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• New permanent gallery tells stories of city’s people

  11 May 2022

  2 minute read

  A FASCINATING new permanent gallery opens at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery on Saturday (14 May) that will inspire conversations about the city today.

• Leicester Museum celebrates all things 80s with new exhibition

  11 May 2022

  2 minute read

  SHELLSUITS, boomboxes and Peanut Treets are some of the items that will be fondly remembered in a new exhibition at Leicester Museum from Saturday (14 May).

• Reuse Shop recycles unwanted goods into cash for charity

  11 May 2022

  2 minute read

  A CHARITY shop at a Leicester recycling centre has raised thousands of pounds to support local older people since opening to the public in January. 

• Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay to visit Leicester as full England route revealed

  11 May 2022

  5 minute read

  THE BIRMINGHAM 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay is confirmed to visit Leicester during its final journey through England this summer, as the full route is revealed.

• Street name celebrates Foxes’ Wembley success 52 years on

  10 May 2022

  2 minute read

  A COUNCIL employee’s idea to name a new Leicester street ‘Wembley Road’ as a good luck omen ahead of the 1969 FA Cup Final finally paid off – more than 50 years later.

• More help with living costs available for city’s most vulnerable

  9 May 2022

  2 minute read

  EVERY pensioner in Leicester who claims pension credit is to receive a voucher for £100 to help with their costs for fuel and food, using money from the Government’s Household Support Fund.

• Focus on communities for Foster Care Fortnight

  9 May 2022

  1 minute read

  FOSTER carers in Leicester are celebrating the strength, resilience and diversity of the local fostering community as they take part in Foster Care Fortnight (9-22 May).  

• Council calls on residents and businesses to help tackle Willow Brook litter issue

  6 May 2022

  3 minute read

  BUSINESSES and residents in parts of north-east Leicester are to be asked for their help in tackling an on-going litter problem in a nearby waterway.

• Changes to Evington streets aim to improve safety, congestion and local environment

  6 May 2022

  2 minute read

  NEW measures are set to be tried out on neighbourhood streets in Evington to help reduce traffic speeds, congestion, inappropriate parking and rat-running.

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

  6 May 2022

  3 minute read

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

• Work starts on major neighbourhood cycling route improvements

  6 May 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK has started on a major new neighbourhood cycling route in Leicester as part of a government-backed citywide programme of investment in sustainable transport.

• Call for artists to submit designs for public art commemorating city’s Ugandan Asians

  4 May 2022

  3 minute read

  ARTISTS from across the region are being invited to put forward designs and ideas for a new public artwork commemorating the 50th anniversary of the arrival of thousands of Ugandan Asians in Leicester.