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Leicester (/ ˈ l ɛ s t ər / ⓘ LEST-ər) is an unincorporated community in Buncombe County, North Carolina United States; [1] although incorporating was proposed in 2007 [2] [3] and an incorporation bill was briefly filed in the North Carolina General Assembly, [4] no measure has been adopted. Leicester is part of the Asheville Metropolitan ...
The ceremonial county of Leicestershire (which includes the unitary authority of Leicester), is divided into 11 parliamentary constituencies - 3 borough constituencies and 8 county constituencies. One of these is a cross-county boundary constituency with Lincolnshire also including the small historic county of Rutland , which was ...
Three men ("the M25 Three") convicted in 1990 of Hurburgh's murder and the other offences were freed when the Appeal Court ruled in 2000 that failure to disclose that a man who testified against them in 1990 was a police informer and convicted criminal meant their 1990 trial was not a completely fair one. [300]
Liam O'Flaherty (28 August 1896 – 7 September 1984) was a novelist and short story writer, known for The Informer, he was a major figure in the Irish Renaissance. [4] Tim Pat Coogan is an Irish historian and journalist. He attended Blackrock in the late 1940s. [5] Paul Murray, (b. 1975) a novelist, author of Skippy Dies [6]
In 1974, the Local Government Act 1972 abolished the county borough status of Leicester and the county status of neighbouring Rutland, converting both to administrative districts of Leicestershire. These actions were reversed on 1 April 1997, when Rutland and the City of Leicester became unitary authorities.
The Magazine Gateway (aka The Magazine and also called Newarke Gateway) is a Grade I listed building in Leicester. Now a solitary landmark alongside Leicester ringroad, it was originally the main gateway of a walled enclosure built around 1400, giving access to the religious precinct of The Newarke. The vaulted archway was open to traffic until ...
The Gazette was founded by Rhys Everquill, Emma Guy and Megan Lupton after a crowdfunding campaign and a small grant from Central England Co-operative. [5] [6] It was formed in opposition to the Leicester Mercury business model, which, like other Reach plc publications, has been accused of clickbait, sensationalism, and intrusive advertising.
14 March Gerry, about infiltration of the IRA; the IRA informer came from Strabane in County Tyrone, on the border with the Republic; in his teens, he met an IRA operative in the Vaccaro restaurant in Strabane, and was asked to watch the Gough Barracks; a few months later, the IRA raided Gough Barracks, on a Saturday, dressed as soldiers ...