The bug which caused a group of Leicester City Council health inspectors to fall ill following a night out at a popular Indian restaurant has been identified as salmonella.

Leicester City Council's food safety team took 49 samples from the kitchen at Kayal, in Granby Street, Leicester, after 19 people reported feeling poorly after eating there, over a two-week period this month.

The popular restaurant, which has only ever had five star health and safety ratings in the past, closed immediately pending an investigation.

It has now reopened.

Inspectors found that salmonella was present in one sample – the chutney, which was freshly made on the premises each day.

Kayal owner Jaimon Thomas said the condiment was no longer on the menu, and he was now committed to re-establishing the restaurant's previous impeccable hygiene record.

He said: "The salmonella was found in a chutney which we make each day using the freshest ingredients – namely coconut, ginger, green chilli, curry leaf and mango.

"Because of the findings, we have stopped making fresh chutney in the way that we always have for the past eight years. Customer safety is our top priority.

"I've been so down about this. This is my livelihood and the livelihood of my staff, who work so hard to make the customers feel special.

"I want to thank all the customers who contacted me to give us support, and we are determined to restore our reputation."

The salmonella bacteria is known to cause nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhoea. Included in the South Indian restaurant's sick list was a group of 10 city council workers, including health inspectors.

Mr Thomas said: "It was very unfortunate that the council staff were here when the outbreak happened, but we would have been just as concerned if it had been any one of our customers.

"We work based on the vision of 'Athidhi Devo Bhava' which means 'Guest is God'."

Since the outbreak, Mr Thomas has refitted the kitchen and employed an independent hygiene consultant, Machin and Toplass.

The firm has reviewed the restaurant's policies and procedures.

A spokeswoman for Leicester City Council said: "The council's food safety team took a total of 49 food and environmental samples from Kayal.

"Of those, 48 of these came back negative, but one yielded salmonella. It was isolated in a chutney, prepared at Kayal using fresh ingredients."

Engineers were today hoping to put the finishing touches to the construction of one of the country's tallest on-shore wind turbines.

Experts from Severn Trent Water started to build the 426ft-tall structure in Wanlip on Tuesday and were expected to have the turbine finished today.

The turbine, which has three giant 164ft-long blades will be visible from 25 miles away.

Bosses at Severn Trent Water said the turbine will produce about 5,000 mega watts of electricity – equivalent to supplying 1,500 homes.

The planning application for the turbine was turned down by Charnwood Borough Council but granted by a planning inspector on appeal.

Charnwood Borough councillor Diane Wise said: "This turbine is an abomination – a blot on the landscape.

"They have got planning permission for 25 years so I have to open my curtains every day for the next two-and-a-half decades and see this thing.

"We turned it down. We did not want and we still don't want it but it is here on our doorstep.

"I don't think people realise just how big this turbine is. We just hope that it works."

Jon Beeson, renewable energy specialist at Severn Trent Water, said the turbine was being constructed at its sewage treatment works in Wanlip, just off the A46.

He said: "We started to put the turbine together last Tuesday but progress has been hampered by high winds and safety is paramount.

"We are very excited about this project and hope to have the turbine finished today."

Mr Beeson said the giant 10-tonne blades were constructed in Germany, shipped over to Hull and then transported by lorry.

He said: "We are working together with the community and have donated around £25,000 to good causes in the area.

"As part of this, we are installing solar panels at Rothley community centre and we have created a new garden at the village hall in Wanlip as well." The turbine is to be unveiled on Friday and is currently subject to a 200m exclusion zone.

He said the Wanlip structure was the same size as two turbines in Suffolk, making them the joint tallest on-shore turbines in Britain.

Mr Beeson said the company hoped the turbine would be fully operational before Christmas.

The turbine will be eight feet shorter than the London Eye (343ft) but taller than Leicester's St George's Tower, which is just short of 400ft.

Opponents of the proposed high-speed rail link will stage a protest when they visit an HS2 roadshow in Leicestershire.

The Tonge and Breedon HS2 Action Group (TABHAG) will demonstrate at the event being held at Ashby's Hood Park leisure centre, in North Street, on Thursday.

Members have said they will come dressed as a white elephant, a retired bank manager and a housewife to signify the amount of opposition to the £50 billion project.

Chairman Jim Morison said: "We will be bringing information to share with visitors which shows there is a real alternative to spending more than £50 billion on a huge white elephant.

"The HS2 business case is faulty and based on incorrect facts. HS2 is enormously environmentally damaging.

"And we can achieve the same level of improved capacity far more cost-effectively and far quickly that we can by saddling our and our children's future with this huge amount of debt."

The roadshow is being held between noon and 8pm.

HS2 would link London with the Midlands, the North West and Yorkshire.

A tenant who turned his rented home into a £100,000 cannabis factory was jailed for four years.

Police were called to the property in Woodgreen Walk, Northfields, Leicester, where they found 176 cannabis plants growing.

High-powered lights had been installed and the electricity meter had been by-passed.

Leicester Crown Court was told some harvested cannabis was drying in the airing cupboard.

The plants had the potential of yielding 1.8 kilos of the class B drug, worth up to £100,000 on the streets, said Victoria Rose, prosecuting.

The tenant, Henryk Fijak (58), who was arrested on the premises, admitted producing cannabis in June and July.

He pleaded guilty on the basis he acted in the capacity of a gardener, tending to the plants on behalf of others, which was rejected by the prosecution.

Judge Simon Hammond heard evidence on the issue in dispute between the prosecution and defence.

He ruled Fijak had played a greater part in the operation than gardener, after hearing he had signed a rental agreement for the house, in his own name, and personally paid a deposit, along with the first month's rent, totalling £920 in cash.

He also paid the second month's rent to the property agent, who gave evidence.

Fijak, a builder, gave evidence through a Polish interpreter, saying he was recruited in Poland and came to England in May looking for building work.

He claimed he did not speak English and others had organised the rental of the house, which he then signed for.

He said he moved into the property a few days later, when the plants were already in situ.

He followed instructions to water them and was expecting to be paid £500 a month.

In mitigation, the court heard he was not the "kingpin" or main organiser.

Sentencing, Judge Simon Hammond said: "You were playing for high stakes."

He said he accepted other people were involved.

He said: "The defendant was a builder and that's why he was recruited, to convert the house that was rented in his name.

"Home-grown cannabis has a high THC (chemical responsible for most of marijuana's psychological effects) which can cause mental health problems."

Matchday collections and a shirt auction at Leicester City FC raised more than £16,000 for the Poppy Appeal, beating last year's total.

The online auctions for the first batch of poppy-embroidered shirts, worn by Leicester City players during recent matches against Watford and Nottingham Forest, closed on Monday, raking in £9,483.

Nearly £7,000 more was raised during a collection at the King Power Stadium during Leicester's game against Nottingham Forest last month.

With more items still to go under the hammer, this year's donation has already beaten the £12,500 raised in 2012.

Leicester City Ambassador Alan Birchenall said: "On behalf of everyone at Leicester City Football Club, I'd like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our supporters, whose generosity seems to know no bounds.

"Every season we ask them to dig deep for worthy causes and every time they come up with the goods.

"It's been a fantastic effort in support of a charity close to so many people's hearts and I'm sure the money raised will be an important contribution to the vital work the Royal British Legion undertakes throughout the year."

Leicester City became the first football club to wear embroidered poppies on their match shirts in November, 2003, for a 2-0 home victory over Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League.

It is a tradition the Foxes have maintained every year and which has been copied by other clubs.

The shirt worn by winger Anthony Knockaert was the jersey in highest demand at the auction, raising £720.

It was closely followed by the shirt worn by Welsh international midfielder Andy King, which sold for £701.

Liam Moore's shirt sold for £640, Lloyd Dyer's sold for £585 and captain Wes Morgan's netted £621, with others averaging about £500 each.

All money raised will help the Leicestershire Poppy Appeal's fund-raising target of £500,000.

Giles Coleman, the Royal British Legion's community fund-raiser for Leicestershire and Rutland, said: "Yet again the club and its supporters have broken the previous year's records.

"A big thank you to every person who contributed."

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Leicester Tigers beat off competition from the likes of the Auckland Blues and some top French teams to land the signature of flanker Pablo Matera.

The 20-year-old already has 11 Argentina caps to his name after some impressive performances against the likes of New Zealand and South Africa in the Rugby Championship in the summer.

Although he has worn the Tigers shirt on only one occasion since joining the club, Matera is set to play an important part in the rest of the Premiership champion's campaign with Tom Croft out for the season with a knee injury.

Leicester loose-head prop Marcos Ayerza played a big role in making sure his Argentine countryman rejected the advances of other clubs from around the world and, instead, committed his future to Welford Road.

"I helped him to make his mind up," said Ayerza. "Being a 20-year-old lad from Argentina, he doesn't know what the world is like and what clubs may be like in the southern and northern hemispheres.

"He was keen on some offers from New Zealand and some big clubs in France, and he was asking me what to do.

"Many clubs tried to sign him, like the Auckland Blues in New Zealand and other teams in the Super 15s. The French were after him, too.

"He asked if he should go somewhere for more money and what sort of things should he look for. I told him at this stage of his life, he had to think of his potential as a player.

"He chose Leicester because myself and many of the other Argentine players told him that, if he wanted to develop his game and get better, Leicester was second to none.

"At the moment, he is a very good player but the Leicester environment will make him better. It is the best place to help you develop and the best environment to help him keep evolving and developing as a player.

"It's also good for him to have someone here to help him and who speaks the same language.

"He is a very hardworking player and is very intelligent. That is why he will fit in well at Leicester Tigers.

"Leicester is not for every player in world rugby, you have to have the willingness to learn, train and get better, not only in rugby but trying to be your best in the whole environment.

"Pablo has that mentality and is a good fit for the Tigers. He is still very raw and he needs to develop, but he is the right pace with Tigers and, hopefully, he will continue to develop into the end product and become a world-class player."

Clive Woodward has left the Leicester Tigers board after not putting himself up for re-election at the club's annual general meeting.

The former centre cited time difficulties as his reasons behind the decision and he has not been replaced.

Woodward said: "I'll be stepping down because I just don't get here enough.

"I've been director here for the last few years but I don't get to as many games as I'd like to.

"Leicester has always been my club and will always be my club, and I'll just be working on other projects to try and help."

Speaking at the meeting at Welford Road, chairman Peter Tom praised the club's supporters and sponsors after impressive support and financial records, which included a profit of £396,000 in the accounts for 2012-13.

After once again coming from behind at the UK Championship, title-holder Mark Selby is determined to make a bright start to his third-round clash in York this afternoon.

Selby suffered a scare from 15-year-old amateur Shane Castle in round one, eventually claiming five straight frames to win 6-4.

The 'Jester from Leicester' repeated the pattern against China's Tian Pengfei yesterday, finding himself 3-1 down before storming back to win 6-3 at the Barbican Centre.

Selby made a similar start to last year's UK Championship, which he went on to win, and he hopes it is a good omen – although the 30-year-old would prefer stress-free victories.

"I wouldn't I'm say close to my best because I keep putting myself under that much pressure before I have to start producing," he said. "Hopefully, I can play like that from the start.

"I'm in the last 32 so I have got another five matches to go, but fingers crossed. I'm still in the tournament, so I have got a chance. It seems to be the same old story with me, going behind and then I seem to start playing okay.

"Tian played well and he put me under pressure more or less throughout the match.

"The problem is I probably try too hard at the start of the match. I try to get off to a good start and then it probably works either way, rather than just being out there and relaxed."

The win earned Selby a third-round tie with Stuart Carrington, and he is expecting another difficult challenge from the Grimsby potter.

"I know Stuart quite well – just through the PTCs I have got to know him a little bit," said the world No.2.

"He seems to be having quite a steady season, being back on the tour for the second time, so it will be another tough game."

Selby also welcomed the news that the UK could be moving to Coventry next year.

He reached the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions at the Ricoh Arena before the UKs, and he said: "The venue at Coventry was really, really good – I enjoyed it. That's fantastic news."

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Manager Mike Shinfield has to decide if Louis '2 Sweet' Norman is ready to end years of hurt for county fighters after the teenager clinched the vacant English flyweight championship in Wolverhampton.

Norman took the St George's belt home to Coalville after outpointing Nathan Reeve at the Civic Hall.

The 19-year-old pulled away in the last four rounds to win unanimously by scores of 97-94, 97-93 and 96-95 on the judges' scorecards.

The British Boxing Board of Control had given Reeve the green light to challenge Kevin Satchell for his British and Commonwealth belts – and Norman could now get his chance.

The county has not produced a British champion since Tony Sibson won the Lonsdale belt outright in September 1987 – and Norman is on course for a title challenge next year after chalking up his sixth straight win.

Shinfield said: "We've got to sit down and talk about it.

"We will wait for the dust to settle and see what the other options are.

"Louis's next fight could be for the British and Commonwealth titles, but there's no rush. He has got plenty of time."

Norman said: "I'm young, but I will fight anyone.

"I would fight Kevin Satchell on Saturday if I could – and I would beat him.

"I was more worried about Nathan than I would be about him.

"But if Mike and (trainer) Jason Shinfield want me to have a couple more fights before, then I will.

"I will leave it up to them. They will know when I'm ready."

Norman's points win over Reeve will be considered an upset – but '2 Sweet' was a worthy winner and says he owes his career-best win to sparring partners Rendall Munroe and Jason Booth.

"My sparring won me the fight," said Norman.

"I knew I couldn't stand and trade with Nathan, so I had to use all the tricks I learned in the gym.

"I think I surprised people with how much I know for a 19-year-old. I even surprised myself a bit."

Reeve had no complaints with the decision.

"Louis fought a great fight," said the 23-year-old from Northampton.

"He took what I gave him and came back and boxed well."