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An independent review has recommended improvements to Boohoo's corporate governance

Boohoo review finds 'many failings' in supply chain

An independent review for fashion retailer Boohoo found many failings in its English supply chain after allegations about working conditions and low pay, the company said today.

Business • 25 Sep 20

Workers at a factory in Leicester had been offered as little as £3 an hour to make clothes for Quiz, a report claims

Quiz suspends supplier over wage allegations

UK fashion retailer Quiz said today it had suspended its ties with a supplier accused in a weekend newspaper report of not meeting minimum wage requirements at a factory in the city of Leicester.

Business • 13 Jul 20

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said 'in some cases' the lockdown would be enforced by police

UK govt to change law to enforce Leicester lockdown

Britain's health minister has said the government will change the law to enforce the local lockdown in Leicester.

Coronavirus • 30 Jun 20

A PPE vending machine at the Port Authority Bus Terminal subway stop in New York

US could see 100,000 new virus cases a day - Fauci

A top health official has warned that new Covid-19 cases in the United States could more than double to 100,000 per day if authorities and the public fail to take steps to suppress the pandemic.

Coronavirus • 30 Jun 20

Five people are confirmed to have died following the explosion

Five people killed in Leicester shop explosion

Five people have died following a suspected explosion at and subsequent fire at an apartment block in Leicester.

World • 26 Feb 18

Leicestershire Fire and Rescue received calls from the public who said they had heard a blast on Hinckley Road

Four critically injured after explosion in Leicester

Four people have been hospitalised following a reported explosion in Leicester, East Midlands Ambulance Service have said.

UK • 25 Feb 18

The king's remains were re-interred at Leicester Cathedral

Remains of Richard III re-interred in Leicester

Queen Elizabeth II has praised the reburial of Richard III, saying Britain had recognised a moment of "great national significance" was at hand.

News • 26 Mar 15

Dr Sattar paid thanks to huge crowd at memorial service for his wife and three children

Thousands remember fire victims in Leicester

Thousands of mourners have attended a funeral prayer service for the wife and three children of a Dublin-based neurosurgeon who were killed in a fire at their Leicester home.

News • 10 Oct 13

Shehnila Taufiq, her daughter Zainab, and sons Bilal, and Jamil, were all killed in the blaze

Four charged over murder of doctor's family

Three men and a youth have appeared in court in the UK charged with murder over a house fire in which the wife and three children of a Dublin-based doctor were killed.

News • 28 Sep 13

The fire broke out at the home in Leicester in the early hours of yesterday morning

Five arrested over fatal Leicester fire

Police in the UK have arrested five people in connection with the fatal house fire on Wood Hill in Leicester.

News • 20 Sep 13

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