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The sands of winter

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In February this year, I found in the toys aisle of the Tesco at The Rushes - summer toys! The sands of winter.

Murals

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  Granby Street car park. Clay Pipe Jitty, near Swan Street end. Market Street, adjacent to Pizza Palace. Several murals are located around Ashby Square. Note the intended optical illusion of the mural in the foreground. However, Peter has since been painted black, so the illusion no longer works (unless there are plans to alter the mural as well). Hastings Street, off Ashby Road.

New Londis at Devonshire Square

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 A new branch of Londis opened recently on Devonshire Square, in premises formerly occupied by Lloyd's Bank, then the ill-fated Morrison's M Local/My Local convenience store. Morrison's ventured into the world of convenience stores with Morrison's M Local in 2011, but unfortunately, the new chain struggled to make a profit. The Loughborough branch of Morrisons M Local opened in July 2014. Mike Greene, a British entrepreneur and convenience shop veteran who was critical of how Morrisons had run the chain, boasted of his ability to turn the struggling chain around, and bragged that the chain would be profitable in its first year. He founded My Local in September 2015 and proceeded to buy the Morrisons M Local stores. However, the chain collapsed in July next year, and the vacant space on Devonshire Square was left vacant for four years. However, some new progress has been made; the shop just became a new branch of Londis! In late August this year, a banner appeared on the