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• African Caribbean Centre could be run by community

  21 January 2022

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S popular African Caribbean Centre could be run by the local community in the future.

• Council announces proposed investments for the year ahead

  20 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A PACKAGE of wide-ranging investments in vital services and community facilities across Leicester has been set out in the city council’s draft capital spending programme for 2022.

• Knighton library gets £75,000 facelift

  20 January 2022

  1 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS have been made to Knighton Library as part of a £75,000 investment by the city council.

• 30 more landmarks added to list of Leicester’s architectural assets

  20 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A 19th century former hospital building, a fragment of Roman wall and three red post boxes dating back over a century are among 30 buildings and structures added to a list of Leicester’s local landmarks.

• Leicester joins cities in celebrating a World Reimagined

  18 January 2022

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER has been announced as one of seven UK cities that will host a national art education project this year that aims to transform understanding of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

• New innovations on the way at Leicester’s museums

  17 January 2022

  3 minute read

  A GALLERY that tells the stories of Leicester’s communities, opportunities to interact with dinosaurs, and an AR reconstruction of the medieval friary where King Richard III was buried are just some of the developments that visitors to Leicester’s museums can look forward to.

• Ward funding leads to new communal allotment plot in Aylestone

  13 January 2022

  2 minute read

  GARDENERS in Aylestone have teamed up with the city council to create a new communal allotment plot.

• Work to begin on Granby Street gateway revamp

  11 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A BUSY shopping street and main gateway between Leicester city centre and the railway station is set for a revamp, with work due to begin later this week.

• Pop-up ‘mini-Holland’ could be made permanent as part of £1.5m Braunstone Gate improvement scheme

  11 January 2022

  3 minute read

  A POP-UP scheme introduced to create more space for pedestrians and cyclists on a busy Leicester shopping street could be made permanent.

• Latest heritage information panels take their places in the city

  11 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of 10 new heritage panels have been installed to tell the stories behind key historic and cultural sites across the city.

• Improvement work to begin at busy city road junction

  7 January 2022

  2 minute read

  TRAFFIC restrictions will be in place at a junction on a busy main road in Leicester from next week as part of a major highway improvement programme.

• Changes to be made to city’s recycling banks as public use drops

  7 January 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK to streamline and modernise Leicester’s network of recycling bank sites will get underway next month.