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• Leicester libraries launch new app

  13 February 2024

  1 minute read

  A NEW app for Leicester library members is now available to download, making a catalogue of thousands of titles available to browse with a few taps on a smartphone.

• Work begins to make space for railway station revamp

  9 February 2024

  4 minute read

  AN AMBITIOUS plan to transform Leicester’s historic railway station and restore its hidden Victorian façade has taken an important step forward.

• Showcase for autistic artists extended

  8 February 2024

  1 minute read

  AN eye-catching museum exhibition showcasing the talents of three local autistic artists has been extended until March 2024.

• St George’s Day festival moves to new site for 2024

  8 February 2024

  1 minute read

  PLANS are taking shape for Leicester’s St George’s Day festival, with a new location – and a new format – for the popular event in 2024.

• Arctic visitor will take centre stage at free Doorstep Museum events

  2 February 2024

  1 minute read

  TWO Leicester libraries are gearing up for a special Arctic visitor as part of a new Doorstep Museum roadshow.

• Visitors shed light on Leicester’s photographic history

  25 January 2024

  2 minute read

  MORE than 15,000 visitors have so far explored an exhibition blending archive photographs and paintings of Leicester in the first six weeks of its opening.

• Work under way to renovate tennis courts on city parks

  25 January 2024

  2 minute read

  WORK is well under way to renovate seven of the city council’s parks-based tennis courts as part of a £420,000 transformation.

• City marks Holocaust Memorial Day

  24 January 2024

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER is set to remember those killed in genocides around the world at this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day.

• Netball players team up to plant trees

  22 January 2024

  1 minute read

  MEMBERS of a local netball team have joined Leicester City Council’s environmental rangers to plant dozens of small trees.

• Bridge works due to begin

  22 January 2024

  1 minute read

  MAJOR refurbishment work is due to take place on a road bridge in New Parks.

• Events coming up at Newarke Houses Museum

  22 January 2024

  2 minute read

  STORIES from the Leicester road that dates from Roman times and is now one of the most ethnically-diverse shopping streets in the country will be told in a new exhibition at Newarke Houses Museum.

• Have your say on new climate emergency action plan

  19 January 2024

  3 minute read

  THERE’S still time for people to have their say on the next phase in Leicester’s aim to become a net zero and climate-ready city.