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• Go traffic-free every month as Open Streets returns

  21 May 2024

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S monthly summer celebration of people-friendly streets is returning for 2024.

• Free and low-cost ideas for family fun in Leicester this half-term

  21 May 2024

  3 minute read

  FAMILIES looking for low-cost ideas for fun days out in Leicester during the half-term break will find lots going on in their local library, the city’s museums and various city centre locations.

• New camera enforcement powers to begin at key city centre junctions

  20 May 2024

  2 minute read

  NEW enforcement powers that will see drivers penalised for traffic offences at two key city centre junctions will come into force next week.

• New Lord Mayor of Leicester takes office

  17 May 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S new Lord Mayor has been handed the chains of office in a ceremony at the city’s Town Hall.

• New volunteer ambassador scheme to help showcase city’s tourism

  16 May 2024

  3 minute read

  IF you’ve ever fancied sharing your passion and interest in local tourism and heritage then a new scheme could be just up your street.

• Free event to celebrate work of urban nature project

  16 May 2024

  1 minute read

  A CITYWIDE project that aims to bring nature back to school grounds will be holding a celebration event later this month.

• Last chance to see exhibition celebrating history of graffiti and street art

  16 May 2024

  1 minute read

  People are being reminded to take up their last chance to see a striking exhibition that celebrates the history of graffiti and street art, at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.

• Riverside Festival celebrates 25 years of bringing free fun to Leicester

  16 May 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Riverside Festival is returning to the city to celebrate its 25th anniversary – and this year it’s bigger than ever!

• Plot ideas to help nature on interactive map

  15 May 2024

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  People are being urged to have their say on how best to protect and improve nature as the deadline for two surveys approaches.

• Consultation launched ahead of potential changes to city’s children’s centres

  14 May 2024

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked for views on services and support delivered at Leicester’s Children, Young People and Families Centres ahead of potential changes.

• Leicester lends artworks to major Tate Modern exhibition

  13 May 2024

  1 minute read

  EXPRESSIONIST artworks from Leicester’s renowned collection are currently on display at the Tate Modern in London as part of a major new exhibition.

• Major works to city’s most confusing junction now complete

  10 May 2024

  2 minute read

  A MAJOR £10.4 million programme of improvements to one of Leicester’s most confusing junctions and its connecting roads is now complete.