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Conservationists have released the first year findings of a three year project to discover if the Hazel Dormouse still exists in Leicestershire and Rutland.The little rodent has not been sighted in Leicestershire since the 1970’s and in Rutland since the 1990’s.

The Times has named Leicestershire County Council as the Best Big Council in the country to work for. Today’s prize was awarded by the newspaper following an independent survey of 2,000 county council staff, which revealed that the authority is one of Britain’s most happy and productive councils.