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Community Centres, Strikes & Driving On The Phone

Mike McCarthy sits in alongside Jo to start your day with the latest news and updates.

There's growing anger in parts of Leicester this morning as people living on some of the city's largest estates realise they could lose youth and community facilities. Leicester City Council's currently asking for your views on proposals that will cut the number of community buildings in the northwest of the city - around Beaumont Leys, Stocking Farm and Braunstone Frith. Our reporter Helen McCarthy is outside one of the buildings that could close - and even be demolished - following the consultation that ends on April 11th.

Also, sixth form teachers across Leicester are heading to London today, as part of a national day of strike action against the government. The action's been organised by the National Union of Teachers, in protest over what the union claims is "inadequate funding" in sixth form colleges. So far this morning there have been pickets at the city's Gateway, Regent, and Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I Colleges.

And, have you ever, or do you still, use your phone whilst driving? Its a crime which I imagine many of us commit but perhaps don't admit to. And the figures back that assumption up too. Ever since a ban on using your phone was introduced in 2003, the Government says it continues to see drivers breaking the law. Between 2009 and 2014, there were more than three-and-a-half THOUSAND crashes because someone was on their phone. Now, the Department for Transport is proposing to increase the cost of a fine from a hundred pounds to a hundred-and-fifty. It's also looking at issuing offenders with more points on their license.

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  • Tue 15 Mar 2016 06:00