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Hensons misses out on Heineken cup rugby
Welsh Rugby Blog | October 10th 2008 by Nick jones
Gavin Henson has been banned by the ospreys for an internal rugby related reason, he will miss the next two games which are both Heineken cup games starting on Sunday away in Leicester. Great. Rumours abound as to the reasons but the major one seem read more
Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron Attend a Premiere
Tressed Out Celebs | October 8th 2008 by Linduh
Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens attend theThe UK premiere of High School Musical 3 held at Empire Leicester Square in England. What a cute couple! Vanessa looks perfect in her classic updo and although we love Zac’s signature bangs, we think he read more
Alliance & Leicester to pay £7 million fine for PPI failings
That's News | October 7th 2008 by Thats News
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Alliance & Leicester Plc (A&L) £7 million for serious failings in its telephone sales of payment protection insurance (PPI). For three years from January 2005 to December 2007 A&L sold app read more
The journey back from Leicester
nicktay & sarafoo | October 6th 2008 by Nick Tay
It was an awesome weekend. On Sunday, I didn’t really do anything. Suzie has to work in the morning and she was out of the house before I woke up. I got up around 8am, made myself breakfast and then went online. After checking my emails and tal read more
Leicester with my cousin Suzy
nicktay & sarafoo | October 4th 2008 by Nick Tay
Firstly, I am confused why this city is even pronounced the way it is. They call “Lester”, which is rather odd cos what happen to the Lei sound? Then again many things in England are not pronounced the way they spell it. Situated in the E read more
Saturday Night at Rock-iT with Mad Gazza
The Bridlington Penguin | October 4th 2008 by jonfatbeast
well aye. I`m a bit pissed like. The owls are everywhere. Had away an shite. Am at that new Rock-iT bar its fookin ace. Got smoke everywhere. don`t think its on fire well it might be I canna see straight. Smells canny like lemons. think its one of t read more
Gillespie’s time is up in Sheffield
Football Transfer News | September 30th 2008
Sheffield United winger Keith Gillespie has been told he has no future at Bramall Lane. The 33-year-old Northern Ireland international has fallen out with manager Kevin Blackwell, who has now told the Gillespie to start looking for another club. Blac read more
Match Reports: 27 September 08 (NBL/BBL)
World Hoops Blog | September 28th 2008 by Paulie Danger
Crocodiles v Taipans | photo: NBL Townsville Crocodiles 100 (Williams 31, Hinder 22, Tovey 12) Cairns Taipans 96 (Black 23, Abney 22, Thomas 11) The Crocodiles improve to 2-1 on the young year on the back of Homicide's 16 point 4th quarter. From t read more
Semajnfino en Leicester
Radio Clare | September 21st 2008 by Radio
Mi jxus pasigis tre agrablan semajnfinon kun Babel Li devis labori sabaton matene, do mi vojagxis trajne al Leicester por renkonti lin je la tria. Felicxe la trajnoj ja funkciis cxi-semajne, kaj la vojagxo pasis suficxe bone, kvankam gxenis min kiom read more
Al Pacino: Bob and I were rivals
Job Openings | September 16th 2008 by Ramya
AL PACINO has admitted to a bitter rivalry with ROBERT DE NIRO when they first hit Hollywood. He said: “There’s no rivalry now but there was when we were younger. There had to be.” Then he joked: “My rivalry is with Dustin Hoffman - and read more
Rhi
Coming Out Stories | September 14th 2008 by ulla kelly
Country & city: Uk/Leicester Name/nickname: Rhi Age: 26 Gender: F What did you come out as (gay, bi, transgendered, use any terms you like here)? Bi. What other words would you use to describe yourself? Rhi. How old were you when you first realiz read more
An Excellent Advert for the Game
CueSport TV News | September 8th 2008 by Pete Williams
English Pool (the small ball game played in an large number of pubs in the UK) doesn’t exactly have the best reputation in the industry and has struggled to grow outside of the UK (there are small pockets elsewhere but not like 9-ball). In my read more
Prématurés, taux de survie des bébés et statistiques
Le Journal de la Rue | September 2nd 2008 by Journal de la Rue
Prématurés, taux de survie des bébés et statistiques (Agence Science-Presse) – La médecine progresse parfois bien vite, mais pas sur ce front-là : le taux de survie des bébés nés avant 24 semaines est toujours aussi bas qu’il y a 12 ans. read more
How the regional papers use video: Not The Leicester Mercury
Andy Dickinson.net | August 27th 2008 by Andy Dickinson
When I said that my list of regional that I picked for a review of their video was unscientific I suppose the next choice on the list proves it. Going off a mix of circulation figures and a balance of owners has, I think, worked well so far…so read more
Bathroom Solutions - Contract Won
Search Engine Optimization in the UK | August 19th 2008 by SEOUK
St James Systems are proud to announce that they have won the contract to design, manage, promote and maintain the new eCommerce website for Bathroom Solutions.Bathroom Solutions is based in Wigston in Leicester. The company sells Bathrooms and showe read more
Stone Roses - Live at De Montfort Uni
Love Live! Bootlegs from Bucklberry | August 1st 2008 by Martyn
Stone Roses, De Montfort University, Leicester, 7th December 1995Adored for their debut self titled album while the Second Coming, delayed by their fight to be released from the contract with Silvertone, should really get more love than it does. Yes, read more
Maybeshewill - Not for Want of Trying Review
Starve in Heaven. | August 1st 2008 by Alexander Young
Maybeshewill’s MySpace This, kind reader, is beyond overdue: I have long been enamoured by the music of the Leicester-based Maybeshewill, and this album has been available for rather a long time now, and it’s gotten a lot of positive pres read more
Leicester
SilverTiger | July 18th 2008 by SilverTiger
Which platform? St Pancras decorated in celebration of Bastille Day The deadline for the delivery is 5:30 pm so we can make a leisurely start and take the 9:25 Sheffield train. We left home just after 8 am and walked to Kings Cross where read more
Young making headlines
Regional Rugby | June 25th 2008 by Nick Foster
Apparently Dai Young, head of rugby at the Cardiff Blues, is wanted by top English club Leicester.Damn.It is good to see Welsh rugby coaches in high demand with some of the best and most famous rugby teams around, and it would probably be good for Da read more
IPL, McGill and an apology to Park!
Suave's Republique Cricket | June 2nd 2008 by Suave
It’s over. And thank fuck for that. 59 games, come now, that’s too much! Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural IPL tournament. Which I think most people expected to happen, as soon as the topped the league format. See they were a bit str read more
Ian Holloway leaves Leicester City
Buzzin Championship Football | May 24th 2008 by Terry Lane
Leicester City have confirmed that manager Ian Holloway has left the club by mutual consent. Ian Holloway joined Leicester from Plymouth Argyle in November 2007 but after winning only nine of his 32 games in charge, Leicester City were relegated on t read more
Not Welsh, but worth watching
Regional Rugby | May 19th 2008 by Nick Foster
I know, I know, we're a Welsh rugby blog, not an English rugby one, so I shouldn't be advertising their league.But I just had to show you this top try by Tuilagi for Leicester. All I can say is thank God he isn't English.It's the first try on the cl read more
Hello and Thank You for Visiting!
enlightened horsemanship through touch | May 12th 2008 by Kimberly Cox Carneal
Hello! I would like to know about horses and horsemanship where you live: Redwood City, CA, Lincoln, VA, Landrum, SC, Newark, NJ, Oxford, UK, Imperial, MI Corvallis, MT, Montpelier, OH, Burnsville, Minn, San Francisco, CA, Asheville, NC, Sydney, Aus read more
Ian Holloway to keep Leicester City job
Buzzin Championship Football | May 12th 2008 by Terry Lane
Relegated Leicester City manager Ian Holloway and onwer / chairman Milan Mandaric had what was suggested to be a very constructive meeeting today. It was thought that Ian Holloway, who was appointed Leicester manager in November 2007 would be sacked read more
Built wheel!
Rampant-Sex.com | April 29th 2008 by Ebola
I picked up my finished wheel from the bike shop today! Which means I now officially have a fixed gear wheel, with which I’m going to convert my bike to fixed gear some time this week. It was all very exciting today, he only charged me £13 whi read more
Rail replacement buses
Radio Clare | March 30th 2008 by Radio
Right now I would happily commit murder. For the past THREE weekends in a row Network Rail have seen fit to carry out engineering works on the line between Birmingham and Leicester. Now I appreciate that engineering works occasionally have to be done read more
Almost a year since my Gender Surgery!
GRS Wales Blog | March 17th 2008 by Kaz
I can’t believe how quick the year has actually gone, next month will be a year since I had my Gender surgery at the Leicester Nuffield Hospital under Mr Terry and what a wonderful year it has been. It’s amazing how everything in my life read more
A Taste of Summer Sundae / Next Saturday
There Goes The Fear | February 24th 2008 by Phil Singer
We all love the Summer Sundae festival in Leicester. You know, the one that has helped to give a leg up to such bands as Hot Chip, Jamie T, The Young Knives and Kasabian. Well, as a warm up to this year’s festival (taking place on 8th - 10th Au read more
Scientists Explore Consciousness
Blogging the Singularity | February 19th 2008 by Chris Williamson
An international team of scientists led by a University of Leicester researcher has carried out a scientific study into the realm of consciousness. The scientists have made a significant step into the understanding of conscious perception, by showing read more
Bands to watch #19: Kyte
There Goes The Fear | February 11th 2008 by Phil Singer
I’ve always been a fan of the quieter, more chilled bands that come and go, gaining themselves cult status whilst not many hard-core fans. One of my most recent finds is the rather marvellous Kyte, a quintet from Leicestershire who specialise in a read more
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