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• Free and low-cost fun in Leicester this Christmas

  10 December 2025

  4 minute read

  IDEAS for family fun that won’t break the bank this Christmas have been put together by Leicester City Council.

• Waste collection changes over Christmas and New Year

  10 December 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council will be making changes to its regular waste and recycling collection days over the two weeks of Christmas and New Year.

• Winners of the Leicester Open announced

  4 December 2025

  2 minute read

  THE WINNER of the prestigious Attenborough Award at this year’s Open exhibition has been announced.

• Plan your journey to Leicester city centre this Christmas

  4 December 2025

  3 minute read

  VISITORS to Leicester are being invited to make the most of the city’s sustainable travel options as they plan their journeys during the festive season.

• Light Up Leicester festival wins second national award

  3 December 2025

  3 minute read

  AN ambitious festival that lit up Leicester city centre with extraordinary artworks over four nights earlier this year has won a major national award.

• Winter shelter to offer more emergency accommodation

  1 December 2025

  2 minute read

  A CHURCH in Leicester city centre is being equipped to provide emergency accommodation over the winter, to ensure no-one has to sleep rough when temperatures dip.     

• Community champions remembered in new heritage panel

  1 December 2025

  2 minute read

  A LEICESTER couple who dedicated their lives to improving the New Parks estate for the people who live there have been commemorated in a new heritage panel.

• Festive events coming up at Leicester’s Guildhall

  28 November 2025

  2 minute read

  FESTIVE films, live music and Christmas wreath-making are some of the events taking place at Leicester’s Guildhall this winter.

• Full steam ahead for Abbey Pumping Station’s Christmas special!

  27 November 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’s Abbey Pumping Station is counting down to Christmas with a steam-themed festive event that all the family will enjoy. 

• Tree trails and planting mark National Tree Week in Leicester

  25 November 2025

  3 minute read

  TWO new tree trails have been launched in Leicester in time for National Tree Week.

• Ofsted finds that SEND partnership provides effective support - but more to be done

  25 November 2025

  4 minute read

  CHILDREN and young people in Leicester who have special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are benefiting from a strong multi-agency approach which supports their needs effectively, according to a recent Ofsted inspection of the partnership which delivers services.

• Leicester people asked to help strengthen community connections

  24 November 2025

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester are being asked to help develop a programme of work to strengthen community relations and renew togetherness and pride in the city.