Local residents have successfully campaigned for a vehicle activated sign to help slow down traffic on Evington Lane, Leicester. The sign will be switched on by residents and Keith Vaz MP Friday 29 August 2008. The issue was first highlighted to Leicester City Council nearly 2 years ago but a renewed effort from residents and local MP Keith Vaz earlier this summer, resulted in Leicester City Council installing a vehicle activated sign on Evington Lane this month. However, resi...
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Further to the recent letter from Keith Vaz MP to local residents, the meeting to discuss these proposals will be on Friday 5th September at 6.30pm to commence at 7pm at Hamilton Library, 20 Maidenwell Avenue, Leicester, LE5 1BJ. Residents and stakeholders are encouraged to attend, at the very least please ensure that someone from each of your roads attends the meeting. Tescos held an in-store consultation last month displaying the proposals. Tesco's will be attending the meeting and ...
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  Roads were closed, traffic diverted, and thousands of fans got a chance to get a glimpse of their hero as Amitabh Bachchan mania arrived in Britain's 12 largest city destined to become by 2010 the first majority Asian origin city in Europe.   Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood legend and superstar, took time off from the last leg of his world tour at the 02 centre in London on Sunday to accept the invitation of MP Keith Vaz to open the headquarters of a new charity which aims to raise a...
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25 July 2008 

 The Tesco store in Hamilton, Leicester has held an in-store public consultation on Thursday 24 July and Friday 25 July. Tesco is planning to extend its store and also build additional units on the site, which could be a community centre. Local MP Keith Vaz has campaigned for Tesco to hold a full scale public consultation about their proposed extension and visited the in-store consultation on Friday 25 July to ensure that local voices are being heard effecti...
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4 July 2008 Concern has been expressed by local residents about the Bridge Road Play Area. The area has rapidly deteriorated due to rubbish, vandalism and lack of maintenance. Local residents are angry that Leicester City Council is not maintaining the popular area effectively.   Local resident and mother Ayaz Ali has reported broken glass and missing play equipment to Leicester City Council but still nothing has changed. The park is significantly more neglected than other parks around Lei...
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26 June 2008   The dangerous and unpopular Columbine Road is to be closed to through traffic after two years of protests. Concerned residents of Columbine Road contacted local MP Keith Vaz, after it was converted from a cul-de-sac into a road two years ago.   The residents said that the road had become a “rat run” and “a danger to children”. The residents cause was instantly taken up by Mr Vaz who took the concerns to Leicester City Council.   Keith Vaz met with local res...
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18 June 2008 Keith Vaz MP, Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, is encouraging his constituents to contact him to inform them about their views on modern policing. He wants to hear from victims of crime, police officers and ordinary members of the public about whether the police have the right people in the right places, focusing on the right things. The Home Affairs Select Committee, is currently holding an inquiry into how expectations of the police have changed and the resources th...
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11 July 2008 Thurnby United Football Club faces closure or relegation to a different league if their facilities are not repaired by the City Council. The Club use Willowbrook Activity Centre where the showers are out of order.   As a result, they have been told by the league that unless the showers work they will have to move from that premises or not play.   It is the responsibility of the Council to maintain the showers, but the Club’s requests for repair have so far been ignored....
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13th June 2008       Leicester East MP Keith Vaz met last Friday with representatives of Tescos and voiced his concern about any further extension of the Hamilton Tesco store without full consultation with local residents.   Mr Vaz said he was worried because whenever Tesco sought an extension they were keen to engage with the local community, once this extension was granted it was extremely difficult to get Tesco to either cut the grass on their open spaces or to remove tr...
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30th May 2008 Vaz opposes residential buildings on school site   A local school is under threat because of plans for housing development on the land which they share with Leicester Grammar School.   Concerned pupils, staff and parents of St Paul’s School contacted local MP Keith Vaz asking for help to prevent this. Mr Vaz opposes the selling of school land for building, believing that the land should be left for the benefit of local children.   Mr Vaz visited St Paul’s Schoo...
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23rd May 2008 Trials for Leicester India Football Link Begin

Later this year a group of under 12s and under 14s will be given the once in a life-time opportunity to visit India and play local teams there as part of the Leicester India Football Initiative.

On the 7th March 2008 the British High Commissioner to India Sir Richard Stagg joined Milan Mandaric at the Walkers stadium to celebrate the launch of this initiative which aims to develop the already excellent links between ...
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  Residents of East Park Road are regularly witnesses to numerous road traffic accidents due to the horrific parking situation on the road. The double parked cars are causing congestion which has led to several accidents. Residents are becoming concerned for their safety due to the number of crashes happening outside their homes.  Urgent action is needed to prevent congestion and accidents. Rt Hon Keith Vaz is calling on Leicester City Council to consider what they can do to alleviate ...
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25 April 2008 Vaz meets with resident at contminated GE Lighting Site The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP met with concerned residents next to the GE Lighting factory site. They are concerned that the land has not been de-contaminated since the factory was closed in 2006. Keith Vaz MP has written to GE Lighting to demand urgent action on this issue.   ...
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The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP met with constituent Giselle Pakeerah and the Prime Minister the Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP to discuss the issue of violent video games. Mr Vaz has been a vocal campaigner against violent computer games since his constituent, teenager Stefan Pakeerah who was murdered by a man imitating scenes from the computer game Manhunt in 2004. Mr Vaz called for this game and Manhunt 2, its successor, to be banned based on compelling evidence that such video games had a direct ...
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      Leicester East MP Keith Vaz has welcomed the decision made by Leicester City Council to approve the planning application for a statue of Gandhi to be erected in Leicester. Mr Vaz said:   “I am delighted at the decision taken by the City Council. Despite a tiny minority of people opposing the scheme Leicester can rightly be proud that it can have a monument to a towering historical figure. The statue will also boost the city’s tourism.”   Mr Vaz then announce...
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A new football initiative that will link Leicester with India was launched at Leicester city football club on Friday the 7th March 2008 by the British High Commissioner to India Sir Richard Stagg. The initiative entitled Leicester India Football initiative (LIFI) will link the city with Goa in India and enable a group of under-12 and under-14 to visit the subcontinent later this year to play a Goan football team.   Leicester City Football Club has given its backing to the proposal and once...
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            Leicester East MP Keith Vaz visited the junction of Gipsy Lane and Yorkshire Road, an accident blackspot to view the double yellow lines he has been campaigning for. He was joined by Councillor Joshi. The site, outside the Shri Guru Dashmesh Sahib Gurdwara has previously been troubling drivers due to the large volume of cars parked there. These parked cars had been blocking driver’s views when they approached the T-junction forcing them to edge out on...
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  Keith Vaz MP visited the site of the proprosed eco-town in Leicester on 8 February 2008. He was given a tour of the sight by Mr Sharlesh a local resident. Mr Vaz has asked to meet the Minister responsible to discuss the plans and will be tabling an Early Day Motion calling on the Government to take the surrounding areas into consideration when making an final decision on these developments.  "I have asked to meet with the Minister of State for Housing, Yvette Co...
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Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP visited Catherine Junior School after parents and teachers expressed concern about the children’s safety in crossing the road outside the school.  Fears for the safety of the pupils have arisen as there is no longer a crossing guide at the school and there is no safe crossing area. The school has also raised concerns that the speed limit in the area should be reduced to 20mph and that there should be more school warning road signs to help make the area sa...
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Vaz condemns blind bend in Humberstone  21st September 2007     Keith Vaz today attended a meeting in Humberstone after being invited to assess the danger posed by a blind bend in a road between Manor House Gardens and Vicarage Lane in Humberstone. Although there have not as yet been any accidents, residents say that there have been some near misses and that they do not want to take any more risks. Mr Vaz supported the residents call for speed bumps and a spe...
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