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• Annual Diwali event to change due to crowd safety concerns

  3 July 2025

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Golden Mile will continue to be the focus for Diwali Day celebrations, but with major changes to the annual event due to crowd safety fears.

• Next phase of Melton Road street scene improvements to begin

  2 July 2025

  2 minute read

  THE next phase of a rolling programme to repair and improve pavements, street furniture and bollards along Melton Road is now underway.

• Charity lends hand to tackle student move-out waste

  1 July 2025

  2 minute read

  STUDENTS preparing to move out of their term-time homes for the summer are being given a helping hand to dispose of preloved items and do their bit for charity.

• Travel company to take over running of Park and Ride

  1 July 2025

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S three Park and Ride services are to be run by local company Roberts Travel Group, after it made a successful bid to the city and county councils to take on the full operation of the service.

• Join in a summer of fun at Leicester Libraries!

  30 June 2025

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER Libraries have launched their annual reading challenge, with free fun activities on offer over the long summer holidays.

• Town Hall Bike Park to launch new membership scheme

  25 June 2025

  1 minute read

  A NEW annual membership scheme is being introduced at Leicester’s main bike park, in the city’s Town hall Square.

• Summer festival and singing mark school’s official opening

  24 June 2025

  2 minute read

  AN OUTSTANDING school in Leicester has celebrated its new building with an official opening event.

• Flag raising marks start of Armed Forces Week

  23 June 2025

  2 minute read

  THE FLAG of the Armed Forces has been raised at Leicester’s Town Hall to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.

• New residents parking scheme for Woodgate area

  23 June 2025

  2 minute read

  A NEW residents parking scheme is to be introduced in a Leicester neighbourhood from next month.

• Leicester set for over £80m in transport improvement funding

  19 June 2025

  2 minute read

  AROUND £80 million of Government funding is set to be invested in an ambitious programme of local transport improvements across Leicester over the next five years.

• Book launch at museum celebrates remarkable curator

  18 June 2025

  2 minute read

  A CURATOR and art director who was instrumental in bringing German expressionism to Leicester is being celebrated with a new book launch in the city.

• Lifesaving partnership wins national award

  13 June 2025

  3 minute read

  A LIFESAVING initiative that enables front-line police officers in Leicestershire to carry and administer an antidote to opiate drugs has won a national award.