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11 May 2022
5 minute read
THE BIRMINGHAM 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay is confirmed to visit Leicester during its final journey through England this summer, as the full route is revealed.
10 May 2022
2 minute read
A COUNCIL employee’s idea to name a new Leicester street ‘Wembley Road’ as a good luck omen ahead of the 1969 FA Cup Final finally paid off – more than 50 years later.
4 May 2022
3 minute read
ARTISTS from across the region are being invited to put forward designs and ideas for a new public artwork commemorating the 50th anniversary of the arrival of thousands of Ugandan Asians in Leicester.
28 April 2022
2 minute read
A NEW augmented reality experience at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery will give people the chance to see themselves alongside a plant-eating dinosaur that lived more than 168 million years ago.
27 April 2022
2 minute read
CELEBRATIONS of a major religious festival are taking place in Leicester this weekend.
21 April 2022
1 minute read
LEICESTER’S forthcoming Concert for Ukraine will be hosted by Amy Payne, regional news presenter and reporter for BBC East Midlands Today, and Rajiv Popat, reporter and presenter for ITV News Central.
20 April 2022
4 minute read
HUNDREDS of local schoolchildren have helped to plant thousands of trees and create Tiny Forests at nine Leicester schools to celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
14 April 2022
2 minute read
ENGLAND’S patron saint will be celebrated in Leicester as the city’s annual St George’s Festival returns to Orton Square on Saturday 23rd April.
13 April 2022
2 minute read
A SERIES of 10 new heritage panels have been installed to tell the stories behind key historic and cultural sites across the city.
8 April 2022
3 minute read
THERE’S lots going on in Leicester during the Easter break – with plenty of activities at the city’s museums and libraries to keep everyone entertained.
5 April 2022
2 minute read
A NEW piece of public art is due to be designed and installed in Leicester as part of commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the arrival of thousands of Ugandan Asians to the city.
29 March 2022
2 minute read
A FUND-RAISING concert to help support the people of Ukraine is to be held at De Montfort Hall.