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• Diverse memories of Leicester sought for major new exhibition

  15 July 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE from all of Leicester’s diverse communities are being asked to share their memories of the city for a major new exhibition.

• City’s recovery boosted by £365k for summer and Christmas events

  13 July 2021

  2 minute read

  A PROGRAMME of festivals and events will help Leicester’s economy bounce back this year, with small-scale, COVID-safe events encouraging people back into the city centre.

• City museums now open for free summer fun

  12 July 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S museums are open once again – just in time for the school holidays.

• Book your jab before the final whistle

  9 July 2021

  2 minute read

  AS THE clock runs down on Euro 2020 and the government roadmap, joint chiefs across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are getting behind the latest push for people to get their COVID vaccine.

• New knife crime strategy launched in Leicester

  9 July 2021

  2 minute read

  AN INNOVATIVE new knife crime strategy that has been designed by and for local communities is being launched in Leicester.

• Changes to city’s network of pop-up cycle lanes and social-distancing measures

  9 July 2021

  4 minute read

  ALTERATIONS are due to be made to a citywide network of pop-up safe cycling, walking, and social-distance measures which were introduced during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.

• Work to begin on new Putney Road link road scheme

  8 July 2021

  2 minute read

  A NEW road scheme designed to tackle congestion and create a shorter route between two of the city’s busiest arterial roads is to get underway next week.

• Leicester’s Bookbus service to go electric

  8 July 2021

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Bookbus service is to go electric as part of the city council’s commitment to tackling the climate emergency.

• New 20mph zone to be installed in Rushey Mead

  7 July 2021

  1 minute read

  DOZENS of residential streets in Rushey Mead are to be included in a new 20mph zone aimed at cutting traffic speeds and improving safety.

• Experimental scheme will close rat-running route

  7 July 2021

  2 minute read

  A JUNCTION used by ran-running motorists to cut through a residential area of the city is to be partly closed to traffic in an experimental scheme to improve road safety.

• Sign up now for holiday scheme for children on free school meals

  6 July 2021

  1 minute read

  CHILDREN and young people in Leicester who receive free school meals are being invited to sign up for a free programme of activities over the summer holidays.

• City’s history brought to life in latest batch of heritage panels

  6 July 2021

  2 minute read

  THE ONE–TIME home of a famous Leicester family, the site of Leicester’s Art Deco dairy, and the story of Leicester’s very own Statue of Liberty are all featured on new heritage panels produced by the city council.