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A MAJOR exhibition of photographs that celebrates some of the most influential women of the 21st century opens at Leicester’s New Walk Museum this month.

ACTIVISTS from environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion have met with leaders of Leicester City Council in the first step towards sharing ideas and measures to tackle the climate emergency.

PEOPLE are being for their views on council plans for a new bus-only lane and 30mph speed limit on a stretch of Leicester’s busy Groby Road.

TWO new 20mph schemes are being introduced in residential streets in Leicester.

BUS lane enforcement cameras are to be brought in at two more sites in Leicester to deter drivers who flout the law by driving in areas designated for public transport and Hackney cabs.

PROPOSALS for a scheme that would improve the links between the National Space Centre and the Abbey Pumping Station have been drawn up by the city council.

A £10.5m highways scheme to reduce congestion and improve road links between the county and the city begins this month.

AN overnight closure will be in place on Leicester’s Victoria Park Road next week, as work on a major highway improvement project nears completion.

MOTORISTS are being warned that the surface level car park on Leicester’s Upper Brown Street will be closed for up to three weeks from Monday (2 Sep).

ADULTS wanting to learn new skills will be able to find out more at a series of open days taking place throughout September.

Collaborate for Growth, the Leicestershire business support project has awarded £1.2 million in grant funding to local businesses and created nearly 200 jobs.

A LANDMARK riverside development at the heart of Leicester’s Waterside regeneration area has been boosted by the completion of over 10,000sqft of new, purpose-built office space.