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• National award for city council team

  2 March 2026

  2 minute read

  A HARD-WORKING team that overcomes personal challenges to help to clear fly tipping, pull up weeds, dig allotment plots and repair fencing has won a national award.

• Extra support offered to adventure playgrounds

  2 March 2026

  1 minute read

  A PROPOSAL from Leicester’s City Mayor to create a £2 million fund to give additional support to Leicester’s adventure playgrounds has been approved by the city council.

• Work to make a 'Safer Saff' cuts crime on city estate

  23 February 2026

  2 minute read

  AN initiative led by Leicestershire Police to improve community safety on Leicester’s Saffron Lane estate has reduced overall crime by 14.2% and shut down all five county lines there (drug supply lines) since it was launched in 2024.

• City of Leicester award for local leading lights

  20 February 2026

  4 minute read

  A LEADING cardiologist and the founder of Leicester’s Caribbean Carnival have become the latest local leading lights to receive one of the city’s highest civic honours.

• Leicester’s communities provide narrative for new exhibition

  29 January 2026

  2 minute read

  THE STORIES of more than 100 people who have made the city their home provide the content for a new exhibition at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery. 

• City marks Holocaust Memorial Day

  23 January 2026

  1 minute read

  ALL those killed in genocides around the world will be remembered at this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day event.

• New parking spaces mark completion of £5m improvements across two estates

  12 January 2026

  2 minute read

  NEW parking spaces for residents have been created on a busy city estate.

• Funeral arrangements announced for much-loved former Lord Mayor

  8 January 2026

  1 minute read

  THE FUNERAL of a much-loved city councillor and former Lord Mayor will take place on Saturday (10 January).

• Hard-working team shortlisted for national award

  7 January 2026

  2 minute read

  A HARD-WORKING team that overcomes personal challenges to help to clear fly tipping, pull up weeds, dig allotment plots and repair fencing has been nominated for a national award.

• Warm Welcome on offer for anyone who needs it

  6 January 2026

  2 minute read

  AS LEICESTER experiences very cold temperatures, the city council’s libraries and Haymarket Community Hub are offering a warm welcome to anyone who needs it.

• Winter shelter to offer more emergency accommodation

  1 December 2025

  2 minute read

  A CHURCH in Leicester city centre is being equipped to provide emergency accommodation over the winter, to ensure no-one has to sleep rough when temperatures dip.     

• Community champions remembered in new heritage panel

  1 December 2025

  2 minute read

  A LEICESTER couple who dedicated their lives to improving the New Parks estate for the people who live there have been commemorated in a new heritage panel.