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• Food and craft fair at Abbey Pumping Station

  10 September 2026

  2 minute read

  A WEEKEND of great food, live music and local creativity is coming up, as Leicester's Abbey Pumping Station hosts its popular Food & Craft Fair.

• Kids go free at two heritage attractions this autumn

  10 September 2026

  2 minute read

  FAMILIES can enjoy a great value day out at two of Leicester’s award-winning heritage attractions this autumn, thanks to a Kids Go Free offer. 

• Walk, cycle or volunteer to support Leicestershire's historic churches

  10 September 2026

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE across Leicester and Leicestershire are being encouraged to take part in a ‘Ride+Stride’ fundraising event this weekend and help preserve some of the area's most treasured historic buildings.

• Community event to mark World Suicide Prevention Day

  9 September 2026

  2 minute read

  People in Leicester are being invited to take part in a special community event at Leicester’s Haymarket Shopping Centre as part of this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day on Thursday, 10 September.

• Free festival opens the doors on Leicester’s hidden heritage

  8 September 2026

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S historic buildings will reveal their fascinating stories in a series of open days this month – and they’re all free.

• Leicester Buses celebrates Catch the Bus Month

  4 September 2026

  2 minute read

  FAMILIES across Leicester can enjoy unlimited bus travel for just £6.40 a day at weekends this September, as Leicester Buses launches a special offer to celebrate Catch the Bus Month.

• Council leaders call for Mayoral Strategic Authority

  3 September 2026

  1 minute read

  TEN council leaders from across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland have written to the Government to confirm their unanimous preference to establish a Mayoral Strategic Authority (MSA) for the area.

• Leicester to fund more electric buses

  1 September 2026

  1 minute read

  OPERATORS in the Leicester Buses One Network Partnership are being encouraged to bid for up to £5m of grant funding to help purchase more electric buses.

• Tenants move into new council bungalows in Leicester

  27 August 2026

  4 minute read

  THE first tenants are set to move into brand new, fully adapted council bungalows built on the site of Leicester's former Saffron Lane velodrome.

• Latest stage of Melton Road footpath improvements to begin

  27 August 2026

  1 minute read

  THE latest phase in a rolling programme of repairs and improvements to pavements on Leicester’s busy Melton Road gets started next week.

• Young people celebrate summer of free sport at tournament

  26 August 2026

  2 minute read

  YOUNG people from across Leicester gathered together for a friendly tournament last week (20 Aug) to celebrate the end of a summer packed with free sport and physical activity sessions.

• Leicester City Council proposes school term dates for 2027-2032

  24 August 2026

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is set to approve new term dates and holidays for schools across the city from 2027 to 2032.