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Feb 1, 2021

Touching mystery message left with flowers in Leicester's Victoria Park today - Leicestershire Live

This touching mystery message was left in Leicester’s Victoria Park today - along with a bunches of flowers to try to brighten up some strangers’ day.The gift was placed on one of the rocks in the park along with other bunches dotted around nearby. Nearly all is explained It’s unclear who left the daffs but it came with a touching note of explanation which read: “Today would be my Nana’s birthday. “I miss her very much and one of her favourite colours was yellow so I’ve placed this bunch of daffodils around the neighbourhood. “Please take these flowers home and enjoy them or give them to someone to brighten their day. :)” As well as our website, Leicestershire Live has a Facebook page, a Twitter feed, @leicslive, and for a daily snapshot of the top stories, you can sign up to receive our newsletter. We’ve also got Facebook groups for traffic and travel, crime, politics and many more subjects. If you prefer to use an app, we've got apps for both Android and Apple devices which can be tailored to deliver the news...

Nov 28, 2018

William and Kate say it with flowers in tribute to Leicester City chief - Somerset County Gazette

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made an emotional pilgrimage to pay tribute to Leicester City's owner, following in the footsteps of thousands of the football club's fans. William and Kate were left visibly moved at the start of their visit to the city which was united in grief following the helicopter crash which claimed the life of billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others, also remembered by the couple. "We knew Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha as a man who cared deeply about his family and also his community." – The Duke of Cambridge @LCFC pic.twitter.com/OEUUlJ3bVq - Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) November 28, 2018 After sharing a few minutes with the owner's family, his son Aiyawatt, wife Aimon and daughter Aroonroong, the Cambridges left a bouquet of flowers and a condolence card among a sea of other floral tributes close to the crash site. During their time at the club they met charities and fans who benefited from Vichai's generosity and William told one charity boss "he was the gel, the glue o...

Nov 15, 2018

Flowers, scarves and football shirts laid at Leicester City stadium after helicopter crash

Flowers and wreaths have been laid outside Leicester City's King Power Stadium a day after the club's owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was involved in a helicopter crash nearby. Hundreds of people have visited the stadium today with well-wishes for the chairman, credited with being a key player in the club's incredible 2016 Premier League win. The air accident watchdog has launched an investigation after his helicopter ‘spiralled out of control' and crashed in a car park near the stadium a few hours after Leicester drew 1-1 with West Ham. Tributes at Leicester City Football Club included scarves, football shirts, wreaths and flowers (Picture: PA)Witnesses said the helicopter plummeted to earth a few moments after it set off from the stadium's centre circle at about 8.30pm on Saturday. There has so far been no official statement but sources have said Mr Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, was among five people on board the helicopter at the time of the crash. Brexit voter cries on radio after admitting he was wrong to vote leaveHe is...

Nov 15, 2018

Jamie Vardy lays flowers in tribute to Leicester City owner who died in helicopter crash

Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy laid flowers in tribute to the club's owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. Mr Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, died in a helicopter crash near the King Power Stadium, along with four others on board. The air accident watchdog has launched an investigation after his helicopter ‘spiralled out of control' and crashed in a car park a few hours after Leicester drew 1-1 with West Ham. Mr Vardy laid a wreath alongside his wife Rebekah, both visibly emotional as they knelt down next to a see of flowers left in tribute. Leicester City's Jamie Vardy and wife Rebekah Vardy lay a wreath in memory of those killed in the helicopter crash (Picture: Getty) Leicester City Football Club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among the five people who died in the helicopter crash on Saturday evening (Picture: Getty)Jamie Vardy – whose meteoric rise through the leagues was matched step-by-step by the club as they came from nowhere to win the Premier League in 2016 &ndash...

Sep 14, 2016

Leicester will be 'massive threat' in the Champions League... they're suited to European football, says Tim Flowers

Leicester's first taste of Champions League football arrives on WednesdayThe Foxes kick-off their group campaign against Club Bruges in BelgiumWednesday's match will see them play in Europe for first time in 16 years Red Star Belgrade visited Leicester on September 14, 2000 in UEFA CupTim Flowers expects the Foxes to go far in this term's Champions League By Laurie Whitwell for the Daily Mail Published: 16:39 EST, 13 September 2016 Updated: 16:39 EST, 13 September 2016 Leicester return to Europe on Wednesday night after 16 years and, while they are guaranteed a longer stay this time, they will seek to make a deeper impression.Red Star Belgrade visited Filbert Street on September 14, 2000 in the first round of the UEFA Cup and within 30 seconds the hosts were behind. Milenko Acimovic struck a ferocious 40-yard shot through the fog of the travelling fans' flares and into the back of goalkeeper Tim Flowers's net. Gerry Taggart equalised but the Yugoslavs won the second... (Daily Mail)

Aug 15, 2016

Prosecutors seek long prison term for Nigerian who stole money from Missouri and Illinois women on promise of love

Monica T. Whitty, a professor at the University of Leicester, in the United Kingdom, who has studied “romance scams.” The scammers used pictures of men in uniform they found online, sometimes on memorial sites for those who died. The crooks used emails, instant messages, flowers, candy and other gifts to woo their targets. Some victims bought or picked out wedding gowns, or began using the fake last name Sunmola had adopted. “Once he had gained their confidence and love, he began systematically destroying them,” prosecutors said in a court document. Sunmola soon began concocting small emergencies that required cash: his credit card wasn’t accepted overseas or he needed money to pay for food or lodging. The requests grew until the victims’ financial assets were drained — or they finally caught on, prosecutors said. In Illinois, a woman from Bond County bought electronics and shipped them to Sunmola, reshipped items he had bought using stolen credit card information and took out cash advances on a credit card, Sunmola’s indictment claims. She later filed for bankruptcy, with debts of at least $98,000. The women who were not too ashamed to talk to investigators said that they collectively lost between $730,000 and $1 million, prosecutors wrote. He used the money for lavish parties, two Range Rover vehicles, four properties in South Africa and a $363,000 home in Nigeria. Sunmola also ran a scam involving stolen credit card numbers, an investigation by the South African Police Service, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the U.S. Secret Service showed. His victims were unaware that credit cards and checks he sent to them were bogus, and that gifts of electronics were fraudulently purchased. Sometimes victims would be tricked a second time, when contacted by fake foreign “investigators” who claimed to have seized gifts the women sent to Sunmola and demanding thousands of dollars in “customs payments” to send them back. Sunmola, of Lagos, Nigeria, was indicted in 2013 and arrested in August 2014 by Scotland Yard as he was about to fly from London to South Africa, where he was living at the time. He was found with four cellphones, two laptop computers, two iPads, an iPod and 5,255 British pounds, court records show. Two days into his trial in March, Sunmola pleaded guilty to eight felonies, including mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy, and interstate extortion. Several of Sunmola’s victims, including Jane Doe 6, also fell victim to what Whitty and prosecutors call sexual abuse. He convinced them to send nude pictures or perform sexual acts by webcam and used them for blackmail. A Georgia woman was so “devastated” that her family put her on suicide watch, officials said. She lost her managerial job, was nearly prosecuted for cashing Sunmola’s bogus checks and now cleans toilets for... (STLtoday.com)