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• Exhibition remembers the ‘Leicester Blitz’

  1 March 2022

  2 minute read

  AN EXHIBITION created to mark the 80th anniversary of the ‘Leicester Blitz’ returns to the city’s Newarke Houses Museum this weekend.

• New campaign to help male victims of domestic abuse

  28 February 2022

  2 minute read

  MALE victims of domestic abuse are being reminded that help is available for them through a new, high-profile awareness campaign.

• Leicester City Mayor says city ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees

  28 February 2022

  1 minute read

  Leicester City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby says that Leicester is ready to welcome refugees fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine.

• Council to award highest honours to LCFC and current and former chairman

  24 February 2022

  4 minute read

  COUNCILLORS in Leicester have voted unanimously to back proposals to award the Honorary Freedom of the City to Leicester City Football Club (LCFC).

• Residential streets to benefit from two new one-way systems

  24 February 2022

  1 minute read

  A NEW one-way traffic system is due to be brought in on several streets in parts of the city’s Wycliffe and Spinney Hills wards next month.

• Expect delays ahead of European tie at the King Power stadium tomorrow (Thursday)

  16 February 2022

  1 minute read

  MOTORISTS and bus users are advised to expect delays to their journeys tomorrow evening, ahead of Leicester City’s Europa Conference League tie against Randers FC.

• Highest honours proposed for LCFC and for current and former chairman

  15 February 2022

  3 minute read

  CITY councillors are being asked to back proposals to award the Honorary Freedom of the City to Leicester City Football Club (LCFC).

• PhD student asks public for their memories of museum items

  15 February 2022

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE who were at school in Leicester during the 1970s and 80s may be able to help a PhD student with her research into one of Leicester Museum & Art Gallery’s biggest global collections.

• Pop-up hub to help breathe new creative life into Leicester’s historic Church Gate

  15 February 2022

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE are being invited to discover a new pop-up creative hub located in the heart of Leicester’s historic Church Gate.

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

  14 February 2022

  3 minute read

  NEW measures are set to be tried out on neighbourhood streets in Knighton to help reduce traffic speeds and make it safer for children to get to school.

• New construction skills hub opens in Leicester

  11 February 2022

  3 minute read

  A NEW training hub to help people build a career in the construction industry has launched in Leicester.

• Environmental work will help Knighton Spinney

  10 February 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK will get underway this month on part of an extensive conservation project aiming to protect and restore a major tributary of the River Soar in Leicester.