Plans drawn up for Market Place scheme
27 October 2020
2 minute read
AN ATTRACTIVE new route for pedestrians could soon be linking Leicester’s historic Town Hall Square with the shops, bars and cafés in St Martin’s Square.
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Designs revealed for Leicester’s new carbon neutral bus station
27 October 2020
3 minute read
STRIKING designs for Leicester’s new St Margaret’s Bus Station – and ambitious plans to make the building carbon neutral – have been revealed by the city council.
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New raised walkway will connect canal and cycle route
26 October 2020
5 minute read
A NEW pedestrian and cycle route linking part of the Great Central Way and the Grand Union Canal is due to be built.
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Views sought on the future of Leicester’s Haymarket Theatre
22 October 2020
1 minute read
PEOPLE are being asked to help shape the future of Leicester’s iconic Haymarket Theatre.
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Post a Poppy for this Remembrance Day
20 October 2020
2 minute read
A CAMPAIGN is underway to encourage people in Leicester to commemorate Remembrance Day by creating poppy-themed artwork, cakes or other artefacts.
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Programme of preservation work to be carried out on Magazine Gateway
20 October 2020
2 minute read
WORK is due to begin on the restoration and repair of one of Leicester’s oldest medieval buildings.
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Memorial stone commemorates Far East prisoners of war
20 October 2020
3 minute read
A NEW memorial stone commemorating those who were taken prisoner in the Far East during the Second World War has been installed in the city.
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Be part of Leicester’s virtual Diwali celebrations!
19 October 2020
2 minute read
PEOPLE in Leicester are being invited to be part of the city’s first virtual Diwali Day celebration.
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New link road to open in Leicester on Sunday (18th)
16 October 2020
2 minute read
A NEW road that will improve bus journey times out of Leicester city centre will open for the first time on Sunday (18 October).
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Council contacts businesses to ensure they are covid-safe
16 October 2020
2 minute read
PUBLIC safety officers from Leicester City Council are working with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to contact businesses in Leicester and make sure they are covid-secure.
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Work begins on £10m highways scheme for new housing at Ashton Green
16 October 2020
1 minute read
WORK has started on a major £10million highway infrastructure scheme designed to unlock further development land at Leicester City Council’s Ashton Green housing site.
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Leicester gets ready to light up for Christmas
16 October 2020
2 minute read
THE MAMMOTH task of installing the twinkling lights and the colourful garlands that will decorate Leicester city centre this Christmas gets under way this weekend.