Lottery invests £300k in Saffron Lane project
Was rare £5 note spent in Melton pie shop?
Winter night shelter for the homeless opens
Vardy and Mahrez make Ballon D'or top 10
Updates for Tuesday 13 December 2016
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The university has said it has "concerns at the lack of financial transparency at the club".
DMU said in a statement, external it has asked to see the club's annual accounts but it hadn't provided this information.
An issue has also been raised about the clubhouse being hired out as a private venue.
Amy Woodfield
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Remember the story about a row over access to the football facilities at Beaumont Park?
The argument was between Beaumont Town Football Club and De Montfort University who share the site.
Well there's been a development...
DMU has said in the wake of a protest last month, it's taking legal action to end Nick Langton's tenure as licensee of the club, external.
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The city council has just tweeted this appeal for furniture...
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The University of Leicester's Department of Genetics has been looking at ways to tell real saffron from fake., external
Image source, University of LeicesterProfessor Heslop-Harrison claims that one of the key ways is spot the difference is its distinct smell.
He said that while fake saffron will have almost no aroma, the smallest amount of genuine saffron will have a "characteristic smell".
Amy Woodfield
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So if you went to Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe on Friday and you were given one of the new £5 notes as change, chances are you could have the special note.
This is what you're looking for...
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It's thought one of these special notes was spent at Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe in Melton Mowbray.
Image source, GoogleStephen Hallam is the managing director of Dickinson and Morris - he found out yesterday that one of the notes was spent in the store on Friday (he got a call from the Leicester Mercury).
He told BBC Radio Leicester they checked their £5 notes last night but haven't found it.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
If you've got one of the new £5 notes in your purse or wallet you might want to check it...
This is because an engraved fiver worth up to £50,000 is thought to be somewhere in Leicestershire.
Image source, PAIt's one of four new banknotes that are in circulation which have tiny works of art engraved on them by the artist Graham Short.
Animal welfare charity workers, who rescued a dog that was found on a building site in Rothley, are asking for donations for pets without homes, external after the public helped fund vital surgery.
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Warning for anyone setting off on the M1...
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Rozella is one of the students helping out at Melton Vale Post-16 Centre and she's been watching videos about where the hampers will be going.
Image source, Toby CarterShe said: "One of the videos shows some of the old people they'll be going to won't have seen anybody in about a month and it's really important because no-one should be alone at Christmas.
"I think because we're going to see them later it will really brighten up their year."
Helen McCarthy
BBC Radio Leicester reporter
Students at Melton Vale Post-16 Centre have created 60 hampers for elderly locals...
Between them they've collected over 600 items to make up these hampers.
A beautiful red sunrise in East Leake this morning, captured by Maggie T...
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Leicester's Rory McLeod faces Mark Davis in the opening round of the Scottish Open.
Play's due to begin at 14:00.
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Gary Fox is the project manager of the Saffron Young People's Project - here he explains why it's so important...
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
There's some great news this morning for young people living in the Saffron Lane area of Leicester.
Almost £300,000 is going to be spent on giving teenagers help with things like life skills, job-seeking and health advice.
The money is coming from the Big Lottery.
Amy Woodfield
BBC Local Live
So did Jamie Vardy...
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Riyad Mahrez tweeted last night to say how proud he was to take 7th place...
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It was a good night all round for Riyad Mahrez... not long after he found out he was BBC African Player of the Year 2016, he was named as 7th for the Ballon D'or.
Foxes Jamie Vardy took 8th place - he was the only Englishman on the 30-player shortlist.
It was won by Cristiano Ronaldo.
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I think they mean it's "blocking" a lane...
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