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• Schools to become bee-friendly in new environmental project

  17 December 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW project to help make school grounds bee-friendly will kick off in the new year.

• Outdoor gyms now fully reopened in city

  17 December 2020

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S outdoor gyms have now fully reopened across the city.

• Rapid coronavirus tests to be offered in city hotspots

  16 December 2020

  3 minute read

  CORONAVIRUS tests that give a result within an hour will start to be offered to asymptomatic people in Leicester from today (Wednesday).

• Extra investment to ensure no-one has to sleep rough this winter

  16 December 2020

  4 minute read

  ADDITIONAL investment of over £1million is helping to ensure that no-one has to sleep rough in Leicester this winter, despite unprecedented challenges for homelessness services. 

• Tree preservation strategy will protect neighbourhood’s giant redwoods

  16 December 2020

  2 minute read

  MORE than two dozen giant trees, some well over a century old and which characterise a Leicester suburb, are being given protection under a new strategy by Leicester City Council.

• Joint exercise checks on Covid-19 safety among shoppers and businesses

  15 December 2020

  3 minute read

  POLICE and council officers have carried out a series of visits to check compliance with national coronavirus safety measures at shops in Leicester.

• Local laws to tackle problem street drinking and drug use extended

  15 December 2020

  2 minute read

  LEGISLATION to tackle problem street drinking and use of so-called ‘legal highs’ in public places across Leicester have been extended for another three years.

• Noise nuisance reports led to seizure of equipment

  14 December 2020

  1 minute read

  Council officers have seized stereo equipment and loud speakers from a Leicester house after complaints from neighbours about the noise levels.

• Work begins to control flooding and improve habitats at Everards Meadows

  9 December 2020

  3 minute read

  A SCHEME to help control flooding and improve wetland habitats is underway at a popular destination for cyclists and walkers on the banks of the River Soar. 

• Council publishes one-year stop-gap budget plan

  8 December 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has published its draft budget plans for next year.

• Leicester first city in England to pilot local tracing operation

  7 December 2020

  3 minute read

  A PILOT study will get under way in Leicester this week that will give the city council responsibility for tracing people who test positive for coronavirus but who prove to be difficult to contact.

• Schools’ commitment to staying Covid-safe praised by education chiefs

  3 December 2020

  3 minute read

  EDUCATION bosses across Leicester have praised the city’s schools for their work to keep staff and pupils safe during the coronavirus pandemic.