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  "description": "Plus: Staff at Ash Field Academy warn that strikes are damanging for students",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-29T03:00:40.000Z",
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    "Who pays for the ‘fall’ of Leicester City Football Club?",
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    "Leicester’s buried tram network",
    "Care home ignored distressed patients and ran out of medicine",
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  "textContent": "Dear readers – in 2016, Leicester City won the Premier League, beating the odds in an almost fairytale-like story. Ten years on though, the club is in crisis, relegated to the third tier of English football for the second time in its history. This week freelance reporter James Turrell explores the impact of the club's decline, which had previously bolstered the both the city's economy and its cultural campaign.\n\nAlso this week, there are updates on the strikes at Ash Field Academy. Staff who are not striking have told the LDRS that the strikes are having an impact on students, families, and the team's morale. One staff member said that children are “suffering.” The full story is below.\n\n_Reading this on the website and not yet subscribed to the newsletter?_ Click here to sign up_._\n\n* * *\n\n## This week's weather\n\n**Monday 🌤️** Sunny changing to cloudy by nighttime. 23C\n\n**Tuesday 🌤️** Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by lunchtime. 23C\n\n**Wednesday 🌤️** Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by nighttime. 24C\n\n**Thursday ☀️** Sunny intervals. 23C\n\n**Friday ☀️** Sunny intervals. 23C\n\n**Weekend 🌤️** Sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by nighttime. 24C\n\n _We get our weekly weather forecast from the_ Met Office_._\n\n* * *\n\n## Your weekly briefing\n\n### Who pays for the ‘fall’ of Leicester City Football Club?\n\nLeicester City's relegation to League One is a football story. What it leaves behind is a civic one.\n\n### Staff warn vulnerable children are ‘suffering’ as strikes in a Leicester school escalate\n\nStaff not on the picket line have warned that ‘children are suffering’ amid ongoing strike action.\n\n### Leicester’s buried tram network\n\nLeicester’s tram system once connected millions of passengers – but today, most of it lies hidden underground. Experts say its abandonment marks a disastrous loss for the city.\n\n### Care home ignored distressed patients and ran out of medicine\n\nCharnwood Oaks Nursing Home in Shepshed has been put into special measures after residents' calls were ignored and medicine shortage.\n\n* * *\n\n## Photo of the week\n\nFar-Right media personality Katie Hopkins visit to Leicester was met with a protest this week. Photograph: Devon Winters\n\n* * *\n\n## Things to look forward to\n\n### 25 Years of the National Space Centre\n\nVisit the National Space Centre and be one of the first to see their new Outer Solar System Experience. 30 June, tickets are pay-what-you-can.\n\n### Festival of Leicestershire & Rutland Archaeology\n\nHear from some of the counties’ leading heritage experts, enjoy self-guided walks, and explore the full breadth of archaeology in Leicestershire and Rutland. The festival runs from 4 July to 2 August, and events are held throughout.\n\n### The Sound Injectors\n\nSee established female-fronted live band performing Ska, Reggae, and Motown. They are high energy and their music is very danceable. 4 July, doors at 8pm. Tickets are £13.20 and they are performing at the Victoria in Coalville.\n\n### Sunday Jazz\n\nJoin Leicester Jazz House for their new monthly residency at the stylish Phoenix Café Bar. This Sunday Corner Pocket will be performing post-bop, blues and latin standards. Sunday 5 June, from 1pm. Tickets are free.\n\n### Shalamar\n\nOne of the most successful soul groups of all time, Shalamar return to the UK to celebrate their 50th anniversary with The Gold Tour. They are performing on 5 July at DeMontfort Hall, doors at 7:30pm. Tickets £39.50.\n\n* * *\n\n## A window to the past\n\nGlenfield Tunnel during reinforcement project 2007-8. Photograph: University of Leicester\n\n* * *\n\n## We're still running our survey\n\nWe hope to use this data to learn more about who our journalism reaches and how our community feels about us. This data will help us to understand who reads our journalism, and help us to tailor our stories to reflect what matters to you.\n\nThe survey should only take a couple of minutes to fill out, and most importantly, it's totally anonymous – so don't hesitate to tell us what you really think.\n\nTake part",
  "title": "The true impact of Leicester City's relegation",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-02T10:59:05.874Z"
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