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• Major roadworks due on East Park Road

  17 November 2021

  1 minute read

  EXTENSIVE resurfacing work will be taking place on a section of a busy Leicester from this weekend.

• City counts down to Thursday’s big Christmas switch-on

  16 November 2021

  7 minute read

  CHRISTMAS celebrations make a welcome return to the streets of Leicester this year – but with a new format for the traditional lights' switch-on to help people stay safe.

• Museum’s World Arts Gallery to close as new exhibition space takes shape

  16 November 2021

  1 minute read

  VISITORS to Leicester Museum and Art Gallery have only two more weeks to enjoy one of the venue’s galleries before it closes to the public to create a new exhibition space.

• Mentoring to help young people turn away from violence

  16 November 2021

  4 minute read

  Local partners have launched a new joint community mentoring project to provide young people with increased support and opportunities to turn away from street-based violence.

• Good Ofsted rating for city children’s services

  12 November 2021

  3 minute read

  CHILDREN’S services in Leicester have been rated good in all areas and praised by inspectors Ofsted for offering a robust level of support to local families, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

• Experimental scheme will close rat-run as part of £1m highway improvements

  12 November 2021

  2 minute read

  A RESIDENTIAL street used by rat-running motorists is to be partly closed to traffic in an experimental scheme to improve road safety.

• Christmas story inspires new exhibition at Newarke Houses Museum

  11 November 2021

  1 minute read

  THE SNOWMAN™ and The Snowdog provides the inspiration for a special Christmas exhibition at Leicester’s Newarke Houses Museum.

• Tree’s arrival marks the start of Leicester’s countdown to Christmas

  11 November 2021

  6 minute read

  THE LIGHTS are going up, the temperature’s going down and the giant tree is standing proud at Leicester’s Clock Tower – and that means the countdown to Christmas is well under way.

• ‘Happy Wheel’ to light up Jubilee Square from Friday

  10 November 2021

  1 minute read

  THERE’LL be a new attraction in Leicester’s Jubilee Square from Friday (12 November), as the preparations for the city’s Christmas celebrations gather pace.

• Moneywise Plus partners with libraries to help jobless people in Leicester and Leicestershire

  10 November 2021

  4 minute read

  JOBLESS people facing mounting money worries this winter will be able to access help and guidance at a series of roadshows being rolled out across Leicester and Leicestershire’s libraries during November.

• City to remember its war dead

  10 November 2021

  2 minute read

  REMEMBRANCE Day events are taking place across Leicester over the coming days as the nation prepares once again to commemorate its fallen servicemen and women.

• Leicester making good progress on cutting carbon, but still faces huge challenge

  10 November 2021

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER is making good progress in reducing its carbon footprint, but faces huge challenges in its new goal to become carbon neutral by 2030.