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• Get up and go with free family activities

  10 July 2025

  2 minute read

  FREE family activities will be on offer in neighbourhoods across Leicester throughout the summer holidays.

• Ambitious strategy to help nature recover and thrive launches

  10 July 2025

  3 minute read

  A BOLD new strategy making space for nature across Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland has been officially launched.

• Guide to low-cost summer fun in Leicester now online

  9 July 2025

  2 minute read

  FAMILIES looking for a low-cost day out this summer should check out what’s on in Leicester’s children’s centres, libraries and museums.

• Pedestrian crossing improvement works to begin

  9 July 2025

  1 minute read

  A NEW zebra crossing is due to be put in place near a school in a residential area of Leicester.

• City awarded over £1.8m for new PlayZones programme

  8 July 2025

  1 minute read

  NINE community multi-sports mini pitches are to be developed in neighbourhoods across Leicester thanks to a £1.8 million funding award.

• Scene is set for outdoor theatre at Abbey Pumping Station

  8 July 2025

  1 minute read

  THE GROUNDS of Leicester’s Abbey Pumping Station will become the setting for an open-air production of a classic 18th century comedy of manners next week.

• Join Elmer and friends at Leicester Museum this summer

  7 July 2025

  1 minute read

  THE JOYFUL world of Elmer the Patchwork Elephant will be delighting visitors to Leicester Museum & Art Gallery this summer.

• Summer programme of roadworks planned for city

  4 July 2025

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of repairs is due to take place on roads across Leicester during the school summer holidays.

• Annual Diwali event to change due to crowd safety concerns

  3 July 2025

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Golden Mile will continue to be the focus for Diwali Day celebrations, but with major changes to the annual event due to crowd safety fears.

• Next phase of Melton Road street scene improvements to begin

  2 July 2025

  2 minute read

  THE next phase of a rolling programme to repair and improve pavements, street furniture and bollards along Melton Road is now underway.

• Charity lends hand to tackle student move-out waste

  1 July 2025

  2 minute read

  STUDENTS preparing to move out of their term-time homes for the summer are being given a helping hand to dispose of preloved items and do their bit for charity.

• Travel company to take over running of Park and Ride

  1 July 2025

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S three Park and Ride services are to be run by local company Roberts Travel Group, after it made a successful bid to the city and county councils to take on the full operation of the service.