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Story of Leicester · Follow oorndsteSpuu9102h9g2l1lthhg48t39au16384u3ughu47fmutctm1f02i2 · #ThrowbackThursday to Blackbird Road leading to Parker Drive, photo dated 1968. Notice the filled in tram tacks? The old Great Central Railway bridge? Maybe some of you remember when it used looked this way... #StoryofLeicester

This really gets me Still see it regularly.

Not sure if already posted. https://football-italia.net/iniesta-links-injury-history-contes-influence-what-you-need-to-know-about-leicester-target-sensi/ Iniesta links, injury history, Conte’s influence: what you need to know about Leicester target Sensi ByLorenzo Bettoni JAN 9, 2024 18:16 Iniesta links, injury history, Conte’s influence: what you need to know about Leicester target Sensi Here is what you need to know about Inter midfielder Stefano Sensi who has been linked with a move to Leicester City in the January transfer window. The Italy international’s contract runs out in June 2024, so the English Championship leaders hope to secure his signature in the January transfer window for a low fee. Sensi was once regarded as one of the most promising Italian midfielders, but his tendency to often get injured has seen his playing time drastically reduced at Inter, so he was sent out on loan at Sampdoria and Monza over the last two seasons. The Italian midfielder joined Inter from Sassuolo in 2019 on an initial loan deal with an obligation to buy, and the impact under Antonio Conte was impressive. Sensi scored three goals and delivered four assists in his first seven Serie A games at the Stadio Meazza before sustaining an adductor injury that forced him to the sidelines for nearly two months. Nevertheless, Conte had a big influence on his development as the Italian midfielder admitted in 2020. “I’ve been training with a different intensity and I’ve improved by playing as a Mezzala [box-to-box midfielder],” he said. “My improvements are all Conte’s merit.” Sensi plays in a slightly more defensive position now and is more often deployed as a deep-lying playmaker. The Italian midfielder played 40 games under Conte but had also worked under Roberto De Zerbi at Sassuolo, scoring two goals in 30 appearances with the current Brighton coach. Sensi’s injury history is sadly long and saw him miss 77 games for club and country since his move to the Stadio Meazza in 2019. In terms of pure quality, however, he is undoubtedly among the best Italian players of his generation, and it’s no coincidence that Roberto Mancini included him in Italy’s squad for Euro 2020. Unfortunately, Sensi was forced to pull out of the squad due to a muscular problem and when so-called fans on social media trolled him for his recurrent injuries, his partner Giulia Amodio stood up to defend him. “It is really hard to understand how people can be so stupid, rude, insensitive, mean, disrespectful and incredibly ignorant at the same time. I hope you can receive the same treatment squared (so that you can understand how incredibly stupid you are),” she wrote on Instagram. Sensi is technically so good that somebody even compared him to Andres Iniesta in the past. Among them were Antonio Cassano, Lele Adani and former Inter star Nicola Berti, a former Tottenham midfielder. “Stefano is so strong,” Berti told Gazzetta in 2021. “In the first two months under Conte, he played even better than Iniesta, but then he suffered too many injuries. After so many relapses, there is a mental block that prevents you from recovering the best shape and he had already had some issues at Sassuolo.” A year later, Sensi seemed to have recovered his best form at Sampdoria, prompting Cassano to say that he was the “best Italian midfielder” and that Roberto Mancini “should have relied on him without thinking twice.” Sensi, 28, has only made four appearances with Inter this season and was left out of their Champions League list for the group stage. During the previous campaign, which he entirely spent on loan at Monza, he played regularly, scoring three goals in 28 Serie A appearances, proving that hopefully, the physical problems that tormented him during his career may be a memory of the past. Nevertheless, the Nerazzurri are unlikely to offer him a contract extension so he is expected to leave the Stadio Meazza at the end of the season if he won’t join Leicester City or any other club in the January transfer window.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-67914854 Rubbish left "festooned" across river banks and stuck in tree branches after flooding shows an "appalling legacy of litter" in Leicester, a professor says. Prof Sarah Gabbott, of the University of Leicester, said there were countless numbers of aluminium cans and plastic bottles washed up by the River Soar. She said: "The litter clogs up the river and causes even more flooding." Prof Gabbott wants to educate people that litter is "killing wildlife" and "ruining our beautiful river". The professor, who researches plastic pollution in the environment, also spotted kitchen lino, fire extinguishers, car bumpers, medium-density fibreboard (MDF), tricycles, footballs, barbecues, and part of a kitchen cupboard in the wake of Storm Henk.

Written by Mike Hugg of Manfred Man and Ian LaFrenais writer of the series with Dick Clement they also wrote Porridge. Pretty much sums me up now.

https://www.lcfc.com/news/3851880/debuts-awards--assists--latest-loan-update?lang=en Debuts, Awards & Assists - Latest Loan Update LCFC MEN Published 1 hr 1 min ago 3 MinutesReading time Eight Leicester City loanees have been in action in the UK and around Europe across the last month. - Lewis Brunt picked up the Player of the Month for Mansfield in Sky Bet League 2 - Daniel Iversen’s Stoke City debut ended in defeat in the Emirates FA Cup - Luke Thomas helped Sheffield United progress to the fourth round of the cup - Paul Appiah also tasted success in the competition, beating Stevenage - Young forward Zach Booth assisted a goal for FC Volendam in the Eredivisie Lewis Brunt started Mansfield Town’s six Sky Bet League 2 fixtures over the festive period, with three successive victories over Crawley Town, Sutton United and Grimsby Town followed by a draw with Doncaster Rovers and a win at league leaders Stockport County. The Stags lost to Crewe Alexandra last time out but are currently second in the fourth-tier standings, two points behind County, ahead of travelling to Morecambe on Saturday (3pm kick-off). Brunt, named the club’s December Player of the Month, will be hoping to make his 20th league appearance of the season at Mazuma Stadium. Expand photo Lewis Brunt Brunt celebrates with Callum Johnson during Mansfield's draw with Doncaster Rovers. Daniel Iversen made his Stoke City debut in their 4-2 Emirates FA Cup defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion at bet365 Stadium last weekend. The Sky Bet Championship side return to league action this Saturday, away at Rotherham United (3pm kick-off). Starting Bologna’s 2-0 triumph over Roma, Victor Kristiansen also played in the 3-0 defeat to Udinese and 1-1 draw with Genoa at the weekend. The Denmark international has featured 15 times for the Italian club in Serie A, who remain fifth in the league standings heading into a meeting with Cagliari on Sunday (2pm kick-off). Before then, Fiorentina host I Rossoblù in the Coppa Italia Quarter-Finals at 8pm tonight (Tuesday). Midfielder Boubakary Soumaré’s 90 minutes against RC Lens in the UEFA Champions League was followed by three La Liga starts, beating Granada 3-0, with defeats to Getafe and Atlético Madrid either side. Expand photo Boubakary Soumaré Facing Atlético Madrid in La Liga. Facing Alavés at home on Friday (8pm kick-off), the Rojiblancos are currently 16th in the table, with the 24-year-old Frenchman in line for a 12th league appearance at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán. Full-back Luke Thomas played the full game at Etihad Stadium as Sheffield United lost 2-0 to Manchester City in the Premier League at the end of December, before also featuring across the 90 minutes at Gillingham on Saturday. The defender helped the Blades to a 4-0 success at Priestfield Stadium and progress into the fourth round of the Emirates FA Cup. Back in the league next up, the Yorkshire side host West Ham United on Sunday 21 January (2pm kick-off). Chris Wilder’s side are 20th, seven points from safety. Expand photo Luke Thomas The defender was in Emirates FA Cup action over the weekend. Zach Booth registered an assist in FC Volendam’s 2-1 defeat of Heerenveen prior to the winter break. Seventeenth in the Eredivisie, three points from safety, the Dutch side tackle Almere on Sunday (11:15am), a chance for the winger to make his 12th appearance. After his loan was extended until 25 January, Paul Appiah was part of a cup upset at the weekend, coming on as a substitute early in the second half of Maidstone United’s 1-0 triumph over League 1 Stevenage. The National League South outfit are straight back to league action tonight (Tuesday), at home to Dartford (7:45pm kick-off), looking to move into third position with a win. Forward Nathan Opoku, who has one goal in 11 games for OH Leuven, came on as a substitute in successive Belgian Pro League matches, losing to Cercle Brugge and KAA Gent. A Belgian Quarter-Final with Antwerp comes next for Leuven on Wednesday 17 January (5:45pm kick-off).

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/leicester-city-notebook-enzo-maresca-9021575 PORTOPINION By Jordan Blackwell Thanks to the rotation by Maresca for the FA Cup tie at Millwall at the weekend, six of the 13 players to feature were graduates from City’s academy: Jakub Stolarczyk, Ben Nelson, Hamza Choudhury, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Wanya Marcal, and Tawanda Maswanhise. Four of the six, including debutant Maswanhise joined the club at under-nine level. That now takes the total number of academy players used this season to seven, with Kasey McAteer involved as well, and it’s likely to be eight before the campaign is out with Maresca a big fan of Will Alves. The number of local lads involved means it’s unlikely that City’s streak of having at least one academy player in every senior matchday squad will end soon. The run is now up to 257 games, starting more than five years ago.

‘66 for me and a very classy player

Born and Raised in Leicester · 8 Lower Churchgate, between Sanvey Gate and Friday Street, to the right is the Malt Shovel pub 1911

Born and Raised in Leicester · Very old glass plate photo of the Clock Towe

History - Roman - Anglo Saxon - Secular leaders - Innovative (in the past) Sport - LCFC - Rugby - Cricket - Basketball Civic Vandalism - Dirty - Road Works Loss of importance nationally Poor investment by Government - Railways - Council tax support

Bet365 boss Denise Coates sees pay jump to £221m Denise Coates IMAGE SOURCE,BET365/PA MEDIA The boss of Bet365 was paid around £221m during its last financial year, despite the gambling giant reporting a significant loss. Denise Coates's salary was £7m higher than the previous year, according to new company accounts. As founder and joint chief executive of the online gambling firm, Ms Coates will also have received tens of millions of pounds worth of dividends. Bet365 did not respond to the BBC's request for comment. Ms Coates's pay bump means that her total salary and dividend payments over the past four years is more than £1bn. Campaign groups such as the High Pay Centre described the pay package as "neither fair nor proportionate". "Ultimately, Britain's prosperity depends on how the wealth our economy generates is shared, " said Luke Hildyard, executive director of the High Pay Centre which focuses on pay and responsible business. "Pouring hundreds of millions of pounds more on top of billionaire fortunes every year isn't a good way to maximise living standards and it over-values the contribution that the super-rich have made." Ms Coates founded the Bet365 website in a portable building in a Stoke-on-Trent car park more than 20 years ago. It is now the biggest private sector employer in the city. She is thought to be one of Britain's richest women and among the best-paid executives in the world. After training as an accountant, Ms Coates helped build the group into one of the biggest online gambling companies from her father's bookmaking business. Her brother is a co-chief executive. Earning an annual salary that peaked at £421m in 2020, Ms Coates has earnt roughly £1.1bn in just four years. Many top executives often see the bulk of their earnings made up of share pay-outs. It means that Ms Coates, her brother and father are liable for more tax. According to the Sunday Times Tax List, the three were said to have paid £460.2m to HM Revenue and Customs off the back of their earnings. Ms Coates, whose father and brother are also the joint chairmen of Stoke City Football Club, has seen the family bookmakers become a huge empire. She is often credited as the driving force behind the business, and became managing director of her family's chain of betting shops at the age of 22. The latest accounts filed on Monday showed that the Bet265 group's revenues topped £3.4bn, up from £2.8bn the year before, helped by a boost in activity from the Fifa World Cup in Qatar. However, it reported a pre-tax loss of £72.6m loss compared to a £49.8m profit in the previous 12 months. The group launched operations in the US and Canada which it said led to a "significant increase in costs". Related Topics

BBC BT Group to turn old street cabinets into electric vehicle charging points By Shiona McCallum Technology reporter Old green street cabinets will be converted into electric vehicle (EV) charging points, according to BT Group. The metal cabinets are traditionally used to store broadband and phone cabling, but many are coming towards the end of their lifespans. The first converted cabinet will be installed in Scotland within weeks, under a pilot programme. BT hopes up to 60,000 could be converted, which would help tackle a shortfall in electric car chargers. The government's ambition is to increase the number of charging points from more than 50,000 today to 300,000 by 2030 but Zapmap figures show nearly a third of all UK charging points are currently in London. People have complained about the lack of charging ports in some areas and that some do not work or are unreliable. This pilot project by BT will explore how this solution could be scaled up to address the lack of chargers on UK roads, something that motoring groups have said is holding back Britain's electric car revolution. 'Repurposing' Both cabinets that are still providing broadband to individual households and those that have been decommissioned are able to be used to support the new EV charging points. Currently, the boxes contain old technology which will soon be defunct because of the nationwide rollout of full fibre broadband connections. Engineers will be able to retrofit the cabinets with a device that enables renewable energy to be shared to a charge point alongside the existing broadband service with no need to create a new connection, because they are already connected to a power source. The green lockers that are set to be decommissioned will have one charge point per cabinet, which provides two charging sockets. They also have a battery backup so existing broadband services should not be be disrupted during installation. As the boxes become decommissioned, more charging points can be added. The first location will be in East Lothian, with further pilots to roll out across the UK in the coming months. IMAGE SOURCE,BT GROUP Image caption, An example of an EV charger from a green cabinet Tom Guy, CEO of Etc., the start-up and digital incubation arm at BT Group, said that this solution was a "huge step" in addressing the barriers customers face. "Working closely with local councils in Scotland and more widely across the UK, we are at a critical stage of our journey in tackling a very real customer problem that sits at the heart of our wider purpose to connect for good," he said. Stuart Masson from automotive website The Car Expert welcomed the initiative. "Harnessing existing street furniture is a great way to increase the number of public EV charging points without further adding to clutter along our footpaths," he said. "Making this even more valuable, many of these green street cabinets are located in residential areas across the UK, including smaller villages and towns, where charging infrastructure is most severely lacking." The Department for Transport told the BBC that they have committed "hundreds of millions of pounds to expand local charging across England." Their spokesperson said: "The number of public charge points is rising across the country - increasing by 44% since December 2022. "We expect the private sector to deliver the majority of charge points and welcome initiatives such as this." BT is making the announcement at an international tech trade show in Las Vegas. The initiative has been awarded an innovation accolade for outstanding design and engineering at the Consumer Electronics Show.

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4 years ago. I don’t some of recognise what I’ve posted a week before

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/what-happens-next-leicester-city-9015073 By Jordan Blackwell 07:15, 5 JAN 2024 UPDATED07:26, 5 JAN 2024 Q: Another question about Denis Praet. Is it correct that he has never been able to complete a full 90 minutes during his time with City? A: That's true of league games, yes. Of his 69 league appearances for the club, the most he's ever played was 85 minutes in a 1-0 home defeat to Man City in February 2020. He came close earlier this season, in the 1-0 win away at Huddersfield, when he played 84 minutes. But across cup competitions like the Europa League, the EFL Cup, and the FA Cup, he's played 90 minutes on 10 occasions.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/history/lotta-bottle-demolish-unique-landmark-552993 They had a lotta bottle to demolish unique landmark Elegant 1930s Art Deco dairy building was one of several landmarks destroyed in the area ByAustin J Ruddy 12:04, 29 SEP 2017 This was one of the most vibrant and stylish buildings in Leicester, giving a subtle hint of colour to an old industrial building and brightening up a backstreet corner of the city. Kirby and West’s Alderney Dairy, on Western Boulevard, was designed by architects the Riley Brothers in 1935, to an elegant Art Deco design, which managed to be both classical and cutting-edge at the same time. Smart white, green and blue biscuit tiles were placed over the facade of an old chemical factory, making an attractive place for its employees to work and improving the area. Correspondent Michael Clarke took these two photos towards the building’s latter years, after Kirby and West had moved to new premises in nearby Richard III Road in 1980. “At the time of my photograph, this former Western Boulevard building had until fairly recently been occupied for many years by second-hand furniture dealers, Mick and Den,” explains Michael, now of Norfolk. “The graffiti seen on the doors provide details of the address of the premises they had moved on to in King Richards Road and eventually moving to a building of modern contemporary style, the relatively short-lived former Bosworth pub, built about 1962, on the site of another hostelry the Danes Hill Tavern. “Ironically, they had moved close to Kirby and West’s new dairy,” adds Michael. Michael took the photograph – along with pictures of the impressive neighbouring Victorian, red brick Great Central Railway goods offices – as a reference for a painting he was about to undertake. art 43.tif He also took this more unusual black and white angle for his late 1970s photograph of the building. It shows the plain brick frontage that, apart from three decorative bands and lower tiling, that extended from the admired tiled facade, along the length of the bottling plant to the loading dock visible through the arched gate. Michael adds that ornate white tiling work capped the gate, where Leicester’s largest “pinta” was displayed in a rounded gallery arch. Michael was born in Leicester’s New Park Street, within sight of the dairy and the railway goods offices. Unbelievably – or believably, depending on your view – both buildings were demolished in 1997, to make way for the Bede Island development. Michael feels the eventual demolition of these two unique West End landmarks caught people by surprise. At the time, with demolition of the goods offices already under way, Michael was moved to comment in the letters page of the Mercury on the prospect of losing the Art Deco gem. He still reckons it was no coincidence that the bulldozers were switched from the railway offices to flatten the dairy first, before preservationists could stage a late protest to save its magnificent tiled facade. Indeed, the destruction was to continue: both the historic Bowstring Bridge and popular Pump and Tap pub were also demolished in 2009 – so that was three major Leicester landmarks levelled in the space of 12 years. Regular readers will know that I often “bang on” about the destruction of our city’s irreplaceable elegant heritage.

Recently demolished Born and Raised in Leicester · Kirby and West, Western Boulevard built in 1935

Story of Leicester · A look back 100 years ago at the development of Saffron Lane, when building started on the Park Estate in 1924. Image credit: Leicester & Leicestershire Record Office. After the end of the First World War there was a serious housing shortage in Leicester. By the early 1920s, over 5,000 people were on the waiting list. In April 1924, Leicester Corporation bought 169 acres of land from Mrs Sybil Eyres-Monsell. They planned to create a ‘garden suburb’ with 1,500 houses, called the Park Estate. It is now the Saffron Lane Estate. Work started on 20 September 1924, with the first 30 houses being completed 11 months later. Read more at: https://storyofleicester.info/.../housing-in-saffron-lane/ #StoryofLeicester

Born and Raised in Leicester · Welford Road 1959

No excuses this year as it's a week before we play Cov.

These guys look safe to me although i guess safety is determined lot by fan behaviour. Aston Villa FC Villa Park, England The Holte End In its prime the Holte End alone could hold around 30k fans. That my friend is a good old fashion terrace.. As for LCFC they are more interested in the corporate, ST, higher seat values sales than a few cheap safe standing areas, hence no tickets for nonentities who maybe ruffians or matchday sales.