AWARDS will be presented this spring to the very best hotels, restaurants and attractions Leicester has to offer its residents and visitors alike. Among the accolades up for grabs on February 7 are Best Tourism Event in Leicester and Leicestershire, Best Large and Small Hotel and the Outstanding Customer Service Award. Winning businesses and venues …

City-based Anand International Ltd and Daewoo International (Europe) stand firm while other businesses and public services have been toppled by the global economic banking crisis. Now, the man behind this stability has called upon other entrepreneurs in the city to share their expertise and acumen, and to support their local community in these troubled times. …

Dr Halla Diyab goes unrecognised in Leicester, but she has celebrity status in the Middle East. An outspoken television personality and writer of popular serial dramas, she speaks up about taboo subjects close to her heart, like the status of women and restrictions placed on young people. She is known to millions who watch her …