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• Flag-raising ceremony to mark start of Armed Forces Week

  17 June 2022

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  THE FLAG of the Armed Forces will be raised in Leicester’s Town Hall Square on Monday (20 June) to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.

• City schools celebrate Clean Air Day

  16 June 2022

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  SCHOOLS in Leicester have been celebrating Clean Air Day by making the most of traffic-free local streets.

• Guildhall exhibitions focus on emigration and exile ahead of Refugee Week

  10 June 2022

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  THREE important exhibitions that explore the themes of exile and emigration are now open at Leicester’s Guildhall.

• Work coaches in libraries expands to Belgrave

  6 June 2022

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  WORK coaches are now available at Belgrave Library, to help people get specialist job-seeking support.

• Interest sought in running key city venue

  31 May 2022

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  COMMUNITY organisations are being invited to express their interest in running Leicester’s African Caribbean Centre.

• New online tool aims to help Leicester people be better off

  25 May 2022

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  A NEW benefits calculator and budgeting tool has been launched to help Leicester people manage their finances and minimise the impact of the cost of living crisis.

• £800,000 improvement programme for city’s estates

  13 May 2022

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  NEW car parking spaces, cutting back shrubs and tidying up overgrown green spaces are among the improvements that have been made to a city estate after residents told the council what they’d like to see done.

• New permanent gallery tells stories of city’s people

  11 May 2022

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  A FASCINATING new permanent gallery opens at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery on Saturday (14 May) that will inspire conversations about the city today.

• Street boxes containing vital aid launched as part of knife crime strategy

  3 May 2022

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  EMERGENCY boxes aimed at providing urgent assistance to victims of knife crime have been launched in Leicester as part of the council’s strategy on knife crime and serious violence.

• Innovative scheme to support city’s homeless launches in Leicester

  26 April 2022

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  A NEW initiative has been set up in Leicester to help prevent homelessness.

• Final round of comments invited on emerging plans for Stocking Farm

  25 April 2022

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  PEOPLE who live and work in the Stocking Farm area of Leicester are once again being asked for their input into ambitious regeneration plans for the neighbourhood.

• Trees planted in St Matthews to mark Queen’s Jubilee

  30 March 2022

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  NEW trees have been planted in locations across a city neighbourhood as part of commemorations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.