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• Spooky theme for city’s biggest fireworks event

  8 October 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Abbey Park is to once again host Leicester's biggest bonfire night celebration, with this year’s event taking place on Saturday 1 November.

• Warning over scam loft insulation schemes

  7 October 2025

  2 minute read

  Trading standards officers in Leicester are warning people to stay alert after a national rise in complaints about bogus loft insulation promotions.

• Doorstep Museum coming to St Philip’s church hall this month

  7 October 2025

  1 minute read

  DINOSAUR fossils, mammoth teeth and a taxidermy Cayman crocodile are some of the curious items that will be on display at St Philip’s church hall this month.

• Businesses asked to add to Christmas cheer by sponsoring a tree

  6 October 2025

  1 minute read

  BUSINESSES in Leicester are being asked to help to fill the city with Christmas cheer by sponsoring Christmas trees that will light up public spaces or their own premises, throughout the festive season.

• Last chance to see German Expressionist art in current gallery

  6 October 2025

  2 minute read

  THE GERMAN Expressionist Gallery at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery will close to the public on Sunday 2 November in the latest phase of the museum’s £7.9million refurbishment.

• Awards for Leicester’s dedicated environmental volunteers

  2 October 2025

  2 minute read

  VOLUNTEERS in Leicester who work tirelessly to clear brambles, pull litter from rivers, make space for wildlife and tackle invasive weeds have been applauded for their efforts at an awards ceremony.

• Book now for Green Libraries Week

  2 October 2025

  2 minute read

  AUTHOR talks, writing workshops, live music and craft activities will be taking place in Leicester’s libraries to mark Green Libraries Week – and it’s all free.

• More life-saving defibrillators go in across city

  1 October 2025

  2 minute read

  FIVE new defibrillators are being installed in community locations as part of the Heartshield project.

• Leicester Museum and city libraries mark Black History Month

  29 September 2025

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is marking Black History Month this October with author talks at its libraries and a special event at its flagship museum.

• New open space for city

  24 September 2025

  1 minute read

  A NEW open space has been unveiled in Leicester.

• Free activity sessions mark National Fitness Day

  23 September 2025

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester are being invited to get active at their local leisure centre this weekend – and it won’t cost them a penny.

• Evidence of 2,000 years of human activity found on market site

  23 September 2025

  3 minute read

  ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered extraordinary evidence of 2,000 years of human activity beneath Leicester’s market place – including a Roman burial and the remains of a long-lost landmark.