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• Libraries offer free blood pressure monitor loans

  24 September 2026

  1 minute read

  BLOOD pressure monitors can be borrowed by adults for free under a new council initiative launched in libraries across Leicester.

• New walkway to link city centre squares and provide new green space

  23 September 2026

  3 minute read

  DESIGNS for a new walkway that would link Leicester’s Green Dragon Square with St Martin’s Square, and complete the route from Town Hall Square, have been revealed by the city council.

• Open Streets will celebrate Leicester’s rich history

  23 September 2026

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Open Streets festival is returning to the city centre with a special heritage-themed event.

• Views sought on council’s leisure centre plans

  22 September 2026

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester are being invited to have their say on proposals that would shape the the next phase of investment in Leicester City Council's leisure centres.

• Film festival puts spotlight on recovery from addiction

  21 September 2026

  2 minute read

  FILMS by two Leicester filmmakers will be among 19 shown at the Recovery Street Film Festival, a free event which takes place at the Phoenix Cinema and Arts Centre this Saturday (26 September).

• One month to go before Monsters make their return!

  21 September 2026

  2 minute read

  A MOB of giant monsters is set to return to Leicester city centre next month, just in time for half-term and Halloween.

• Community heritage champions to help uncover city’s untold stories

  21 September 2026

  3 minute read

  TEN community champions have been recruited from dozens of applications to help explore Leicester’s diverse heritage.

• Have your say on new residents’ parking plan

  21 September 2026

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE are being invited to have their say about proposals for a new permit parking scheme in part of Leicester.

• Four-legged friends in the frame at city art exhibition

  18 September 2026

  2 minute read

  AN art exhibition featuring a wide range of works inspired by dogs is set to open in Leicester this weekend.

• New housing apprentices join the city council

  17 September 2026

  2 minute read

  FIFTEEN new recruits have joined Leicester City Council as housing apprentices – including a care leaver, a former member of the Armed Forces, a participant from the Women In Construction scheme and a candidate from Leicester to Work, which supports unemployed people.

• Leicester launches women's homelessness census

  16 September 2026

  2 minute read

  Women experiencing homelessness in Leicester are set to be counted in a new and more inclusive way as the city takes part in the National Women's Rough Sleeping Census for the first time.

• Support offered to get more people into work

  16 September 2026

  2 minute read

  A major new employment support programme has been launched across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland to help disabled people, people with health conditions and those facing other barriers to find and stay in work.