Freddie Mercury sponge cake with the notes from Mercury's song "Barcelona". The bill, which included 232 broken glasses, was presented to Queen's manager, Jim Beach. In October 1986, the British press reported that Mercury had his blood tested for HIV/AIDS at a Harley Street clinic. A reporter for "The Sun", Hugh Whittow, questioned Mercury about the story at Heathrow Airport as he was returning from a trip to Japan. Mercury denied he had the disease. According to his partner Jim Hutton, Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in late April 1987. Around that time, Mercury claimed in an interview to have tested negative
Leicester Mercury 1877-1882 Harry Hackett 1882-1923 Vernon Hewitt 1923 - John Fortune 1952-1974 Neville Stack 1974-1987 Alex Leys 1987-1993 Nick Carter 1993-2009 Keith Perch 2009-2011 Richard Bettsworth 2011-2014 Kevin Booth 2014 -2016 George Oliver 2016 - Leicester Mercury The Leicester Mercury is a British regional newspaper for the city of Leicester and the counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. The paper began in the 19th century as the "Leicester Daily Mercury" and later changed to the present title. The paper was founded by James Thompson, already proprietor of the "Leicester Chronicle" which he had merged with the "Leicestershire Mercury" ten years earlier. The