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The family of the former chairman of Leicester City, who died with four others in a helicopter crash, has launched a £2.15 billion legal claim against the aircraft's manufacturer.
The Bluefaced Leicester is a British breed of longwool sheep.It evolved in the eighteenth century from a breeding scheme of Robert Bakewell of Dishley in Leicestershire.At first it was known as the Dishley Leicester, and later – because of the prevalence of the breed in Northumberland – the Hexham Leicester; the modern name dates from the early twentieth century. [1]
Blackface ewes are commonly put to Blue-faced Leicester rams to produce the Scottish Mule or Scottish Greyface. Ewes of this cross-breed retain some characteristics of each parent – maternal qualities and hardiness from the dam, and fecundity and meat quality from the sire – and are much used in commercial lowland sheep-rearing.
On 10 November thousands of Leicester City fans took part in a '5,000-1' walk in remembrance of the victims, before Leicester City played Burnley at home. The initial appeal was for 5,000 fans to take part, though reports suggested the number was about 10,000. [37] [38] Leicester City established a memorial garden on the site of the crash. [39]
Leicester City winger Kasey McAteer is named in the Republic of Ireland squad to face England and Greece after receiving international clearance from Fifa.
Border Leicester sheep have been exported to British Guiana, Canada, China, Colombia, South Africa, France, Spain, Portugal, United States, India, Japan, Yugoslavia, Iran, Hungary, Russia, Turkey and Switzerland. Border Leicester sheep were imported to Australia in 1871, where they now have a large number of stud flocks.
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Leicestershire (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / ⓘ LEST-ər-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, and Staffordshire to the west.