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A BUSY junction which has been closed to traffic for six weeks for major improvements will reopen to traffic next week.

SANTA will be swapping Lapland for Leicester this Christmas – and he’s about to move into his cosy new home in the city centre.

A PROJECT to extend the Leicester theatre where a young Richard Attenborough first trod the boards is being backed by Leicester City Council.

AS Christmas presents go, a dose of food poisoning is unlikely to be on anyone’s wish list.

ARTISTS and crafters are being invited to take part in a festive art fair later this month.

IT’S taken contractors Icescape three days and 65,000 litres of water to create the thick layers of ice for Leicester’s Christmas ice rink, but the popular city centre attraction is now ready to open to the public.

THE city council aims to make more affordable homes available in the city by purchasing around 50 properties to let to families on its housing register.

SHOPPERS are being encouraged to buy locally this weekend for Small Business Saturday (1 December) – with traders at Leicester Market on hand to supply a variety of locally-sourced produce.

CHILDREN who sign up for swimming lessons with the city council over the next three months will be entered into a prize draw that will result in one lucky youngster getting all of their lessons paid for, for a whole year.

AN expert survey of Abbey Park’s historic walls and remains of Cavendish House gets under way this week.

VISITORS coming into Leicester over the Christmas period will be able to take advantage of extended Park and Ride services from Sunday, December 2.

A DISUSED community centre is set to be refurbished to create more specialist school places for some of the city’s most vulnerable pupils.