Leisure and culture

• Festival provides chance to explore Leicester’s hidden heritage

  7 September 2020

  3 minute read

  A DOZEN historic sites across Leicester are taking part in this year’s Heritage Open Days, giving people the chance to discover more about the city’s past.

• Gyms and pools can reopen from Tuesday says Government

  4 September 2020

  2 minute read

  GYMS, swimming pools, fitness suites and dance studios can reopen in Leicester from Tuesday (8 September).

• Five more city libraries to reopen next week

  26 August 2020

  2 minute read

  FIVE further libraries are preparing to reopen in Leicester next week.

• Exhibitions mark WWII anniversaries

  24 August 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S museums are hosting two new exhibitions that commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

• Tickets “sell out” on museum’s first day of reopening

  17 August 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S flagship museum has reopened to the public, with all 200 available tickets snapped up for its opening day (Monday).

• Digital commemoration to mark VJ Day 75th anniversary

  13 August 2020

  3 minute read

  A VIRTUAL service at Leicester Cathedral, featuring a reading by the Duke of Gloucester and a dedicated website to allow people to pay their own tributes, are among the many ways in which Leicestershire and Leicester will be marking the 75th anniversary of VJ Day on Saturday, August 15.

• Leicester’s flagship museum to reopen next week

  12 August 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S flagship museum will reopen next week with a new name, a new website and a new online booking system.

• Selected libraries and children’s centres to reopen next week

  5 August 2020

  3 minute read

  FOUR of the city council’s libraries and two of its children’s centres will be opened up next week.

• Call for art inspired by lockdown

  24 July 2020

  1 minute read

  ART inspired during people’s experience of lockdown in Leicester will be taking centre stage in a new exhibition planned for New Walk Museum and Art Gallery.

• Plans for £180k improvements to The Rally park

  23 July 2020

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked for their views on plans to revamp a popular park close to Leicester’s Waterside regeneration area.

• 3,000 year-old statue acquired for Leicester’s Ancient Egypt collection

  21 July 2020

  5 minute read

  A BLACK granite statue, made in Egypt more that 3,000 years ago and gifted to the son of travel pioneer Thomas Cook, has been purchased for the city of Leicester.

• Families can enjoy #ReadingTogether with digital resources and activities

  15 July 2020

  2 minute read

  FAMILIES are being invited to enjoy #ReadingTogether on Thursday as part of the Summer Reading Challenge.