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FAMILIES in Leicester who have children due to start secondary school next year need to make sure they apply for a place before the deadline on 31 October.

PEOPLE who want to help rough sleepers in the city will soon be able to give money to support a local night shelter using new donation points that are being set up across Leicester.

HOUSING repairs, maintenance and adaptations costing £22m are being made to Leicester City Council’s housing stock in a major programme of improvement works.

THE FIRST in a series of get-togethers for older people with an interest in history takes place at Leicester’s New Walk Museum on Thursday (31 October).

A SCHOOL has created a ‘mindfulness garden’, giving children a space where they can go to relax and feel calm.

COMMUNITIES, individuals and schools are being encouraged to help prevent food waste this Halloween by eating pumpkins as well as carving them.

THERE’S a Victorian theme to this month’s Open Streets festival in the city centre.

HEALTH professionals, politicians, academics and industry experts came together today (Friday 25 October) to start to shape a new alcohol strategy for Leicester.

PROPOSALS to further improve air quality in Leicester and bring levels of harmful emissions to within Government guidelines have been outlined by the city council.

A BUSY city centre car park will be closed for one day this weekend while essential work is carried out as part of a major improvement scheme.

PUPILS and staff from St Barnabas C of E Primary School in Leicester are celebrating their win in the annual schools’ Grow Your Own Grub competition.

A LOCAL artists’ group which has been running for more than 130 years is hosting its annual exhibition of creative talent at Leicester’s New Walk Museum and Art Gallery next month.