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• National fostering film project launches in Leicester & Leicestershire

  13 October 2021

  2 minute read

  A powerful short film aimed at encouraging more foster carers to come forward has been released.

• Major improvements planned to revamp St George Street

  13 October 2021

  2 minute read

  MAJOR street improvements are planned to revitalise a forgotten link between Leicester’s Cultural Quarter and an important gateway into the city centre.

• Proposals will enable mainstream schools to provide support for pupils with special educational needs

  12 October 2021

  2 minute read

  CHANGES are being proposed to create a fairer and more transparent way to ensure mainstream schools are able to provide support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.

• Windrush exhibition recognises contributions of Leicester’s Black community

  12 October 2021

  3 minute read

  A community project telling the stories of Leicester’s Black community has opened at the African Caribbean Centre.

• Council to offer help to city’s most vulnerable this winter

  8 October 2021

  2 minute read

  A SENIOR city councillor has welcomed the £3.4million of funding that will help ensure that those on the lowest incomes won’t be cold in Leicester this winter.

• Heritage panels celebrate Leicester’s diversity

  7 October 2021

  2 minute read

  NEW heritage panels have been installed telling stories from Leicester’s diverse communities.

• Road repairs to take place over half-term holidays

  7 October 2021

  2 minute read

  RESURFACING work will take place in two major arterial roads in the city during the forthcoming October half-term holidays.

• Highways apprentices on road to success

  6 October 2021

  3 minute read

  FIVE trainees in the city council’s highways team have successfully completed their Level 2 Apprenticeship qualifications in highways maintenance.

• Council building becomes new PCR testing site in Leicester

  4 October 2021

  2 minute read

  A NEW COVID-19 testing facility for people with symptoms of the virus has opened in Leicester city centre.

• Awards for city’s green-fingered volunteers

  4 October 2021

  2 minute read

  HORTICULTURAL volunteers across Leicester – whose projects and groups have thrived despite the challenges of the pandemic – have won Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) awards for their efforts.

• Schools rewarded for sustainable efforts

  1 October 2021

  3 minute read

  SCHOOLS across Leicester have received awards for their efforts to put environmental sustainability and locally-grown food at the heart of their work.

• Readings, workshops and poetry on offer for Libraries Week

  1 October 2021

  1 minute read

  FREE, open-to-all events will be taking place across the city next week to mark national Libraries Week, covering topics including crime writing, poetry and the Black Lives Matter movement.