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27 April 2020
2 minute read
BUSINESSES across Leicester are being urged to come forward to get financial help from an £85million Government fund designed to help them during the coronavirus pandemic.
27 April 2020
2 minute read
MORE than 200 additional places to stay are now being provided by the city council to ensure that no-one has to sleep rough in Leicester.
27 April 2020
2 minute read
THOUSANDS of comments from hundreds of people are helping to shape Leicester’s local response to the global climate emergency.
27 April 2020
3 minute read
THE ambitious redevelopment of Leicester’s once-neglected Waterside area has reached another major milestone, as work begins on the first new office complex in Frog Island.
24 April 2020
2 minute read
LEICESTER is joining a national campaign called #quitforcovid to encourage smokers to kick the habit during the coronavirus lockdown.
24 April 2020
3 minute read
CHILDREN in Leicester who would normally be entitled to a free school lunch are still being offered a free meal every day – even though most of them are currently not at school.
23 April 2020
2 minute read
LEICESTER’S libraries are backing World Book Night tonight (23 April) – by inviting people to pick up a book, share a story, listen to an audiobook or hold a virtual book group meeting between 7pm and 8pm.
23 April 2020
2 minute read
LEICESTER’S resident Peregrine falcons are offering viewers another privileged slice of life streamed live from their nest-mounted webcams.
22 April 2020
2 minute read
POSTCARDS are being sent to children in care to remind them that they’re not alone during the coronavirus lockdown.
21 April 2020
3 minute read
A NEW service has been launched to support people in Leicester and Leicestershire who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak.
21 April 2020
1 minute read
PEOPLE with photographs and memories of the day when Leicester celebrated the end of the Second World War are being asked to share them with the city council.
17 April 2020
3 minute read
SMALL businesses across Leicester have begun receiving payments from a financial lifeline designed to help them survive in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.