The house in which Franz Kafka was born in 1883 was situated on the northeast corner of the square next to the Church of St Nicholas.

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Leicester City Council will spend the money on Newarke Street, Southgates and converting St Nicholas Place to Jubilee Square.

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O'Brien has four Derby leading contenders in St Nicholas Abbey, Jan Vermeer, Cape Blanco and Midas Touch.

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Phillip Whiteman, 44, detained under the Mental Health Act, fled St Nicholas Hospital, a medium-security unit, in Gosforth.

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As the pair's skills improved they started trading from a stall in St Nicholas Market - 2012 will see them mark their 25th year in business.

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The plans for Jubilee Square involve creating gardens to replace a car park in St Nicholas Place and move the taxi rank and park-and-ride bus stop.

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More than 1, 000 council staff vacated 14-storey St Nicholas House, erected in 1968, for the newly-refurbished Marischal College building in 2011.

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Jane and Julian Davis from Deeping St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, have said the constant hum from the eight turbines forced them to move house.

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The house near St Nicholas has been closed to the public since 1996, but is due to reopen to visitors next year.

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