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The first acts have been announced for De Montfort Hall’s outdoor concerts this summer.

THE ROLE played by women in the First World War is the topic of a free talk at Newarke Houses Museum later this month.

LEICESTER Hockey Club – one of the most successful women’s hockey clubs in England – is set to move back to the city of Leicester after 10 years away.

THE UK’s year-long programme of events celebrating 100 years of votes for women ends in spectacular style in Leicester on Sunday (3 March).

THE WILD Space gallery at Leicester’s New Walk Museum will close this weekend for a much-needed spring-clean – but it won’t be long before the animals are back on display.

A POP-UP museum at Leicester’s Highcross shopping centre next week will give youngsters the chance to do a dinosaur jigsaw, make an Easter bonnet and maybe even handle some fossils.

A LIFE-SIZED suffragette made of LEGO will be installed at Leicester’s New Walk Museum this weekend.

EVENTS marking the start of the Chinese New Year will be taking place in Leicester this weekend – and there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Pig.

A YEAR-LONG celebration marking 100 years of women's suffrage culminates in a spectacular finale next month – and you’ll be able to reserve your place at the free event from Monday (4 February).

THE ROLE played by women in the First World War is the topic of a free talk at Newarke Houses Museum next month.

A PROGRAMME of work is set to highlight Leicester’s heritage through information boards, displays and public art.

THREE pop-up exhibitions produced to commemorate the centenary of Armistice Day are now available to hire.