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• Bags of ideas to help families get active this summer

  13 July 2020

  2 minute read

  YOUNG people and families in Leicester are being encouraged to get moving this summer with an online programme of fun activities to try at home.

• Road closures planned for major resurfacing of Belgrave Gate

  10 July 2020

  2 minute read

  A MAJOR programme of resurfacing is due to take place on Leicester’s Belgrave Gate later this month, as work on a £2million improvement scheme progresses.

• City Mayor lobbies Government for extra business support

  9 July 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S City Mayor is lobbying Government to provide more support to local businesses after it emerged the Government does not intend to provide extra financial support during the city’s extended lockdown.

• Latest pop-up schemes to help local business and commuters

  9 July 2020

  4 minute read

  WORKS have been carried on the latest in a series of pop-up measures to aid social distancing, help local businesses and make it safer to cycle and walk in Leicester.

• Community testing stepped up as city bids to drive down covid-19 infection rate

  9 July 2020

  4 minute read

  THOUSANDS of tests are being carried out in Leicester each day as part of the city’s strategy to bring down the coronavirus infection rate.

• £8.1 million scheme will create hundreds of extra SEND school places

  9 July 2020

  3 minute read

  MORE than £8.1 million is to be invested in a programme of creating new school places and provisions for children with additional educational needs.

• Haymarket car park to close for one day this weekend

  8 July 2020

  1 minute read

  A MAIN city centre car park will be closed for one day this weekend while essential work is carried out

• Work begins on major highway improvements at Leicester’s Clock Tower

  7 July 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK to revamp the area around the historic Clock Tower in Leicester city centre is now underway.

• Council-led taskforce tackles issues in city factories

  6 July 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is working with partners across the city to tackle issues with factory working highlighted by the current coronavirus crisis.

• Stay alert and stay home in Leicester

  3 July 2020

  2 minute read

  AS Leicester city and parts of Leicestershire continue to follow stricter lockdown restrictions, than other parts of the country, the councils and Public Health England are asking residents to stay at home and stay safe, particularly this weekend as the rest of the country starts to open up again.

• Knife crime conversations go online

  2 July 2020

  2 minute read

  A COMMUNITY event giving people the chance to talk about tackling knife crime is going online so that discussions can continue despite coronavirus.

• Council continues to invest in city’s secondary schools

  2 July 2020

  2 minute read

  MORE than £20m of investment will ensure that eight of Leicester’s most popular secondary schools can continue to meet demand for pupil places over the next eight years.