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• Get your tickets for Leicester’s biggest bonfire night celebration

  13 October 2026

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S biggest bonfire night celebration takes place at Abbey Park on Saturday 7 November – and tickets are on sale now!

• Work underway on £1.5m refurb of city play areas

  12 October 2026

  1 minute read

  WORK is underway on a major refurbishment programme at children’s playgrounds and community green spaces across Leicester.

• Views sought on potential new permit parking areas

  12 October 2026

  2 minute read

  LOCAL residents and businesses are being asked for their views on whether a new permit parking scheme should be introduced in a busy Leicester neighbourhood.

• Honour for man who led 1990s regeneration in Leicester

  9 October 2026

  3 minute read

  THE MAN who led some of Leicester’s most significant urban regeneration programmes of the 1990s has been given the Honorary Freedom of the City.

• Plans put forward for two new children’s homes

  8 October 2026

  2 minute read

  PLANS have been put forward to create two new city council-run children’s homes.

• New planters to bring greener look to key city centre streets

  8 October 2026

  2 minute read

  A DOZEN new large planters are to be installed on Leicester’s Market Street, King Street and St Martins this autumn, as part of ongoing work to green the city centre.

• Free talks, workshops and activities on offer during Green Libraries Week

  7 October 2026

  2 minute read

  A WEEK of free author talks, workshops, activities and taster sessions will take place across Leicester for Green Libraries Week.

• Thousands of runners expected as Run Leicester returns

  7 October 2026

  2 minute read

  MORE than 5,000 runners will be taking to the city’s streets this weekend for the annual Leicester Half Marathon and 10K race.

• Works set for Market Place South as market redevelopment progresses

  5 October 2026

  1 minute read

  ESSENTIAL work to support the ongoing transformation of Leicester Market is starting this week, requiring temporary changes to access and parking arrangements in Market Place South.

• Five community buildings available for local organisations to manage

  5 October 2026

  2 minute read

  COMMUNITY groups in Leicester are being invited to take over the running of some neighbourhood buildings.

• Museums and libraries celebrate Black History Month

  30 September 2026

  3 minute read

  A PROGRAMME of exhibitions, displays, talks and author events will take place across Leicester's museums and libraries this October as the city celebrates Black History Month.

• Lifesaving equipment installed to marks SADS Week

  28 September 2026

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council says it is well on the way to achieving its target of fitting 30 community public access defibrillators (CPADs) community buildings across the city.