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• 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.     

• Leicester people asked to help strengthen community connections

  24 November 2025

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester are being asked to help develop a programme of work to strengthen community relations and renew togetherness and pride in the city.

• Bird housing order in force across England to protect against Avian Influenza

  19 November 2025

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council’s trading standards service is urging bird keepers across Leicester to take action as new measures have come into force to help prevent the spread of avian influenza.

• Revised proposals for city’s libraries and community centres

  19 November 2025

  4 minute read

  THE city council will continue to run 15 of Leicester’s libraries, and three busy neighbourhood centres will stay within council control, if recommendations being put forward are approved.

• New lifesaving defibrillator available 24/7 at Pork Pie Library

  18 November 2025

  2 minute read

  A NEW defibrillator has been installed at Leicester’s Pork Pie Library to help extend coverage in that area of the city.

• City’s expansion bid could save £46m a year for new councils

  11 November 2025

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has confirmed it will submit a final proposal for boundary expansion as part of the biggest shake-up of local government in over 50 years.

• Young people can have a say in shaping Leicester’s future

  10 November 2025

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Young People’s Council (YPC) have designed their first survey to seek the views of young people living, working or studying in the city.

• Council extends PSPO on dog control

  30 October 2025

  2 minute read

  LEGISLATION on dog control in the city has been extended for another three years.

• Libraries and Haymarket hub will offer a Warm Welcome

  29 October 2025

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Warm Welcome initiative is returning for the winter months – with an extended programme including a new city centre venue.

• Council welcomes extra homelessness funding

  14 October 2025

  1 minute read

  THE city council has welcomed a one-off injection of Government cash to help ease homelessness pressures in the city.

• Council puts tenants’ voices at centre of housing services

  10 October 2025

  2 minute read

  CITY council tenants in Leicester are playing a major role in shaping the future of housing services thanks to a new tenants’ scrutiny panel.

• Warning over scam loft insulation schemes

  7 October 2025

  2 minute read

  Trading standards officers in Leicester are warning people to stay alert after a national rise in complaints about bogus loft insulation promotions.