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FAMILIES looking for free things to do during the school holidays in Leicester will find lots of ideas on a city council website.

EXTRA services to tackle homelessness will be on offer over Christmas and throughout the winter to help ensure that no-one needs to sleep rough in Leicester.

A CITY centre car park that would normally be closed on bank holidays will open on Boxing Day (Thursday 26 December) to help football fans get to Leicester City’s sell-out match against Liverpool.

WOMEN in St Matthews are getting on their bikes thanks to a city council scheme that’s helped them to improve their cycling skills.

LEICESTER is set to be the first city in the country to study and model locally-based fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) as part of a new project.

A FINAL phase of work to transform the route between Leicester’s Golden Mile and the city centre will get underway early in the new year.

DESIGNS have been drawn up to improve road safety in a community in response to concerns raised at a series of public meetings.

ANYONE looking for an alternative to their Secret Santa present is being invited to make up a pack of toiletries for people in need at the city council’s Dawn Centre.

THE number of food outlets in Leicester given the highest possible quality rating has nearly doubled in the last five years.

BUSINESSES in Leicester can benefit from a generous grant scheme that aims to increase the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles and help further improve air quality.

A PANEL of judges has been assessing the painting, prints, drawings, photographs, sculptures and craft that feature in this year’s Open exhibition in Leicester and the prize winners have been announced.

MEMBERS of a lunch club in Knighton invited Leicester’s Lord Mayor to join them for a festive meal.