Leisure and culture

• Leicester gets ready to light up for Christmas

  16 October 2020

  2 minute read

  THE MAMMOTH task of installing the twinkling lights and the colourful garlands that will decorate Leicester city centre this Christmas gets under way this weekend.

• Sports, schools and social history feature on city’s latest heritage panels

  14 October 2020

  2 minute read

  A CORNER of Leicester with a motor-racing past, memories of a ‘magical’ school and sporting glories new and old are retold on Leicester’s latest crop of fascinating heritage panels.

• Plans to refurbish park toilets in £138,000 scheme

  2 October 2020

  1 minute read

  TOILET facilities in seven popular city parks are set to be fully refurbished by Leicester City Council.

• Colourful crossings link city centre with cultural quarter

  23 September 2020

  1 minute read

  COLOURFUL coatings are being installed on two busy city centre crossings to create distinctive pedestrian links into Leicester’s cultural quarter.

• Mural celebrates new street’s cinematic past

  22 September 2020

  2 minute read

  AN ART deco cinema that once stood on the site of a new road in Leicester city centre is providing the inspiration for a spectacular new mural.

• Cossington Street sports centre reopens after £800k revamp

  18 September 2020

  2 minute read

  A POPULAR Leicester sports centre will reopen to the public on Monday (21 September) after an £800,000 revamp.

• First council gyms to reopen on Monday

  11 September 2020

  1 minute read

  FOUR city council leisure centres in Leicester will reopen to the public on Monday (14 September).

• Diwali and Christmas to be marked with lights but no crowds this year

  11 September 2020

  2 minute read

  TWO of the biggest events in Leicester’s festival calendar will not take place this year, as coronavirus restrictions continue to prevent people from gathering in large groups.

• Five more city libraries to reopen next week

  10 September 2020

  2 minute read

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

• 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.