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• Two local road safety schemes to get underway

  11 February 2021

  1 minute read

  Work is due to begin on installing new traffic calming measures in two planned 20mph zones in Western Park.

• Widespread road resurfacing programme to begin

  10 February 2021

  3 minute read

  A PROGRAMME of repairing and resurfacing streets in neighbourhoods across Leicester is due to take place over the coming weeks.

• Equipment seized from flat after noise nuisance reports

  9 February 2021

  1 minute read

  THE occupant of a flat at the centre of ongoing noise nuisance problems has had the equipment confiscated in an operation by noise and pollution control officers from Leicester City Council

• Latest homes completed as part of council house-building programme

  4 February 2021

  2 minute read

  NEW homes created in the latest phase of a major house-building scheme by Leicester City Council have been completed.

• Leicester City Council announces new chief operating officer

  4 February 2021

  2 minute read

  ALISON Greenhill, currently director of finance with Leicester City Council, is set to become its new chief operating officer.

• Prestigious award for Leicester Museum and Art Gallery

  4 February 2021

  2 minute read

  Leicester Museum and Art Gallery has become one of only five museums in the UK to win an award for welcoming people who arrive in the city seeking refuge.

• Memorial walk for Leicester & Leicestershire reaches fundraising target

  2 February 2021

  2 minute read

  A TREE trail in a country park will soon be providing a space for remembrance for those whose lives have been affected by the coronavirus, thanks to the success of a crowdfunding campaign.

• Grants deadline extended to help pubs affected by lockdown closure

  1 February 2021

  1 minute read

  THE closing date has been extended in a scheme to provide financial help to ease the impact of lockdown on city pubs whose income doesn’t largely depend upon food sales.

• Final plea for pledges in COVID remembrance project

  29 January 2021

  2 minute read

  A PROJECT to remember all those affected by COVID could get the go-ahead, if its fundraising target is met by Sunday (31 January).

• Two new rapid coronavirus testing sites to open next week

  29 January 2021

  2 minute read

  TWO new walk-in centres that will offer rapid coronavirus testing to workers who have no symptoms of the virus are set to open in Leicester next week.

• Free storytelling over Zoom from Leicester Libraries

  28 January 2021

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER Libraries are offering free, live online storytelling sessions to mark National Storytelling Week (30 Jan-6 Feb).

• Experimental commuter parking scheme to begin in Clarendon Park

  28 January 2021

  3 minute read

  A NEW experimental traffic scheme to tackle commuter parking in one Leicester neighbourhood is due to begin next week.