If all schools in Leicestershire followed an example set by Bosworth Community College, they could collectively save enough electricity in one year to pay the wages of five teachers. That is the surprising conclusion of Leicestershire Council’s ‘How Low Can You Go’ campaign, as the winners are announced. Bosworth Community College was recently named the winner in the ‘Secondary School with Swimming Pool’ category of ...

Leicester-based band, Free Control, officially launched their latest EP, entitled Extended Play, with a stunning live performance in the unique surroundings of Leicester’s Guildhall on Saturday night. The special showcase of Extended Play provided the chance for an intimate audience of around 125 people to sample one of the most original musical and visual experiences that Leicester has to offer. Saturday’s performance featured ...

One of Leicester’s most successful businesses is set to celebrate its 25th birthday this weekend, with local celebrities and special guests joining to toast its continued growth. Former Leicester City skipper Steve Walsh, club ambassador Alan Birchenall, mascot Filbert Fox and Councillor Rob Wann, Lord Mayor of Leicester will be joining Marks Electrical at their King Richards Road showroom from 2:00pm on ...

Leicester City Council has granted planning permission for new football facilities at Leicester’s former Riverside College site and Aylestone Playing Fields. The football development is the last of eleven sites to be developed across the city as part of the £11.2m Football Investment Strategy. The new sites’ approval comes after initial plans to develop the site as part of Aylestone Meadows was previously ...

An all-star cast is heading to Leicester in February in a revival of an award-winning comedy classic. Well-known faces of the small screen star in Bill Kenwright’s production of Mike Stott’s ‘Funny Peculiar’, which heads to Curve on Tuesday 21 February and runs until Saturday 25 February 2012. The show tells the tale of Trevor Tinsley, a small-town grocer with a devoted wife ...

Leicester’s number one electrical retailer is throwing its support behind a local dental surgeon who will shortly be scaling the incredible heights of Mount Everest. Marks Electrical, located on King Richards Road just outside Leicester city centre, are pledging to back Dr. Amit Kotecha, who in April will be setting out to climb the world’s highest mountain for the second time – ...

One lucky Leicester resident welcomed news of an additional gift following the start of the New Year, as the winner of Soar Magazine’s exclusive competition in partnership with Marks Electrical received his prize. Mat Mabe, of Westcotes, was presented with a brand-new Samsung 19’’ LCD television courtesy of Marks Electrical, whose expansive new audio-visual showroom is the latest addition to the ever-expanding ...

The Free Kicks Foundation is a Peterborough-based charity whose aim is to provide football-related activities for ill, bereaved and disadvantaged children, to give them a day to remember with their favourite football club. The charity organises days out, called ‘kicks’, which involve things like arranging for a child to be a team mascot, meet their a favourite player, tour their chosen stadium or receive ...

Based in Leicester’s continually evolving cultural quarter, one sandwich shop is the standout venue when it comes to breakfast and lunch-time meals for nearby workers and those passing through town. With contemporary and clear branding and a menu filled with diverse and delicious dishes, deli-ish provides fresh, good quality food at an extremely reasonable price.  From melts to wraps and jackets to salads, the ...

A member of Ed Miliband’s modern-looking Shadow Cabinet and Labour MP for Leicester West, Liz Kendall is a politician with a bright future. Born in Hertfordshire, the 40-year-old was elected to serve her constituency in 2010.    Soar Magazine met the Shadow Minister for Care and Older People at her Narborough Road office to talk about her career so far, ...