New exhibition celebrates 150 years of play
21 March 2023
2 minute read
TOYS, teddies and talking dolls will go on display at Leicester’s Newarke Houses Museum this weekend in a new exhibition celebrating 150 years of children’s play.
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LEICESTER City’s promotion to the Premier League as Sky Bet Championship winners is to be celebrated with an open-top bus tour and a trophy lift in the city centre on Sunday (5 May).
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21 March 2023
2 minute read
TOYS, teddies and talking dolls will go on display at Leicester’s Newarke Houses Museum this weekend in a new exhibition celebrating 150 years of children’s play.
20 March 2023
3 minute read
WORK has been carried out on the latest stage of improvements to pavements, drainage and pedestrian areas of Leicester’s Narborough Road.
20 March 2023
5 minute read
WORK is set to begin on an ambitious expansion of an innovative workspace development for high-tech industries at the heart of Space City Leicester.
20 March 2023
1 minute read
A NEW digital and performance suite is now open at one of the city’s most iconic libraries.
20 March 2023
1 minute read
THE LAST remaining pedestrian underpasses in Leicester’s city centre are set to be permanently closed to the public.
17 March 2023
2 minute read
THE roof of Leicester’s Newarke Street car park is to be fitted with around 360 sqm of solar panels on two giant canopies, as part of the city council’s ongoing work to reduce its carbon footprint.
16 March 2023
2 minute read
PEOPLE living near Narborough Road are to be consulted over proposals to improve road safety at an accident blackspot.
16 March 2023
2 minute read
A NEW solar panel array the size of 18 tennis courts is set to be installed at a city council sport and leisure centre.
16 March 2023
1 minute read
LEICESTER’S Spinney Hill Park is set to benefit from almost £60,000 of planned improvements thanks to a successful bid for Government funding.
16 March 2023
2 minute read
NEW images have been revealed showing the next stage of investment in updating and remodelling one of Leicester’s most popular free family attractions.
15 March 2023
2 minute read
THERE’S a new addition to a popular outdoor heritage trail that’s helping to bring Leicester’s 2,000 years of history to life.
15 March 2023
4 minute read
A SERIES of historic paintings discovered at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery has been confirmed as part of an original set of important works by a leading art historian.