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  1. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕊𝕙𝕚𝕖𝕝𝕕 🏆 Catch full build up and commentary on tomorrow from 14:00 🦊

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  2. 16 hours ago

    All aboard the Vardy-bus. 🚎🦊🏆 Leicester’s fleet of zero-emission buses that operate on the city’s park and ride routes have been named after the starting 11 players who helped claim the FA Cup for the city for the first time.🟢

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  3. 17 hours ago

    It was quite the night in the Hinch household as Team GB's women took hockey bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, thanks to a 4-3 win over India. 🥉 Goalkeeper Maddie Hinch played for Leicester Ladies, her mum Catherine told us she was ‘bursting with pride’. 🎧

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  4. 22 hours ago

    GB women have claimed a brilliant bronze in the hockey with a thrilling 4-3 victory against India. 🥉 The squad features several players based in our city and county. The victory means GB have won hockey medals at three successive Olympics. 👏👏👏

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  5. Aug 5

    Leicestershire's Belvoir Castle says it is in "discussions with the operator to ensure the parking charges are clear"

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    Aug 5

    You can hear more from Brendan Rodgers on The Boot Room tonight with & The Birch from 6pm on BBC Radio Leicester 🦊 Listen here: 📻

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    Aug 5

    "I couldn't wish for a better coach, mentor, friend." Holly Bradshaw highlights the importance of her coach, Scott Simpson. The pair have made history, with the first Olympic pole vault medal for ever! ➡

    TOKYO 2020 | Day 13 live on the BBC
    Follow Toyko 2020 across the BBC
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  8. Aug 5

    De Montfort Hall has announced it's going to fully re-open from September. The Leicester venue has been closed for performances since March last year. The first events will be three outdoor performances, including A Midsummer Night’s Dream and HMS Pinafore.

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  9. Aug 5

    Loughborough-based Holly Bradshaw claimed Britain's second track and field medal in Tokyo and finally landed her first major championship podium finish with pole vault bronze. 🥉🎉

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  10. Aug 5

    Leicester defender Wesley Fofana has confirmed he suffered a broken leg during their pre-season friendly against Villarreal.

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  11. Aug 5

    Becca Murray, who was left paralysed after a stroke, says she desperately needs a bigger house

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  12. Aug 5

    Loughborough-based Alex Yee won two medals at the Olympics - but had self-worth issues when he first turned pro

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  13. Aug 4

    The Rutland Osprey Project reaches the milestone as it marks 25 years since it began

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  14. Aug 4

    Market Harborough sailor Dylan Fletcher has said that his Olympic gold medal victory hasn't yet sunk in. 🥇🎉 He told Jimmy the challenging conditions in Japan required some unique and specialist training. ⛵️ Hear the full interview on BBC Sounds: 🎧

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  15. Aug 4

    Arrest after man hospitalised with weapon injury

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  16. Aug 4

    Loughborough-based swimmer Alice Dearing hopes becoming the first black woman to represent Great Britain in an Olympic swimming event makes a difference and that the sport is "available to anyone".

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  17. Aug 4

    Leicester pop-up cycle lanes to become permanent

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  18. Aug 4

    UK experts are set to recommend all 16 and 17-year-olds should be offered a Covid vaccine, the BBC has been told.

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  19. Aug 3

    Loughborough College alumna Keely Hodgkinson wins sensational 800m silver for Team GB, breaking Dame Kelly Holmes' British record, which had stood since 1995, with a time of one minute 55.88 seconds. 🥈🏃‍♀️

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  20. Aug 3

    One student says the delay is "disheartening" after a tough year of studying through the pandemic

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