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• Leicester to move to Tier 4 of Government’s covid alert levels

  30 December 2020

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER is to move to Tier 4 of the Government’s covid alert levels after a nationwide review of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Gritting teams keep the traffic moving on city’s road network

  29 December 2020

  1 minute read

  LORRIES from Leicester City Council’s gritting teams are taking to the city's roads again tonight as sub-zero temperatures and snow affect the area.

• Artwork will form commemorations for Holocaust Memorial Day

  29 December 2020

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE from across Leicester are being called on to submit artwork or personal photographs as part of the forthcoming annual commemoration of the Holocaust.

• Major air pollution study will help put city ‘ahead of the curve’

  22 December 2020

  3 minute read

  A ground-breaking project to provide people in Leicester with real-time information about local air pollution from fine particulates is in its final stages of development.

• St Margaret’s Bus Station to close as works begins on £13.5m redevelopment

  21 December 2020

  3 minute read

  ST Margaret’s Bus Station in Leicester will close to the public this month, as work begins on its major £13.5million redevelopment.

• Information available on Christmas and New Year council services

  21 December 2020

  3 minute read

  DETAILS explaining how and when people can make use of all city council services over the festive period are now available.

• Reminder for businesses to claim grants for coronavirus help

  18 December 2020

  2 minute read

  BUSINESSES across Leicester whose trade has been affected by the local or national coronavirus restrictions are being reminded to apply for a share of funding in the latest grants schemes being administered by Leicester City Council.

• Leicester to remain in Tier 3 of Government’s Covid alert levels

  17 December 2020

  3 minute read

  RESTRICTIONS in Leicester are to continue at the highest level, after a review of the coronavirus situation in the city.

• Schools to become bee-friendly in new environmental project

  17 December 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW project to help make school grounds bee-friendly will kick off in the new year.

• Outdoor gyms now fully reopened in city

  17 December 2020

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S outdoor gyms have now fully reopened across the city.

• Rapid coronavirus tests to be offered in city hotspots

  16 December 2020

  3 minute read

  CORONAVIRUS tests that give a result within an hour will start to be offered to asymptomatic people in Leicester from today (Wednesday).

• Extra investment to ensure no-one has to sleep rough this winter

  16 December 2020

  4 minute read

  ADDITIONAL investment of over £1million is helping to ensure that no-one has to sleep rough in Leicester this winter, despite unprecedented challenges for homelessness services.