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• Join free event for No Smoking Day

  9 March 2026

  1 minute read

  A FREE health and wellbeing event is taking place later this week to mark No Smoking Day.

• Best-selling author helps local children unveil Ayana’s Mural

  9 March 2026

  4 minute read

  A STRIKING large-scale mural has been unveiled at Leicester’s Central Library – with the help of a best-selling author and local schoolchildren.

• Decision set for future of city’s libraries and community centres

  6 March 2026

  3 minute read

  PROPOSALS for the city council to continue to run 15 of Leicester’s libraries, and three busy neighbourhood centres – Belgrave, Rushey Mead and Thurnby Lodge – are set to be formally approved.

• Locals sought to lead on Pride in Place Programme

  5 March 2026

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER people who are passionate about their local area and want to help it thrive are being asked to take on lead roles in the Government’s Pride in Place Programme (PiPP).

• Council invites proposals for new festivals & events

  5 March 2026

  2 minute read

  THE city council is inviting organisations in Leicester to come forward with proposals for high quality festivals and events that might be eligible for grant funding.

• Enjoy Leicester with new guide

  4 March 2026

  1 minute read

  A NEW guide to Leicester brings together all the city’s attractions with the historic Clock Tower as a starting point – showing not only the huge range of things to do in Leicester, but also how easy they are to access from the city centre.

• Discover stories from Evington at Leicester Museum

  3 March 2026

  2 minute read

  A NEW exhibition at Leicester Museum will explore the history, identity and everyday life of Evington through the area’s shops and businesses.

• National award for city council team

  2 March 2026

  2 minute read

  A HARD-WORKING team that overcomes personal challenges to help to clear fly tipping, pull up weeds, dig allotment plots and repair fencing has won a national award.

• Extra support offered to adventure playgrounds

  2 March 2026

  1 minute read

  A PROPOSAL from Leicester’s City Mayor to create a £2 million fund to give additional support to Leicester’s adventure playgrounds has been approved by the city council.

• Increased percentage of children in Leicester get their first choice of secondary school

  2 March 2026

  1 minute read

  THOUSANDS of children across the city will be offered places at secondary schools today (Monday 2 March) – with an increase in the percentage being offered their first choice.

• Medieval Guildhall celebrates centenary as a museum

  26 February 2026

  3 minute read

  A LEICESTER landmark built as a meeting place for a powerful medieval guild will celebrate its centenary as a much-loved city museum in May.

• Busk Leicester to bring live performance to city’s streets

  26 February 2026

  2 minute read

  STREET entertainers are being invited to showcase their talents at four outdoor performance spots in the city centre as part of a new pilot scheme to help boost busking.