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• Overnight closures planned as Lancaster Road scheme nears completion

  2 March 2020

  2 minute read

  MOTORISTS are being warned about a series of overnight road closures that will be taking place on Leicester’s busy inner ring road from later this month.

• Traffic calming schemes to tackle local concerns

  28 February 2020

  2 minute read

  TWO new traffic calming schemes and 20mph zones are due to be introduced in the streets near to a busy Leicester primary school following local calls for action to improve road safety.

• Pilot scheme begins on city centre chewing gum removal machine

  20 February 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW cleaning machine aimed at removing chewing gum from city centre pavements is being trialled in a scheme by Leicester City Council.

• Shisha café fined for breaching smokefree regulations

  20 February 2020

  2 minute read

  A COMPANY and director behind a city centre shisha café have been fined £6,000 and ordered to pay over £2,000 in costs after being convicted of a series of smoke-free offences.

• Free event for people with learning disabilities

  19 February 2020

  2 minute read

  A FREE event for people with learning disabilities and their families is being held in Leicester next week.

• £1m funding boost to help promote cycling and walking

  19 February 2020

  3 minute read

  MORE than £1million of Government funding has been secured to help further work to promote walking and cycling in Leicester and Leicestershire.

• Leicester one of 105 cities globally to score an ‘A’ rating for leading climate action

  18 February 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER has been recognized as a global leader on climate action and transparency, achieving a place on CDP’s 'Cities A List'.

• Council's aim for families is homes not hostels

  17 February 2020

  2 minute read

  THE city council has set out its plans to give homeless families in Leicester a home instead of a place in a hostel.

• Chance to give your views on housing service investments

  17 February 2020

  2 minute read

  THOUSANDS of council tenants are being asked to give their views on the housing services provided by Leicester City Council.

• New exhibition celebrates grassroots football in Leicester

  14 February 2020

  1 minute read

  THE PRIDE and passion of grassroots football is celebrated in a new exhibition that opens tomorrow (Saturday 15 February) at Leicester’s Newarke Houses Museum.

• Council serves injunction on aggressive beggar

  13 February 2020

  2 minute read

  A MAN who is alleged to have harassed and intimidated members of the public through his aggressive begging has been banned from begging in the city centre for up to one year after the city council was granted an interim injunction against him.

• Plough’s your big chance to name a gritting lorry

  12 February 2020

  2 minute read

  DO you know your Otis Spreading from your Snow Stormzy, or your Gritney Spears from your Basil Salty?