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• Traffic scheme will tackle commuter parking

  1 December 2020

  2 minute read

  A new experimental scheme is due to be brought in to address the problem of commuter parking in Clarendon Park.

• Winter support launched for families struggling during pandemic

  1 December 2020

  2 minute read

  SUPPORT and help offered by Leicester City Council to local families who are struggling to pay for essentials including household bills will get an extra boost this winter.

• Work begins on new scheme to link city’s space and technology attractions

  30 November 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK has started on a scheme to improve the links between the National Space Centre, Abbey Pumping Station and Leicester’s planned space and technology park.

• Leicester confirmed in Tier 3 of Government’s new Covid alert levels

  26 November 2020

  4 minute read

  RESTRICTIONS in Leicester are set to get even tighter when the national lockdown ends next week.

• Have your say on Leicester’s Local Plan

  25 November 2020

  1 minute read

  THERE’S still time for people to have their say on the way Leicester will grow in the future – but make sure you tell us your views by 7 December.

• New walk-up covid testing site opens on Upper Brown Street

  24 November 2020

  1 minute read

  A NEW coronavirus testing site opens in Leicester city centre today.

• Santa spotted in city as Leicester’s Christmas lights are turned on

  20 November 2020

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S magnificent Christmas lights have been switched on, illuminating the city centre with thousands of white lights and colourful decorations

• New heritage panels mark 80th anniversary of Leicester’s ‘Blitz Night’

  19 November 2020

  3 minute read

  TWO new heritage information panels recounting the events of Leicester’s ‘Blitz Night’ have been installed in the city.

• Free training and advice for staff at risk of redundancy

  19 November 2020

  1 minute read

  EMPLOYERS in Leicester are being urged to find out about free training and expert careers advice on offer for staff at risk of redundancy. 

• Additional neighbourhood parking spaces to get underway

  18 November 2020

  2 minute read

  Work is due to begin this month on the latest schemes to create much-needed additional parking spaces in neighbourhoods across the city.

• More than £1m for Leicester to help boost active travel and make neighbourhood streets safer

  13 November 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council will be getting more than £1m to help boost active travel - such as walking and cycling – and to make residential streets quieter and safer.

• New slip road completed at St Margaret’s Bus Station

  12 November 2020

  2 minute read

  A PROJECT to improve bus journey times by creating a new slip road from St Margaret’s Bus Station to the city’s inner ring road has been completed.