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• Taxi strategy agreed to improve standards

  29 April 2022

  2 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS to the quality of taxi services and vehicles will be made in order to make taxi travel easier and safer for passengers.

• Try out Leicester’s e-bike scheme and ride like the Riders!

  28 April 2022

  3 minute read

  BASKETBALL stars from the Leicester Riders are swapping hoops for wheels as they lend their backing to Santander Cycles Leicester, the city’s e-bike share scheme.

• Meet Leicester’s dinosaurs!

  28 April 2022

  2 minute read

  A NEW augmented reality experience at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery will give people the chance to see themselves alongside a plant-eating dinosaur that lived more than 168 million years ago.

• Events will celebrate Sikh festival of Vaisakhi

  27 April 2022

  2 minute read

  CELEBRATIONS of a major religious festival are taking place in Leicester this weekend.

• New bike-friendly footbridge on Abbey Park Road now open to pedestrians and cyclists

  26 April 2022

  2 minute read

  A NEW bike-friendly footbridge spanning the River Soar has been officially opened to pedestrians and cyclists.

• Innovative scheme to support city’s homeless launches in Leicester

  26 April 2022

  3 minute read

  A NEW initiative has been set up in Leicester to help prevent homelessness.

• Final round of comments invited on emerging plans for Stocking Farm

  25 April 2022

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE who live and work in the Stocking Farm area of Leicester are once again being asked for their input into ambitious regeneration plans for the neighbourhood.

• Expect delays ahead of European semi-final at the King Power stadium on Thursday

  25 April 2022

  1 minute read

  MOTORISTS and bus users are advised to expect delays to their journeys on Thursday evening (28 April), ahead of Leicester City’s Europa Conference League semi-final with AS Roma.

• Workspace at The Gresham now open for business

  25 April 2022

  3 minute read

  OFFICE accommodation that offers a flexible way of working for freelancers, remote workers and start-ups is now open for business in Leicester’s former Fenwick store.

• New Leicester Buses Partnership launched

  21 April 2022

  5 minute read

  A UNIQUE partnership has been launched bringing together Leicester City Council and all local bus operators in the city to focus on meeting the city’s current and future travel needs.

• New acts and co-hosts announced for Leicester’s Concert for Ukraine

  21 April 2022

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S forthcoming Concert for Ukraine will be hosted by Amy Payne, regional news presenter and reporter for BBC East Midlands Today, and Rajiv Popat, reporter and presenter for ITV News Central.

• Leicester marks Earth Day with giant globe made from waste

  20 April 2022

  2 minute read

  A GIANT globe made entirely from waste that’s been collected from Leicester’s parks and waterways will remind people to think about the environment this week.