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Dzine Gets New Editorial Team

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The Dzine editorial team has been expanded with new members interested in reporting on issues around disability.
Some of you may have already read the post by Ian Drinkwater about Ability.Net in the last few weeks – link below.
Ian’s article
Several others are taking part and receiving training including Manny Gill. Please keep looking out for further [...]


Innovative Plastic Bottle Greenhouse Vandalised

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Editor: Some of you may remember the interview I filmed in May 2009 when a young reporter Will spoke to his headteacher Danny Bullock about an innovative plastic bottle greenhouse they had constructed at Inglehurst Junior School.
You tube film
I visited the school again today as they were being visited by the Thames Valley Police Horses. [...]


Senior Eye Cast Over Tory Leader

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Nancy Bennett, co-editor of Senior Eye interviews fellow Amplified Leicester attendee Ross Grant, Leader of Leicester’s Conservative Group.
Born and raised in Leicester Ross Grant has had a lifelong interest in politics. After working in business for many years he has returned to his old love and now finds himself becoming a career politician. Although a [...]


From Barwell & Proud

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By Mathew Hulbert, Citizen’s Eye’s Barwell Correspondent
MY HOME village of Barwell, in the South of Leicestershire, has been through a dreadful couple of years, with a number of widely publicised, though unconnected, events leading to a heap of, I believe, largely irresponsible and sensationalist reporting by certain sections of the national press.
Largely that reporting has [...]


Leicester West Nuts & Bolts

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By Liz Kendall – PPC in Leicester West
What the nuts and bolts of a fairer future actually look like
Political pundits had a field day when Labour announced its election campaign slogan, ‘A future fair for all’, this weekend. The blogosphere tweeted for several hours with criticisms (unpronounceable, old hat, banal) and general mickey-taking (free dodgems [...]


Senior Eye – Youngsters Making Waves

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A new monthly supplement has appeared in the Leicester Mercury called the Wave. A newsletter written by young people, all under 25. It is indeed set to make waves, a lively interesting and informative publication. I read it with great interest and intrigue and decided that the stereotype we have of the young is at [...]


Senior Eye – The Old Meet The Young

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I have been to meet the young people who produce the Wave. I wanted to interview them and find out some of their motivation and also their attitude to the older people in society.
The room buzzed with excitement and endeavour as I attempted to interview them. The enthusiasm was great and showed me that this [...]


‘Spy Network’ by Stuart Corley

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Editor: Stuart Corley has been a volunteer at the Community Media Hub for over 12 months. He completed a placement with us whilst on an In Training work programme. He wrote many articles including  contributing to the 1st issue of Soar Community. He wrote this fascinating piece about a female spy with a exotic background. [...]


Online Councillor of the Year

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Editor: Congratulations to Cllr Ross Grant of Leicester City Council on winning this award. It doesn’t matter what your politics are, you have to be impressed that he has embraced social media as a way to engage people in the democratic process. Many people say that the upcoming election will be the UK’s first to encompass [...]


Community Media in 2010

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2010 will be an interesting year for Community Media in Leicester and Leicestershire.
Firstly is the development of a Community Media Hub in the Leicester Mercury – I’m looking forward to getting my desk sorted and running with the project. It’s a similiar relationship to the one Citizens Eye has with the Library Service here at [...]


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