Local audit crisis deepens after council bankruptcy warning
Urgent reforms are needed for local authority audits as Leicester City Council faces financial turmoil, risking bankruptcy.
Urgent reforms are needed for local authority audits as Leicester City Council faces financial turmoil, risking bankruptcy.
Plus, traders moved from Leicester Market, Leicester Cathedral reopened its doors after two years, and Knitting Banxy struck again.
Musician and writer Nancy Dawkins walks us through Ruth Miller's extraordinary musical life after her recent passing.
Plus City of Leicester Awards, print advertising and... we are hiring!
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Co-op News, Exeter Observer, Manchester Meteor, Leicester's Great Central Gazette and hosts Bristol Cable were among the co-op publications at the event.
Plus Remembrance Day, Diwali, and ash trees in Highway Spinney
Discover the captivating and controversial world of Leicester-born poet Jessie Pope, exploring her impact on First World War poetry.
For the past five years, year on year, Leicester Forest East has been hit with a swarm of flies. Now, residents have had enough.
Plus Reddit, Gazette election results and The National Lottery.
Plus an ableist slur from a local councillor, arson attacks in Fosse Meadows and Palestine Action protests.
A board of directors elected by members of the community.
Plus council finances, Easy Life and Black History Month.
Hersh Thaker reflects on this experience as a first-time candidate in one of the most divisive elections the city has ever seen.
...and what the results could tell us about the future landscape of local politics.
Everything you need to know about the events that led to the biggest political upset in over a decade.
With voter ID becoming law in the UK and local elections fast approaching on 4 May, there has been a lot of debate and controversy around the issue.
Journey through Leicester's streets in a festival that will connect the past, present, and future of textile history in Leicester.
Leicester’s rave scene was all the things that Leicester is today: multicultural, community driven, innovative, and unfortunately overlooked.
Punk returns to Leicester with the new Punk: Rage and Revolution Exhibition that celebrates the subculture whilst exploring how societal issues of the 1970s are still relevant to today’s younger generation.
When Paul O’Grady accepted an honorary degree from De Montfort University, he asked the question, “what did I do to deserve this?”
And their journey for justice.
This South Asian Heritage Month, Tiyanna Mistry explores community, resilience, and celebration in local south Asian communities.
The Gazette looks at how Leicester celebrated the King’s coronation, and we highlight the true cost.
Emma Guy, editor at the Gazette, sat down with Dr Alwyn Jones at De Montfort University.
Hersh Thaker reflects on this experience as a first-time candidate in one of the most divisive elections the city has ever seen.
The Gazette hears from Helen Pettman, managing editor at the Evington Echo and chair of the Friends of Evington.
Panos Theodoropoulos, teaching fellow at University of Leicester, argues here’s what unions should do to support migrant workers.
In the late 1970s and 80s, I worked as a telephonist for the General Post Office, a public corporation which became British Telecom. It was considered a good gig, especially for a young working class girl from a social housing estate.
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