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• Final preparations under way for Leicester’s Diwali celebrations

  15 October 2021

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER is getting ready to celebrate the festival of Diwali – and it all starts next Sunday (24 October).

• Steam train rides and tastes of harvest take centre stage at museum’s activity day

  14 October 2021

  2 minute read

  HARVEST will be coming to Leicester’s Abbey Pumping Station Museum next week with a fun-packed day of activities for all ages focusing on the joys of growing your own food.

• Consultation asks for views on African Caribbean Centre

  14 October 2021

  2 minute read

  A CONSULTATION has been launched to ask people how they think Leicester’s African Caribbean Centre should be run.

• Plans for 33 new council homes get government funding boost

  14 October 2021

  1 minute read

  PLANS to build new council homes in the New Parks area of Leicester have had a boost with the award of over £440,000 of government cash.

• Second phase of consultation launched on plans for Stocking Farm

  14 October 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE who live and work in the Stocking Farm area of Leicester are being asked for their view on developing ideas to regenerate the area.

• Training courses launched on hate crime reporting as part of awareness campaign

  13 October 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in communities across Leicester are being encouraged to sign up for a new training course designed to help identify, report and tackle hate crime.

• Tree planting to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

  13 October 2021

  1 minute read

  A MAPLE tree will be planted at a Leicester school this week as part of plans to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

• 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.