Leicester Riders continued their team building for the new season by retaining forward Jamell Anderson and guard Levi Noel.The 6ft 7in Anderson is entering the third year of his contract with Riders.He broke into the starting five last season, when he averaged just under seven points and three rebounds a game.Anderson also shot an impressive 52 per cent from the floor, including 34 per cent from beyond the three-point line, and was selected as Nottingham City Council's sportsman of the...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 9 hours ago.
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Basketball: Duo sign extended deals for new term
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'Campbell should only be first new striker at Leicester City,'...
Fraizer Campbell will be a welcome addition to Leicester City's strikeforce but they may need even more fire power in the Premier League, believes Alan Young.Campbell looks set to sign from Cardiff after meeting City boss Nigel Pearson this week.Former City centre-forward Young believes the Manchester United graduate will fit in well at the Premier League new boys.But Young believes City may need another striker on top of Campbell to give them enough punch up front going into the new season.City...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 9 hours ago.
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Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson was always confident of...
Nigel Pearson said he was always confident he would remain as Leicester City manager after signing a new three-year deal.City officially announced last night that the 50-year-old, whose original contract was due to expire this month, had signed his new contract and committed his future to the club until 2017, along with assistants Craig Shakespeare and Steve Walsh.Although the announcement came just under two weeks before the players are set to return to pre-season ahead of their first season...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 9 hours ago.
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Reported by Leicester Mercury 10 hours ago.
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Reported by West Briton 8 hours ago.
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Illegal gun councillor faces no further sanctions from Leicester...
A Labour city councillor will face no further action from party whips after being convicted of having an illegal shotgun.Former lord mayor of Leicester Robert Wann admitted having the weapon without a certificate when he appeared before magistrates last month and was fined £2,600 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £120 victim surcharge.Since then, officials from the city council's Labour group have been deciding whether he should face any further sanctions – such...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 8 hours ago.
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Man pistol-whipped in cafe as terrified children looked on in...
Children screamed in shock as a man was beaten up and pistol-whipped in a cafe.Parents and shop staff described "feeling like jelly" in fear, on seeing the gun, Leicester Crown Court was told.The male victim had just left Café Cake Smiles, in East Park Road, Spinney Hills, Leicester, when he encountered Najmul Halim (19) and Sameer Naeem (18) outside.Steven Coupland, prosecuting, said: "Halim was in possession of an imitation firearm, a gas-powered ball bearing (BB)...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 8 hours ago.
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Leicester hospital trust at fault in death of baby
Hospital negligence contributed to the death of a newborn girl, a coroner has ruled.Dayani Chauhan-Ahmed died at Leicester Royal Infirmary at 4.45pm on October 3.An inquest at Leicester Town Hall yesterday heard that neonatal pathologist Dr Nikola Ostojic gave the cause of death as brain damage due to a lack of oxygen, which also resulted in multiple organ failure.Contributing factors were a "hypocoiled" umbilical cord, which restricted oxygen to the infant, and...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 8 hours ago.
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Barrier built to keep out travellers from unauthorised spot in...
About 500 metres of earthworks have been built along a Leicester road to try to stop travellers returning to a spot where they have often set up unauthorised camps.The obstruction, which stands about four feet high, has been piled up on the western side of Beaumont Leys Lane, Beaumont Leys, as a barrier to prevent travellers moving their vehicles on to the grass verge.The roadside spot has been popular with travellers for many years and the last group vacated it last week before city council...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 8 hours ago.
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Leicester house fire deaths: Judge details timeline of arson...
The judge who sentenced each of the eight men to long prison sentences yesterday outlined how they plotted the botched arson attack. The Honourable Mr Justice John Griffith Williams said things began to move shortly after popular sports coach Antoin Akpom was fatally stabbed in Kent Street, Highfields, Leicester, at about 5.30pm on Thursday, September 12. Mr Griffith Williams said: "Within minutes of the fatal attack on Antoin Akpom, Nathaniel Mullings told Shaun Carter of it, Tristan Richards...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 9 hours ago.
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Port Vale defender Joe Davis set to complete move to Leicester...
PORT Vale expect their out-of-contract defender Joe Davis to complete a move to Leicester City. The 20-year-old has been offered a new one-year deal by the Valiants but favours a move to the Foxes who are likely to add him to their squad of promising under-21 players. Davis has come through the youth system at Vale Park and made 31 appearances for the first team. Because he is under-24, the Valiants would be entitled to a fee if he leaves. That is likely to be heavily dependent on the number of...
Reported by The Sentinel Stoke 6 hours ago.
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Leicester City set to sign young defender
Leicester City look set to add another promising young player to their Development squad. Port Vale defender Joe Davis is reported to have turned down a new one-year deal with the League One club in favour of a move to City. The Stoke Sentinel reports 20-year-old Davis is in negotiations with City, who would have to pay Vale a fee as he is under 24. "As far as I am aware Joe is negotiating with Leicester City," said Vale manager Micky Adams. "People will make a big thing of it, but this...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 6 hours ago.
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Leicester's Curve theatre appoints West End director Nikolai...
West End director Nikolai Foster has been appointed as the new artistic director at Leicester's Curve theatre. In January next year, Nikolai will take over from Paul Kerryson, who is stepping down after 22 years in post. Nikolai said: "I am tremendously excited to begin my Curve adventure, collaborating with a hugely talented and dynamic team, developing all strands of the programme: drama, dance, new writing and of course, musical theatre. "I cannot wait to get started." Nikolai was born...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 6 hours ago.
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Leicester City and Huddersfield friendlies are important...
SCUNTHORPE United boss Russ Wilcox hopes the pre-season friendlies the Iron have lined up are important to give them the springboard to get a good start to League One. The stand out friendlies are against Huddersfield and Leicester City as well as local games including Bottesford, Gainsborough, Carlton and Winterton. "These games will be important and it will allow us to look at different shapes and systems," Wilcox told the Telegraph. "The players are all looking forward to it...
Reported by Scunthorpe Telegraph 5 hours ago.
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Leicester City seek supporters' opinions
Leicester City is seeking the opinions of supporters through a new on-line survey. The club wants feedback from supporters on a host of topics, including ticket sales policies and the match-day experience at the King Power Stadium. The survey closes at midnight on Sunday and supporters who participate have a chance of winning a season ticket. Visit CLICKHERE
Reported by Leicester Mercury 4 hours ago.
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VIDEO: Dr Muhammad Taufiq pays tribute to his family, who died in...
Dr Muhammad Taufiq lost his wife, Shehnila, 47, and their three children, Zainab, 19, Bilal, 17, and Jamal, 15, in the blaze at their home in Wood Hill, Spinney Hills, Leicester, last year. Speaking after the sentencing of the seven men and one youth who were involved in the attack, he pays tribute to his family and talks about the moment he found out about the fire.
Reported by Leicester Mercury 2 hours ago.
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Leicester keen on Port Vale's Davis
BBC Local News: Stoke and Staffordshire -- Port Vale boss Micky Adams says Premier League Leicester are interested in signing out-of-contract defender Joe Davis.
Reported by BBC Local News 3 hours ago.
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Hundreds of school children set to take part in mass bike ride
More than 400 primary school children from 12 city and county schools will join a mass city centre bike ride to Leicester's Curve next week.The ninth annual schools' ride, organised by Leicester City Council, is a way of saying well done to pupils who completed Bikeability cycle training.Pupils will share their new biking skills with cycling instructors, ride leaders and teachers as they make their way to Curve on July 2 to enjoy an entertainment-packed matinee, hosted by children's TV...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 6 hours ago.
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Leicester City fans fly the flag for the Blue Army in Afghanistan
Corporal Clayton Neal, 28 and Lance Corporal Mikey Pipe, 27, are mad keen City fans.It was more in hope than expectation that Cpl Neal, of Loughborough, wrote a letter to City manager Nigel Pearson telling him about the support among him and a group of fellow fans for their team from 3,500 miles away in hostile territory."Two weeks later I got a personal letter back and it came with one of each of the blue, grey and white City strips signed by the team," he said."He thanked us...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 9 hours ago.
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Ghost writer captures pupils' imaginations
Leicester schoolchildren have crowned children's author Tom Palmer the best in a city-wide competition.His book, Ghost Stadium, is a fast-paced spooky ghost story about a group of boys who decide to camp out in an abandoned football stadium, soon finding everything is not as it seems when something begins haunting them.Suddenly, the boys find themselves caught up in an exciting and spooky adventure.Tom was crowned the overall winner of the Our Best Book Award yesterday at Leicester Tigers'...
Reported by Leicester Mercury 5 hours ago.
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