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PEOPLE can step back in time at a Victorian-themed family fun day on Victoria Park this weekend.

HISTORIC sites and buildings across the city are opening their doors to visitors for the second weekend of Heritage Open Days.

THE cobbled street under a historical city landmark will be closed temporarily next week, to make way for essential repairs.

LEICESTER is set for a football fiesta on and off the pitch next week when the city hosts England v Switzerland at the King Power stadium.

DOZENS of historic sites across Leicester will be opening their doors to the public over the next two weekends for a programme of Heritage Open Days.

THE SEARCH is on to find the paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, sculptures and craft that will feature in this year’s Open art exhibition in Leicester.

A LEADING international expert on eighteenth-century urban history will give a free public lecture to help launch a new Georgian interest group in the city.

THIS weekend will be the last chance to view the historic Wolsey Angels at Leicester’s New Walk Museum and Art Gallery.

THE EGYPTIAN Gallery at Leicester’s New Walk Museum will close this weekend – but it won’t be long before two brand new galleries dedicated to Ancient Egypt open at the city council’s flagship museum.

FAMILIES can take part in a virtual treasure hunt at city parks over the summer – with the chance to win some very real prizes!

THERE’S lots going on at Leicester Market tomorrow (Friday 24 August), with a live cookery demonstration at 12.30pm and a free zumba class at 5.15pm.

A SPECIALLY commissioned artwork is welcoming visitors to the St George’s Cultural Quarter in Leicester’s city centre.