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MOTORISTS are being reminded that a busy route into and out of Leicester will be closed in both directions for three weekends in a row for road works.

A HUGE decorated chariot will make its way through the city centre this weekend as part of colourful celebrations of the Hare Krishna festival of Rathayatra.

RESIDENTIAL streets in communities across Leicester are due to be repaired as part of a £168,000 investment by Leicester City Council.

MORE buses on Leicester’s busiest routes are set to be adapted to make them cleaner to run as part of the city’s efforts to cut air pollution.

PEOPLE can now go online to search over 36,000 memorial inscriptions from books of remembrance held at Leicester’s Gilroes Crematorium.

LEICESTER City Council is to loan almost £1m to Leicester Cathedral to help enable it to create a new Heritage Learning Centre.

AROUND 400 schoolchildren and adults from 11 schools will take part in a mass ride into the city tomorrow. (Friday 5 July)

A MAJOR highway maintenance scheme is set to begin on one of the busiest shopping streets in Leicester city centre.

STUDENTS from Ellesmere College are kicking off a summer campaign to reduce litter in our waterways.

A MAJOR new exhibition will get underway at New Walk Museum this summer bringing to life the breathtaking work of artistry from classic children’s books.

BEES and butterflies are heading for Leicester’s ring road this summer, thanks to a planting project that’s transforming the city’s roadside verges into havens for pollinators.

A MAJOR programme of resurfacing is due to take place on Leicester’s busy London Road this July, as work on a £3.9milllion improvement scheme progresses.