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Another hotel in planning

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/15m-plan-build-new-hotel-1885552

 

Plans have been drawn up for a £15 million hotel, restaurant and banqueting complex next to Sainsbury’s in Leicester.

The scheme would involve the demolition of the existing Indigo restaurant, near the supermarket in Melton Road, Rushey Mead, and replacing it with a larger venue contained within a 125-room hotel.

Leicester City Council’s planning department is considering plans for the project that have been submitted by Indigo’s managing director Jag Ghelani.

Mr Ghelani’s family have run the restaurant for 19 years and are now looking to expand the business.

Currently it employs 35 full and part time staff but if the venture progresses a further 30 staff could be taken on.

It is understood the Ghelani family would run the hotel as a franchise for a large operator like Hilton and are keen to exploit the site they have near the junction of Troon Way and Melton Road.


Mr Ghelani has told planners the area does not have other conferencing facilities of the kind he is proposing and he is hoping to tap into customers from nearby businesses as well as passing trade from people who do not want to travel all the way into the city centre.

Should the scheme be approved the target date for opening the new complex is August 2021.

It is hoped that the existing restaurant will remain open as the new building is constructed and that it would shut for no more than a week as it transfers across.

It's capacity would increase from 160 to 200 diners.

 

 

There are a number of other hotels schemes in the pipeline in Leicester at the moment.

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A Leicester miscellany: A selection of weird and wonderful facts and figures about our city and county
Lost villages, brilliant street names, and old words - it's all here

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/leicester-miscellany-selection-weird-wonderful-1884228

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57 minutes ago, davieG said:

A Leicester miscellany: A selection of weird and wonderful facts and figures about our city and county
Lost villages, brilliant street names, and old words - it's all here

 

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/leicester-miscellany-selection-weird-wonderful-1884228

Beaumont Leys literally translates to "Beautiful Mountain Meadow" lol

 

Oh, if they knew how wrong they were going to be.

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Royal Mail postboxes that take parcels will be trialled in Leicester
There will be 13 postboxes across Leicester


ByCarly Odell
15:01, 13 AUG 2018
NEWS

Royal Mail parcel postbox. (Image: Royal Mail.)
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Royal Mail are trailling parcel postboxes in Leicester that allow people to post pre-paid parcels in the same way they would post letters.

The boxes are have a wider deposit hole and a secure design to make posting parcels more convenient, as well as safe.

For the trial, Royal Mail are hosting the idea in just two places.

There are 13 parcel postboxes in Leicester and 17 in Northampton, which are already in use and will be available to until November, 5.

Parcels must be paid for through Click & Drop before they are deposited in the postbox, but other than that it works the same way posting a letter does.

At the end of the trial, Royal Mail will review consumer feedback and usage of the parcel postboxes and a decision will then be made whether or not to introduce parcel postboxes elsewhere around the country.


A spokesperson for Royal Mail Parcels, said: “The trial of parcel postboxes is one of the many ways we at Royal Mail are looking to make the lives of customers easier, giving them more options that suit how they want to do business.

"The trial is aimed at giving more flexibility to online sellers who might be running a business in their spare time and not keeping regular office hours.”

Will you use the parcel postboxes?
Yes, it's much more convenient
No, I'll stick to what I do
The 13 postboxes can be found in these locations:

Cobden Street, LE1 2LB
Snow Hill, LE13 1PD
Long Street, LE18 2AE
Gloucester Crescent, LE18 4YF
West Avenue, LE18 2FB
Lempu, LE19 1RJ
Kenilworth Drive, LE2 7SR
Elland Road, LE3 1TU
Boston Road, LE4 1AA
Wenlock Way, LE4 9HU
UXbridge Road, LE4 7SL
Winchester Avenue, LE8 4GZ

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20 minutes ago, davieG said:

Royal Mail postboxes that take parcels will be trialled in Leicester
There will be 13 postboxes across Leicester


ByCarly Odell
15:01, 13 AUG 2018
NEWS

Royal Mail parcel postbox. (Image: Royal Mail.)
0_PICS-Royal-Mail-Parcel-Postbox-trial-1.jpg

Royal Mail are trailling parcel postboxes in Leicester that allow people to post pre-paid parcels in the same way they would post letters.

The boxes are have a wider deposit hole and a secure design to make posting parcels more convenient, as well as safe.

For the trial, Royal Mail are hosting the idea in just two places.

There are 13 parcel postboxes in Leicester and 17 in Northampton, which are already in use and will be available to until November, 5.

Parcels must be paid for through Click & Drop before they are deposited in the postbox, but other than that it works the same way posting a letter does.

At the end of the trial, Royal Mail will review consumer feedback and usage of the parcel postboxes and a decision will then be made whether or not to introduce parcel postboxes elsewhere around the country.


A spokesperson for Royal Mail Parcels, said: “The trial of parcel postboxes is one of the many ways we at Royal Mail are looking to make the lives of customers easier, giving them more options that suit how they want to do business.

"The trial is aimed at giving more flexibility to online sellers who might be running a business in their spare time and not keeping regular office hours.”

Will you use the parcel postboxes?
Yes, it's much more convenient
No, I'll stick to what I do
The 13 postboxes can be found in these locations:

Cobden Street, LE1 2LB
Snow Hill, LE13 1PD
Long Street, LE18 2AE
Gloucester Crescent, LE18 4YF
West Avenue, LE18 2FB
Lempu, LE19 1RJ
Kenilworth Drive, LE2 7SR
Elland Road, LE3 1TU
Boston Road, LE4 1AA
Wenlock Way, LE4 9HU
UXbridge Road, LE4 7SL
Winchester Avenue, LE8 4GZ

What has Boris got to say about this?

 

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Food court at Leicester's Fosse Park set for demolition as part of redevelopment
A new building would have 14 food outlets and four shops - and walkway to £135m shopping centre extension

 

The owners of Fosse Park want to replace the food court with a new building and a walkway linking it with a £135 million extension going up on the former Everards Brewery site.

The replacement food court would have 14 food outlets and four shops on two levels.

They would be built around a pedestrian route starting near Sports Direct and leading to the shops being built on the site of the Castle Acres brewery – which has already been knocked down.

Blaby District Council’s planning committee is set to vote on the plans on August 20, with officers recommending approval, subject to various conditions.

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How the new Fosse Park food hall could look
Management at Fosse Park – which opened in 1989 – said work on the food hall would start within three years.

The redevelopment is part of big plans which include big name stores such as Debenhams, TK Maxx and Clarks, alongside a flagship Next branch moving on to the 12.5 acre brewery site.

Everards has sold the land to Fosse Park’s owners and is building a new head office and brewery over the road, closer to the police headquarters.

The shopping park attracts 10 million visitors a year and the extension is due to be completed in 2020, later than first planned.

Fosse Park extension will have a new landmark Next store
Fosse Park extension will have a new landmark Next store
Michael Bell is senior asset manager for The Crown Estate which bought Fosse Park in the summer of 2014 with Chinese investor Ginkgo Tree Asset Management.

He previously told the Mercury: "This is the beginning of a really exciting journey for Fosse.


 


"The development of Castle Acres will create a fantastic new retail offer for our customers and further enhance Fosse’s position as one of the UK’s best loved retail destinations.”

The redevelopment was given the go-ahead after several months of delays.

Both Next and Debenhams have had to guarantee to keep their Highcross stores open for at least five years, and at least 60 per cent of the Castle Acres site is pre-let.

Artists impression of the new shopping complex on the Everards site at Fosse Park
Artists impression of the new shopping complex on the Everards site at Fosse Park
In the past year, £12.7 million has been spent upgrading stores and store fronts and on landscaping, public spaces and parking at Fosse Park.

New retailers – including Office, Pandora, Primark, Superdrug and JD Sports – have also joined the line-up there.

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Leicester named the third most affordable university city for students in the UK
The city was also rated the cheapest place to get a pint


ByHayley WatsonOnline Content Writer
10:40, 16 AUG 2018

Leicester has been named one of the most affordable cities in the UK for students.

The NatWest Student Living Index 2018 has been published for the fifth year to help students understand more about their university city of choice.

The bank asked 3,419 students across 35 cities exactly how much they spend on essentials like food, rent and bills.

Leicester ranked as the third most affordable city, beaten only by Cardiff, in second place, and Hull, which came top of the list.

NatWest also found that Leicester was the cheapest place to buy a pint of beer, at just £2 a pint.

Students in Leicester were also the most careful with their money, with nearly a third saying they budget carefully.

Leicester was also named the cheapest place to get a pint of beer
Leicester was also named the cheapest place to get a pint of beer (Image: Getty)
However, the average monthly rent in the city is comparable to the UK average, at £442.72 versus £465.54 per month.

The index also busted the stereotype of students who spend all their time partying.


NatWest found the average student spends 90.3 hours a month studying for their degree, compared with 29.7 hours a month socialising.

Just as well - as apparently, the longer students spend socialising, the more likely they are to enjoy studying for their degree.

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6 hours ago, davieG said:

NatWest found the average student spends 90.3 hours a month studying for their degree, compared with 29.7 hours a month socialising.

 

Something has gone terribly wrong with the university system compared to when I was at uni if that is an acceptable ratio nowadays.

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Chip shop on Hinckley Road makes the short list for chip shop of the year.

 

Frydales- Leicestershire

 

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The six-year-old shop made it into the UK’s top rated young fish fryers this year. They also use reusable plastics for their high-quality packaging to protect the severe damage single-use plastics has caused the ocean

 

 

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Fish and chip shops are hoping to batter-off their competition in a prestigious competition.

The National Fish & Chip Awards, organised by Seafish, has revealed its top 20 shortlist who will be fighting it in 14 categories.  

As part of the judging process, each shop is carefully assessed on a variety of elements including: sustainable sourcing policies, menu development and innovation, staff training policies and processes and wider marketing and promotional activity and techniques.

The quality of fish and chips on offer and the levels of customer service provided by staff will also be assesed. 

The competition recognises true excellence in the fish and chip industry and shortlisted businesses will compete in two further rounds of judging in their quest to become the nation's number one chippy.  

Marcus Coleman, Chief Executive Officer at Seafish, said: 'This flagship award category showcases the leading fish and chip businesses across the country.

'There's a tremendous amount of talent to be seen across the Top 20, and we wish them all the best in the next round of judging as we know how much this competition means to all of them.'

The winner of the Fish and Chip Shop of the Year Award will be announced at The National Fish & Chip Awards' 31st anniversary ceremony in London on 24 January 2019. 

Over the coming weeks the shops will undergo a further phase of mystery diner judging inspections in order to whittle the Top 20 down to a Top 10 shortlist, before the final stage of judging held in London in January 2019. 

 

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Leicestershire named one of UK's least popular counties in YouGov poll
Leicester isn't a very popular city either according to the poll

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/leicestershire-named-1-uks-least-1920370


ByDan MartinPolitics Reporter
10:08, 21 AUG 2018UPDATED13:55, 21 AUG 2018

Leicestershire is, apparently, the third least popular county in England.

Pollsters YouGov have published a survey of 42,000 people asking them where in the country they liked, and where they didn’t.

Only Bedfordshire, in 47th and last place, and Northamptonshire ranked below this county.

Fewer than half - 48 per cent - of people asked said they liked Leicestershire

It's not only the county that's losing popularity contests either. In another YouGov poll Leicester was voted the UK's eighth least popular city.

To the surprise, of nobody in particular tourist hotspots Devon, Dorset and Cornwall came first second and third in the county list.

Neighbouring Derbyshire scraped into the top ten but Nottinghamshire managed less well in 36th spot.

For cities, York, Bath and Edinburgh came out on top.


East Midlands MEP and former deputy mayor of Leicester Rory Palmer described the poll as 'daft' and has come out swinging for Leicestershire.

He said: "These daft polls are designed to get people talking and are often best ignored but this one shouldn't be.

"It's ridiculous for Leicestershire to be placed so low.

"Over these past few years the big London polling companies have got all the major political events largely wrong, and this is another example of that.

"People who live in Leicester and Leicestershire know the unique qualities which mean we should be sitting much higher in this league table.

"It's unclear whether people responding to the poll have visited the area before deciding if they like it or not.

"Bradgate Park and the rolling Leicestershire countryside rivals the best in England, Leicester is a vibrant, exciting modern city, the area has brilliant food and drink, enterprise, creativity, culture, arts and sport; and of course brilliant people.


Why Leicester is awful
"There might also be a degree of jealousy in how people have responded from other parts of the country given the positive national and international profile Leicestershire has enjoyed in recent years.

"The reburial of King Richard III dominated the frontages and Leicester City's famous Premier League title took over front and backpages.

"The serious point here is that there can be no complacency or let up in the ongoing efforts to promote the area. There is so much to offer in Leicester and Leicestershire and that confidence to tell the rest of the country and international audiences about this area must continue."

City

% who like the county

Rank

Dorset

92%

1

Devon

92%

2

Cornwall

91%

3

North Yorkshire

87%

4

Somerset

86%

5

Cumbria

85%

6

Isle of Wight

80%

7

Norfolk

79%

8

Northumberland

79%

9

Derbyshire

77%

10

Hampshire

75%

11

West Yorkshire

75%

12

Shropshire

74%

13

Oxfordshire

73%

14

Wiltshire

73%

15

Cheshire

72%

16

Gloucestershire

72%

17

East Riding of Yorkshire

71%

18

Warwickshire

71%

18

Suffolk

71%

20

West Sussex

71%

21

County Durham

70%

22

Lancashire

70%

23

Kent

70%

24

Herefordshire

69%

25

Worcestershire

68%

26

South Yorkshire

66%

27

Cambridgeshire

66%

28

East Sussex

65%

29

Tyne and Wear

64%

30

Lincolnshire

64%

31

Bristol

63%

32

Staffordshire

62%

33

Surrey

62%

34

Rutland

59%

35

Nottinghamshire

59%

36

Hertfordshire

59%

37

Greater London

58%

38

Buckinghamshire

57%

39

Berkshire

55%

40

Merseyside

55%

41

Greater Manchester

53%

42

Essex

50%

43

West Midlands

49%

44

Leicestershire

48%

45

Northamptonshire

47%

46

Bedfordshire

40%

47

 

 

 

 

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I had the misfortune to visit it yesterday. 

I pulled into Granby Street and I saw a guy trying to dismantle a litter bin for what we thought was cigarette butts, we then went towards Dover Street car park and there were three druggies hanging about and so we decided to go to the Highcross instead as they looked like they were after someone. 

Highcross fine, but we had to walk down Hunberstone Gate and it’s like walking into a poverty stricken City. From the clock tower down it is just full of poverty you can just tell. 

Went to a cafe on the lanes which is okay, but you pass by the homeless crack addict sitting outside the old pilot store. 

Granby Street is horrendous, Humberstone Gate from the clock tower is also.

Just my update on my latest visit, it makes my skin crawl. 

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1 hour ago, Rob1742 said:

I had the misfortune to visit it yesterday. 

I pulled into Granby Street and I saw a guy trying to dismantle a litter bin for what we thought was cigarette butts, we then went towards Dover Street car park and there were three druggies hanging about and so we decided to go to the Highcross instead as they looked like they were after someone. 

Highcross fine, but we had to walk down Hunberstone Gate and it’s like walking into a poverty stricken City. From the clock tower down it is just full of poverty you can just tell. 

Went to a cafe on the lanes which is okay, but you pass by the homeless crack addict sitting outside the old pilot store. 

Granby Street is horrendous, Humberstone Gate from the clock tower is also.

Just my update on my latest visit, it makes my skin crawl. 

For someone who feels the need to regularly convey how much they hate Leicester, you sure seem to spend a lot of time in it - specifically in the areas you're constantly saying are shit.

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12 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

For someone who feels the need to regularly convey how much they hate Leicester, you sure seem to spend a lot of time in it - specifically in the areas you're constantly saying are shit.

I rarely go. Had to get the lads school uniform unfortunately. It was a have to go experience I am afraid. 

Would love it to be a situation where you enjoyed going, but it ain’t, because it’s shite.

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21 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

For someone who feels the need to regularly convey how much they hate Leicester, you sure seem to spend a lot of time in it - specifically in the areas you're constantly saying are shit.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought that. lol

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