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• Pupils help to launch Leicester’s new Food Plan

  4 June 2021

  3 minute read

  PUPILS and staff from Stokes Wood Primary School have been helping to launch Leicester’s new Food Plan.

• Making Carers Visible for National Carers’ Week

  4 June 2021

  3 minute read

  ONLINE events, wellbeing walks and support for carers will be available next week as part of National Carers’ Week, which runs from 7-13 June.

• Environmental work underway thanks to teams of local volunteers

  3 June 2021

  2 minute read

  VOLUNTEERS from across Leicester are taking part in schemes ranging from environmental improvements to litter picking as part of two campaigns taking place this week.

• Walk-in vaccines available for many in Leicester until Sunday

  2 June 2021

  4 minute read

  PEOPLE in areas of Leicester where the take-up of the coronavirus vaccination has been low are being urged to have their jab this week.

• Landlord pleads guilty to letting unfit property

  2 June 2021

  1 minute read

  A LEICESTER landlord has been fined £2000 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £22 after pleading guilty to breaching a prohibition notice preventing him from letting a property.

• Cycling and walking improvements to begin on Leicester’s Anstey Lane

  2 June 2021

  2 minute read

  PART of Leicester’s busy Anstey Lane will be getting a new cycle track and better footpaths as part of a major £1million improvement scheme.

• Road improvement scheme scoops national award

  28 May 2021

  3 minute read

  A £10m scheme to tackle congestion and improve road links between Leicester city centre and the rest of the county, has scooped a national award for the considerate way in which the work was carried out.

• Bus lane improvements planned for part of Leicester’s busy Melton Road

  28 May 2021

  3 minute read

  PLANS for a new bus-only lane and 30mph speed limit on part of Leicester’s busy Melton Road have been announced by the city council.

• Windrush generation stories brought to life in new project

  27 May 2021

  2 minute read

  THE stories of Leicester’s Windrush generation are due to be told in a new programme of community events taking place this year.

• New network of living roof, bee-friendly bus stops springing up in Leicester

  27 May 2021

  3 minute read

  A NEW network of plant-topped ‘Living Roof’ bus shelters is springing up across Leicester as part of a major programme to replace and revamp the city’s bus stops.

• Historic city centre shopping streets set to benefit from heritage cash boost

  27 May 2021

  3 minute read

  BUSINESSES and property owners in two of Leicester’s busiest shopping streets can now bid for a share of a £1.5million fund to help restore historic buildings.

• Proposed new East Midlands rail link praised by region’s city leaders

  26 May 2021

  3 minute read

  PLANS for a new rail connection linking Leicester and Coventry have been praised by council leaders in both cities as a once in a generation chance to improve transport links in the region.