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• Walk Leicester Festival is back!

  23 April 2025

  3 minute read

  FREE group walks and events are taking place throughout May as the Walk Leicester festival returns.

• Road closures announced for Vaisakhi parade

  22 April 2025

  1 minute read

  THOUSANDS of people are due to take part in a major annual Sikh parade through Leicester later this month.

• Ribbon cutting marks completion of Elmbrook School refurbishment

  17 April 2025

  2 minute read

  WORK is now complete on a £5.5million refurbishment project at Elmbrook School in Leicester.

• 96% of children in city get their first choice of primary school

  16 April 2025

  1 minute read

  THOUSANDS of children across the city will be offered a place at a primary school today, with 96% of Leicester children gaining a place at their first-choice school, and 99% getting a place at one of their top three preferred schools.

• Gladiators - ready! Pedal through history and ride Roman Leicester

  15 April 2025

  1 minute read

  TRANSFORM your bike into a mighty chariot, dress in your finest Roman tunics or battle armour and join in the pedal-powered fun for a Roman bike parade during the Easter holidays!

• New skatepark taking shape close to Abbey Park

  14 April 2025

  3 minute read

  A NEW skatepark – designed with the input of hundreds of local skaters and other enthusiasts – is taking shape close to Leicester city centre.

• Ideas for family fun in Leicester this Easter

  14 April 2025

  4 minute read

  THERE’S lots going on in Leicester during the school holidays this Easter that’s completely free for children and families to enjoy.

• Honoured Citizen Award for the Friends of Welford Road Cemetery

  10 April 2025

  2 minute read

  A GROUP of volunteers which has been helping to look after Welford Road Cemetery for more than 25 years has received an Honoured Citizen award from the Lord Mayor of Leicester.

• Leicester school celebrates outstanding status

  10 April 2025

  2 minute read

  AN OUTSTANDING school in Leicester has been praised for maintaining standards in a recent Ofsted inspection.

• Join these fun, free workshops and be part of something huge for Leicester!

  9 April 2025

  5 minute read

  FREE workshops for children aged 9+ and their families are taking place in Leicester over the Easter holidays, giving people the chance to be part of something really big!

• University Road to close for resurfacing work

  8 April 2025

  1 minute read

  A well-used Leicester road is being resurfaced as part of the city council’s ongoing programme of highway maintenance and repairs.

• Vintage music and bell-ringing will mark VE Day and VJ Day in Leicester

  7 April 2025

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER people marked the end of the Second World War with a conga round the Clock Tower – and now plans are taking shape to commemorate the 80th anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day in style.