Public health and social care

• 'Start a conversation' is the message for suicide prevention day

  10 September 2020

  1 minute read

  WORK being done in the city, county and Rutland to raise awareness of suicide and the support that is available to prevent it, will be highlighted on World Suicide Prevention Day today (Thursday 10 September).

• Week highlights that recovery from addiction is possible

  7 September 2020

  2 minute read

  ORGANISATIONS across the city, county and Rutland are marking this year’s Recovery Week by streaming live and recorded content online every day, starting from today (7 September).

• 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).

• Council support for businesses to be Covid-safe

  1 September 2020

  2 minute read

  OVER 1,200 visits have been carried out by council officials over the last two months to ensure that Leicester businesses are following coronavirus safety rules. 

• No change to coronavirus restrictions in Leicester following latest review

  28 August 2020

  3 minute read

  CORONAVIRUS restrictions preventing people from different households meeting in homes or gardens will stay in place in Leicester following the latest review by the Government. 

• Good compliance from London Road businesses in response to new queueing regulations

  19 August 2020

  2 minute read

  FOOD businesses on London Road have been praised for heeding calls by council and police to prevent large queues of customers forming outside.

• Government announces some easing of coronavirus restrictions in Leicester

  18 August 2020

  4 minute read

  CORONAVIRUS restrictions that prevent people from different households from meeting up in each other’s homes and gardens are to stay in place in Leicester following the latest review by the Government.

• New regulations introduced to tackle queues outside London Road businesses

  17 August 2020

  3 minute read

  EMERGENCY measures are being introduced to prevent large crowds of customers queuing outside restaurants and other food outlets on London Road as part of efforts to tackle COVID-19.

• Face coverings on their way to those shielding in Leicester

  12 August 2020

  5 minute read

  SIMPLE face coverings made in factories in Leicester are to be sent out to thousands of people across the city from next week.

• City council’s tracing team helps track down virus in Leicester

  12 August 2020

  4 minute read

  MORE than 150 people who tested positive for Covid-19 but who could not be located by the national Test & Trace team were found within 48 hours by Leicester City Council.

• Don’t give virus chance to spread in your household, says city’s director of public health

  7 August 2020

  4 minute read

  CORONAVIRUS is spreading between households and within households in Leicester – but some simple precautions could stop that from happening, according to the city’s director of public health.

• 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.