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• Santa spotted in city as Leicester’s Christmas lights are turned on

  20 November 2020

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S magnificent Christmas lights have been switched on, illuminating the city centre with thousands of white lights and colourful decorations

• New heritage panels mark 80th anniversary of Leicester’s ‘Blitz Night’

  19 November 2020

  3 minute read

  TWO new heritage information panels recounting the events of Leicester’s ‘Blitz Night’ have been installed in the city.

• Free training and advice for staff at risk of redundancy

  19 November 2020

  1 minute read

  EMPLOYERS in Leicester are being urged to find out about free training and expert careers advice on offer for staff at risk of redundancy. 

• Additional neighbourhood parking spaces to get underway

  18 November 2020

  2 minute read

  Work is due to begin this month on the latest schemes to create much-needed additional parking spaces in neighbourhoods across the city.

• More than £1m for Leicester to help boost active travel and make neighbourhood streets safer

  13 November 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council will be getting more than £1m to help boost active travel - such as walking and cycling – and to make residential streets quieter and safer.

• New slip road completed at St Margaret’s Bus Station

  12 November 2020

  2 minute read

  A PROJECT to improve bus journey times by creating a new slip road from St Margaret’s Bus Station to the city’s inner ring road has been completed.

• Kickstart scheme will help unemployed youngsters onto jobs ladder

  12 November 2020

  3 minute read

  BUSINESSES across Leicester will be able to offer unemployed young people guaranteed jobs as part of a new scheme taking place in the city.

• City’s Christmas tree will be a symbol of hope this winter

  11 November 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S giant Christmas tree will be a symbol of hope for the city this winter, as the whole country locks down to stop the spread of coronavirus.

• Finishing touches for city’s virtual Diwali celebrations

  11 November 2020

  2 minute read

  THE FINAL preparations are being made for Leicester’s first ever virtual Diwali Day event, which people will be able to enjoy at home on Saturday (14 November).

• Seventy new jobs to be created by city council as part of Leicester’s new Economic Recovery Plan

  10 November 2020

  3 minute read

  SEVENTY new jobs are set to be created by the city council to help boost Leicester’s local economy in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Virtual Remembrance Day tribute film to mark commemorations

  6 November 2020

  2 minute read

  A SHORT film commemorating those who have lost their lives in conflict will form the centrepiece of Remembrance Day in Leicester this weekend.

• Libraries to offer order and collect service for customers during lockdown

  6 November 2020

  2 minute read

  VISITORS to Leicester’s libraries will still be able to borrow their favourite books during lockdown thanks to an order and collect service which is being introduced.