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• Review for council’s tree strategy

  22 September 2021

  2 minute read

  A MAJOR plan that guides the management of Leicester’s ‘urban forest’ has been formally reviewed – two and a half years after it was first launched.

• Renewed environment and sustainability goals set out by council in revised policy

  22 September 2021

  2 minute read

  A KEY policy guiding Leicester City Council’s approach to protecting and improving the environment has been updated to reflect the city’s response to the climate emergency.

• Council offers support to bring award-winning social supermarket to local neighbourhood

  22 September 2021

  2 minute read

  A FORMER youth centre in Leicester is to be leased to an award-winning social enterprise which plans to open a new store in the city.

• Leicester’s Great Big Green Week to close with schools’ march for climate action

  21 September 2021

  2 minute read

  SCHOOLS across Leicester are joining a nationwide call for action on climate change this week as part of the first ever Great Big Green Week campaign.

• Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill lends her support to Santander Cycles Leicester

  20 September 2021

  4 minute read

  OLYMPIC champion and Santander brand ambassador Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill visited Leicester today to support the city’s popular new e-bike share project, Santander Cycles Leicester.

• Recovery Week highlights the help on offer to overcome addiction

  17 September 2021

  2 minute read

  ORGANISATIONS across the city, county and Rutland are marking this year’s Recovery Week with a range of wellbeing and awareness-raising events.

• Diwali & Christmas celebrations to return to city’s streets

  15 September 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’s annual Diwali and Christmas celebrations will be returning to the city's streets this year.

• Resurfacing work due for section of city’s inner ring road

  15 September 2021

  2 minute read

  ESSENTIAL repairs and resurfacing works will be carried out next week with a series of overnight lane closures on part of Leicester’s inner ring road.

• Majority opt to keep earlier school holidays in Leicester and Leicestershire

  13 September 2021

  2 minute read

  NEARLY 18,000 responses have been received from people sharing their views on when school holidays in Leicester and Leicestershire should fall.

• New community artwork takes centre stage at city’s gallery

  13 September 2021

  2 minute read

  A NEW artwork made from pieces created through a series of local community workshops has taken pride of place at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery.

• Time to apply for your child’s primary or secondary school place

  9 September 2021

  2 minute read

  FAMILIES in Leicester who have children due to start primary, junior or secondary school next year can apply online for a school place from tomorrow (Friday 10 September).

• New exhibition at Leicester Museum celebrates Indian modernism

  8 September 2021

  2 minute read

  THE EMERGENCE of modern art in India at the end of the 19th century will be documented in a new exhibition at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery from Saturday (11 September).