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• 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

  1 minute read

  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.

• Action-packed day out at Abbey Pumping Station

  9 May 2024

  1 minute read

  A FUN, action-packed day out is on offer at Abbey Pumping Station this weekend, as the museum hosts an emergency services-themed family fun day.

• Renoir in Leicester – National Treasures brings Impressionist masterpiece to city

  9 May 2024

  2 minute read

  FINAL touches are being made ahead of one of the world’s most iconic Impressionist paintings taking pride of place at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery from tomorrow.

• Experimental road safety scheme to be tested on Lancaster Road junction

  8 May 2024

  2 minute read

  NEW measures to further improve safety for people using Leicester’s popular Lancaster Road cycle route are due to be implemented later this month.

• Chance for fans to celebrate City's promotion success on Sunday

  3 May 2024

  3 minute read

  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).

• Final designs for Leicester’s railway station revamp revealed

  1 May 2024

  4 minute read

  FINAL designs for a radical revamp of Leicester’s historic railway station have been revealed by the city council.

• Pop-up pantries will ensure children don’t go hungry this half-term

  1 May 2024

  3 minute read

  CHILDREN in Leicester on benefits-related free school meals won’t miss out over the May half-term break, thanks to a holiday food programme that’s supported by Company Shop and Leicester-based Samworth Brothers.

• Stroll into spring with this year’s Walk Leicester Festival

  30 April 2024

  2 minute read

  A MONTH-long festival to encourage more people to enjoy the great outdoors and explore their local area on foot, gets underway this week.