. ‘The streamer with some of the best shows is letting y’all watch for free. Take advantage of this,’ @hiimbobbi added. ‘Take this opportunity to watch all 4 seasons of Slow Horses rated best show of the year on Rotten Tomatoes,’ @anna_liz2020 recommended. ‘Not f**king joking when I say you need to take advantage of this and watch Severance this weekend,’ @precambrianslut added, ahead of Severance season two later this month. How and when to watch Apple TV Plus for free In order to access the streamer’s catalogue of TV and films you simply visit the Apple TV Plus website or access via the app on a device where Apple TV Plus is available. Per the website, all you’ll need is an Apple ID ‘to see what all the buzz is about’ and get an ‘all-access pass’. Among its many suggestions, the streamer wrote: ‘Get your mind blown by celebrated sci-fi series like Dark Matter, For All Mankind and Foundation.’ Apple TV Plus will be free to watch on Saturday, January 4 and Sunday, January 5, 2025. There’s a whole world of A-List talent at your fingertips for over 48 hours, so make sure you don’t miss out.

Leicester Memories Leicester and Leicestershire Photographic Society We are delighted to announce the opening of entries for our Annual Photography Exhibition 2025. Entries will be accepted starting 31st January 2025. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your best work and share your unique perspective with a broader audience. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to message us for more information. We look forward to your participation and to seeing your inspiring submissions. Let's make this exhibition the best one yet!

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife/famed-leicester-music-venue-named-9835985 Not good news but still hope. One of Leicester's most famous music venues has announced its immediate closure. Discussions about the future of The Musician are now ongoing, with the news devastating fans online. The venue, in Leicester's Crafton Street West, delivered the shock news to fans this week, saying "ongoing discussions" were now taking place about its future. The Musician said: "The Musician will be closed for a while until we can do a further announcement about the venues future. We are having ongoing discussions so please bear with us until we can provide a further update." The closure comes just months after The Musician was recognised as one of the UK's top 10 most active music venues in the UK. The venue, which first opened its doors in 2001, ranked 10th nationwide according to research by Protectivity using Ticketmaster data. Musicians and fans have shared their memories of the venue following the announcement. Several performers praised the intimate atmosphere of the venue, with one describing it as "a fantastic little venue" that are "few and far between these days". Another regular visitor to the venue described it as having been "a core part of my life for the past 20 years," adding there had been "too many amazing gigs to even try to count". The venue was particularly noted for its welcoming atmosphere, with one performer recalling being "greeted with a cup of tea and a bun on arrival". Others expressed hope that the closure would not be permanent, with some suggesting potential solutions including membership schemes and support from the Music Venue Trust. All scheduled shows will be relocated to their partner venue, The International on Garden Street. The Musician was the only establishment outside of London and major cities like Manchester and Glasgow to make the top 10 most active venues list.

Adrian Watson · Follow A few people commented on previous photos and videos which showed the remains of the Belgrave and Birstall railway station at what is now Leicester North station on the Great Central Railway’s in Leicestershire. This is a better picture of what remains. Belgrave and Birstall station was built on the Great Central Railway's route to London and opened in 1899. The station was built to the standard GCR pattern of a single large 'island' platform between the two running lines, on which stood the station buildings, including ticket office and waiting rooms. Access was made by descending a flight of stairs from the road bridge that crossed the two lines. The different colour brickwork now shows where the stairs used to descend to the platform. The station closed in 1963 and was subject to regular vandalism which gradually made the station structure unsafe. The station buildings and platform were finally removed in 1985. In the photo you can see the store room at the base of the structure where non valuable track items are sometimes stored. Even in this reduced state, you can see the skill of the men who built this bridge and station structure.

Well the Sky PL review of that season is crap as they hardly ever showed us live and it's focus at the end is how Chelsea won the league for us.

Lost Football Grounds and Terraces of the United Kingdom · Leyton Wright Someone posted about how he has fallen out of love with West Ham in recent years, but melted after a bit of backlash, so here's my take: I used to bleed claret and blue. Upton Park, the chicken run, pie and mash, the walk up Green Street, Julien ****ing Dicks. It was generational. Something special passed down through the centuries, but those days are gone. The snakes in suits have been in charge for a long time now, Icelandic and English. With their shady backroom deals and grubby little hands in our pockets lining theirs. Something that is indicative of wider society in general. All they care about is squeezing every last penny out of us, while they sell our history down the river. The rich and powerful have sucked the life out of the majority of the Premier League and profited massively from it. The fancy new stadium (the one that isn't built for football, nobody has any idea who paid for it, and is almost always half empty by 70 mins) is just a monument to capitalist greed and corruption Nobody wanted the move, but only a small few had any say. Taxpayers money vanished into thin air, and nobody's giving any straight answers. It stinks of corruption. Sullivan, Gold, Brady, even Boris was in on it. They think trophies will distract us from their dirty tricks, but trophies aren't for the fans, they're just a symbol of prize money (and for Man Utd and Liverpool fans to bicker over of course). Real fans know that football isn't about silverware and would trade in any trophy in a flash for their clubs back. Real football is about community, it's about belonging, working-class pride, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with your mates, week in, week out, through thick and thin. There's not a lot of that in the PL these days. I've started following my local non-league team instead. The football ain't pretty, but that's the charm of it. There's passion, honesty, and a sense of community that you won't find in those sterile Premier League palaces. You can even hold the trophies in the clubhouse—if you're into that kind of thing! Plus, it's nice knowing that your hard-earned money is going back into the club and not to some offshore tax haven to make some rich guy even richer, or even supporting human rights abuses in the middle east. If West ham became fan-owned, I'm sure I would fall back in love with them. I still catch the scores now and again. But until then, the bubble has well and truly burst. DG Maguire Yep, I moved to Manchester in ‘79, lived all over since including Salford & Trafford, but always walking distance from Old Trafford. I became semi - detached when the Glazers took over with other people’s money, loaded the debt on to the club, and started trousering £M’s a season while the stadium and the football crumbled. The last time I went to a match was pre-Covid, and that cost £45, 50p per minute, for pretty poor football. The price has gone up since, but the quality hasn’t. Some people thought ‘Manchester Man’ Sir Jim Radcliffe would make a difference, but others amongst us knew he was cut from similar cloth to the Glazers, after he based his company & himself abroad to avoid paying U.K. taxes, threatened to close his Middlesborough plant if it had to follow anti-pollution regs, etc. Now he’s in place he’s cut 250 staff, hiked ticket prices, especially for children & pensioners, cut welfare for former players fallen on hard times, taken away Sir Alex’s ambassador status, & the club’s now aiming to attract more tourists as they spend more than regular supporters. So the idea of a tram ride to Moston to watch FC United, with their “We’re just a shit Man United” banner, has an appeal. After all, the original United are pretty shit most of the time, and cost a lot more to watch! Leyton Wright Author DG Maguire my conspiracy theory about Radcliffe is that he's only there to make the inevitable future takeover from the middle east seem more palatable. Patrick David George Mullis Spot on. Top flight football absolutely stinks - stolen from the working class by the elite. Now every rich man and his dog wants a piece of the pie. There are quite literally HUNDREDS of consortiums made up of rich elite global investors scouring the leagues and buying up all the clubs! The clubs used to belong to the people but not any more! The clubs get enough money from the TV pot but still they are happy to squeeze every last single penny out of the fans. It’s utterly disgraceful that this was ever allowed to happen to our beautiful game… Paul Bowman Well said from a Leicester fan and the corruption is not just the clubs and people running them but the leagues and F A 's the only genuine people are the fans who never get thought about Joe Richardson Just around the corner from the Upton Park ground is the Old Spotted Dog, home to Clapton CFC. The oldest ground in London, which is full of charm, history, and an amazing atmosphere. The premier league and the people in charge are ruining the game from the top, but there are loads of teams, like Clapton CFC, that deserve the support of fans that want real football. Dave Matthews This is a damning indictment of elite football today. But I believe that it’s gonna be difficult to put the genie back in the bottle now