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unusual facts about Leicester City Council


The Attenborough Prize

The Prize was announced in June 2007 by Lord Attenborough (whose name lends itself to the Prize’s eponym) and the leader of Leicester City Council.


Illegality in Singapore administrative law

Leicester City Council prevented Leicester Football Club, a rugby club, from using the ground after some club members took part in a tournament in apartheid South Africa.

Leicester City Council banned a rugby club, Leicester Football Club, from using one of its recreation grounds because some members of the club had taken part in a tournament in South Africa.

Thurnby Lodge

This natural area was extensively landscaped in several phases by the Leicester City Council and a floodplain added up until the present day, destroying a natural fertile habitat for the then common water voles and small fresh water fish found within the habitat.


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