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Radio Leicester,3 mins

Leicester's first black Lord Mayor

Ady Dayman

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Leicester's First black Lord Mayor has been officially appointed. Orlanzo George Cole has been a councillor in Leicester since 2010 and was handed the chains of office at the city's Town Hall. With Leicester having a Lord Mayor since 1251, Helen McCarthy investigates why it's taken so long.

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