Meanwhile in Leicestershire

Honestly, I am out of the classroom for five minutes and look what happens:

• Leicester's Phoenix Square needs a £250,000 council bail-out, less than a year after the film and digital media centre opened.
• Vandals cause chaos for thousands of passengers after starting a fire that destroyed signal cabling between Market Harborough and Leicester.
• A Conservative county councillor and cabinet member has been charged with assault.

On a more positive note, Leicester is considering a bicycle hire scheme along the lines of the one just introduced in London.