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This past week traditionally sees more new businesses start up in Britain that at any other time of the year. It's exciting, nerve wracking and bloomin hard work, but as many of those who've done it will tell you, running your own business can be the most rewarding way to earn your living. Silvia Migiliucci and Massimo Schiliro have just embarked on that journey thanks to a 20 thousand pound loan. They've opened up a brand new Italian street food take away on Granby Street in Leicester called I-Buongustai. The money has come from the East Midlands based, not-for-profit group First Enterprise.
Also, do you cycle into work? Well, today we're all being asked to think about it - as part of National Cycling to Work day. It comes just days after thousands of people took to the streets of Leicester for the Skyride, and prior to that we had the Castle Classic. But just how attractive is it to commute by bike, when the roads are busy and as we get ready to welcome the Autumn?
And, a little girl from Leicester is preparing to spend a third day away from school simply because her mum can't afford to put her on the bus. Cheryl is a single mum of two who lives in Braunstone, which of course is in Leicester city. But she chooses to send her daughter Abigail to a school in Groby in Leicestershire. She opted for Brookvale High School in the County because it ticks THREE boxes for her - it's rated as excellent, it's where Abigail's friends are, and it soothes Cheryl's worries that if she went to a school closer to home Abigail could be bullied. What it means though is that the 12-year old needs a daily bus pass, which costs 44 pounds a month. Its a cost which Cheryl has been unable to keep up with, and just last week, she was handed a bill of 2 hundred and 20 pounds from Brookvale High School for unpaid bus fees.