• Leicester's mayor Sir Peter Soulsby reflects on a year in charge of the city

  By leicesterle4

  Can anyone state why we actualy need a lord mayor.Apart from taking tax payers money in his back...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 04/05/12

  

  A year since his election, city mayor Sir peter Soulsby talks to political correspondent David MacLean about his highs and lows in the hot seat It is one year since Leicester made history and became the biggest city outside London to vote for a directly elected mayor. Nearly 47,000 people cast their vote for Labour's Sir Peter Soulsby, giving him a four-year term and unprecedented power over the city's affairs. "You don't...

• Freedom of the Borough parade

  By Leicslocal

  I hope lots of people will be showing their support when the B (Leicestershire and Derbyshire...

            

   

  By mthompson22 at 15:14 on 01/05/12

  

  A Freedom of the Borough march will take place in South Wigston on May 19.  In advance of the B (Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry) Squadron exercising their right to the Freedom of the Borough, a scroll was presented to Colonel Robert Boyle by the Mayor of Oadby and Wigston at a meeting of the full council on April 17, at Wigston council offices. The squadron parade will set off at 11am.  Councillor Bill Boulter...

• Ticket reprieve is common sense

  By mgphillips1

  pavement parking in Wigston is rife. I frequently see vehicles parked wholly on the pavement...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 16/05/12

  

  I am glad to see that common sense has prevailed. The parking ticket issued to a taxi driver who was taking an elderly disabled customer to the bank has been quashed. Almost every day in Wigston I see delivery and collection vehicles parked on double yellow lines and zig-zags. Most of them have two wheels on the pavement and some have all four. These vehicles are never ticketed – why? There is no signage indicating no parking...

• Ticket buyers hit by hall's £3 fee

  By robth

  Please note that the Little Theatre in Dover Street has recently abolished all its credit card,...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 11/04/12

  

  One of Leicester's top entertainment venues has introduced a new fee for people buying tickets. Anyone who wants to see a show or concert at De Montfort Hall now has to pay a charge of £3 whenever they make a purchase. Staff at the hall said the fee, which applies to any transaction made in person, online or by phone, would help them cover the costs of running the box office and simplified an existing system. The Leicester...

• Why shorten the name to Kate?

  By martin_le3

  People need to realise that just because they read about celebs in the paper and watch them on the...

            

   

  By Leicester Mercury at 07:30 on 08/05/12

  

  Like so many, I take a great interest in news of royal occasions, but I am so sad to have the lovely name Catherine reduced to Kate. The lady concerned has to put up with it, but I've no doubt it makes her a little sad. I do hope that the media people decide to change. My own name means a great deal to me. It reminds me of my parents and has a connection that goes back for many years. My concern may feel trivial to some, but I...

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