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Savile Centre Changes Name

A conference centre in Leeds has forked out £50,000 for a name change to remove all association with TV presenter Jimmy Savile.

Royal Armouries Internations has said Savile’s Hall at Clarence Dock has been renamed New Dock hall.

Branded items such as pencils, badges, clothing and a website have also been replaced.

The 1,000-seater, £5m venue was named after Jimmy Savile in 2007.

The move follows a pattern of various sites across the country removing the presenter’s name, including plaques outside his home in Scarborough and Leeds's Civic Hall and a footpath sign in Scarborough.

Leisure Centre Admits Death Of Girl

A leisure centre has admitted a health and safety breach following the death of a seven-year-old girl in a swimming pool.

Leisure Connection Ltd., which runs the Blackwater Leisure Centre in Essex, has admitted failing to ensure the safety of a person at Chelmsford Crown Court.

Michelle Gellard was pulled unconscious from the pool in Maldon on 14 June 2008.

The company will be sentenced in March next year.

Sausages Granted EU Status

Newmarket sausages have joined Champagne, Gorgonzola cheese and Cornish pasties after being granted special status by the European Commission.

The bangers are now the 50th British food product to be awarded the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI).

The badge is used to protect the name and reputation of various food items produced within the EU. It means only locally based companies can call their sausages 'Newmarket'.

Like Cornish pasties, the sausages have to be produced in the town after which they are named.

'Newmarket' incorporates Dullingham, Woodditton and Kirtling.

But there are also restrictions placed on the ingredients which can be used. The sausages must be made from prime cuts of pork from the whole carcass, the shoulder or the belly.

Common ingredients were agreed and the application was made last month.

Man Remanded Over Rape Of 15-Year-Old

A man has been remanded in custody following the rape of a 15-year-old boy in Manchester.

Domenyk James Lattlay-Fottfoy, 48, was charged with four counts of rape and false imprisonment.

The incident occurred at a Bloom Street flat on Wednesday.

He is due to appear at Manchester Crown Court on 12 November.

Two other men aged 21 and 36 were also arrested in connection, but have been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

(IT)