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• Free rides on city’s new e-bike scheme extended into September

  24 August 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S new e-bike share scheme, Santander Cycles Leicester, is extending its offer of free midweek rides into September.

• Personal travel planning scheme aims to highlight sustainable options

  24 August 2021

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE in parts of Leicester are being invited to take part in personal travel planning as part an ongoing scheme to help boost sustainable travel.

• Summer holidays remembered at Newarke Houses Museum

  23 August 2021

  2 minute read

  AN EXHIBITION that celebrates the holiday habits of generations of Leicester people has attracted more than 4,000 visitors since it opened last month.

• Residents’ opinions sought over experimental commuter parking scheme

  19 August 2021

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE living in Leicester’s Clarendon Park are being asked for their feedback on proposals to make permanent a pilot scheme to tackle commuter parking in residential streets.

• Share your views on strategy to tackle alcohol problems in the city

  19 August 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked to give their views on proposals looking at how the city council can work with other organisations to tackle problems linked to drinking alcohol.

• Consultation launched on measures to stop Westcotes rat-running

  17 August 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked for their views on a range of options being proposed to tackle rat-running through a residential community in the city.

• Dedication service takes place for stone commemorating Far Eastern wartime prisoners

  12 August 2021

  2 minute read

  A MEMORIAL stone commemorating those who were taken prisoner in the Far East during the Second World War has been officially dedicated at a ceremony.

• Repair scheme will improve neighbourhood road

  11 August 2021

  1 minute read

  RESIDENTS in Leicester’s Abbey ward are set to benefit from a road repair scheme taking place over the coming weeks.

• Views sought on Clarendon Park cul-de-sac spaces

  10 August 2021

  1 minute read

  RESIDENTS of Leicester’s Clarendon Park are being asked for their views on potential improvements to the cul-de-sacs in their area.

• Leicester’s green buses get Blues’ names

  6 August 2021

  3 minute read

  A FLEET of electric buses that have brought cleaner, greener travel to Leicester are now proudly bearing the names of the players who helped win the FA Cup for the city for the first time.

• New poem is centrepiece of campaign to boost city’s reopening

  5 August 2021

  3 minute read

  A LIVELY new poem and video encouraging people to once again safely enjoy the excitement of the city’s shopping, nightlife, entertainment and hospitality has been launched as part of a campaign announcing that Leicester is open for business.

• Make the most of Summer in the City!

  2 August 2021

  3 minute read

  THERE's lots going on in Leicester this month – and with many events free of charge or low-cost, families with young children will be able to get out and about this summer without worrying about the cost.