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• #FREE Charter offers employment help to former offenders

  23 March 2021

  4 minute read

  EX-offenders are to be offered more help and support to improve their future job and life prospects as part of a new initiative launched in Leicester.

• One year on from first national lockdown, Leicester remembers

  22 March 2021

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE across Leicester are being invited to take part in a minute’s silence to remember all those who have lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Work complete on major £2m revamp of Belgrave Gate

  19 March 2021

  2 minute read

  WORK is complete on an ambitious scheme to transform a stretch of road linking Leicester’s Golden Mile to the city centre.

• Families with school-age children encouraged to test twice a week

  17 March 2021

  3 minute read

  FAMILIES in Leicester are being encouraged to take regular coronavirus tests to help ensure the virus isn’t taken into the city’s schools.

• Leicester gets £25m boost for carbon reduction programme

  17 March 2021

  2 minute read

  OVER 90 council buildings in Leicester, including schools, leisure centres, libraries and community centres are set to benefit from a multi-million pound programme of low carbon, energy efficient improvements.

• Works begins on next phase of house building at Ashton Green

  16 March 2021

  2 minute read

  WORK has started on a second phase of house building at a landmark regeneration site in the north of Leicester.

• Plans confirmed for the demolition of Goscote House

  12 March 2021

  2 minute read

  WORK to bring down Leicester’s tallest high-rise residential tower block will get underway this summer.

• Free PPE available for informal carers

  11 March 2021

  2 minute read

  UNPAID carers who look after a friend or family member on an informal basis can get free PPE from the city council to help them carry out their caring responsibilities safely.

• Tenants move in to new workspace at Pioneer Park

  10 March 2021

  2 minute read

  A NEW hub for business at Leicester’s Pioneer Park is now open and welcoming its first tenants.

• Pauline is one of thousands helped to quit smoking with help of city council

  9 March 2021

  3 minute read

  A LEICESTER woman who smoked for nearly 60 years and was diagnosed with cancer has kicked the habit successfully using the city council’s stop smoking service.

• Latest seizures tackle lockdown noise nuisance

  9 March 2021

  2 minute read

  LOUDSPEAKERS and stereo equipment have been seized from two more houses in Leicester following complaints of noise nuisance.

• Award for Leicester film about children’s rights

  8 March 2021

  2 minute read

  A FILM about children’s rights made by young people in Leicester has won a prestigious award.