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Highcross jewellery store Goldsmiths to get huge makeover for 'luxurious new store concept' There will be VIP areas and hospitality bars where customers can enjoy a curated food and beverage experience 12:34, 10 MAR 2021 The Highcross store will also create a hospitality bar for customers (Image: Becky Jones) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for othe...

BORDERERS are being asked for their opinion about a proposed trial of a one-way system through a town in the region. According to Scottish Borders Council (SBC), the one-way system would be introduced on Chiefswood Road in Melrose with the aim of encouraging more people to cycle and walk. The six-month trial would see vehicle access limited to one lane downhill from the Fairways junction on Chiefswood Road, the council says. The trial would include a 40mph speed limit on the one-way system, with bollards put in place “to safely separate traffic from pedestrians and cyclists”. Go...

Pop-up box park shopping mall made out of shipping containers planned in Leicester city centre Converted transport containers are one idea to help the city bounce back from Covid and compete with Fosse Park Updated A BoxPark could be created in an area unlocked by some demolition (Image: Leicester City Council) Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with o...

By Stephen Ayers William Dillwyn painted in 1815 at the age of 72 by Charles Robert Leslie. Credit: Library of the Religious Society of Friends in Great Britain. William Dillwyn, a co-ordinator of the British abolitionist and anti-slavery campaign, was born in Pennsylvania in 1743 and lived in Walthamstow (Blackhorse Lane) from 1777 until his death in 1824. A devout Quaker, William was taught at school by Anthony Benezet, who started the campaign in North America to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. He grew up to become Benezet’s c...

Top: Carlingford, Co. Louth, the main town on the Cooley Peninsula, with Slieve Foy in the background. Bottom: Deirble's Twist, Fallmore, Mullet Peninsula, Co. Mayo. Images: Tourism Ireland. By Darina Molloy Mayo on the west coast and Louth on the east, boast some of the most historic sites in Ireland, and now locals living in the area of the Cooley Peninsula and Ballina can expect many the curious traveler on the trail of President Joe Biden’s Irish ancestors.  (All images: Tourism Ireland). Wee Louth and Mighty Mayo – what do they have in common? Well, certai...