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• New housing apprentices join council to learn specialist craft skills

  14 August 2025

  2 minute read

  SIXTEEN new apprentices from a range of backgrounds have joined Leicester City Council’s housing department to learn specialist craft skills.

• New PlayZone opens in Eyres Monsell

  6 August 2025

  2 minute read

  A NEW and improved PlayZone has been opened in Eyres Monsell.

• Community garden created on Leicester estate

  5 August 2025

  2 minute read

  A NEW community garden that helps to combat social isolation has been officially opened on Leicester’s Saffron Lane estate.

• Leicester Senior Coroner awarded national honour

  25 July 2025

  1 minute read

  Professor Catherine E. Mason, HM Senior Coroner for Leicester, has been honoured in the national Muslim Community Service Awards for Outstanding Achievement.

• Government issues feedback on local plans to reshape councils

  3 June 2025

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has today (3 Jun) received the Government’s response to its interim proposal to expand the city’s boundary as part of plans to reorganise local government.

• New Lord Mayor takes on historic role

  16 May 2025

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S new Lord Mayor has been handed the chains of office at a ceremony in the city’s Town Hall.

• People in Leicester asked to consider being foster carers

  15 May 2025

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is encouraging people in Leicester to consider becoming foster carers this Foster Care Fortnight.

• Businesses urged to prepare for single-use vapes ban

  13 May 2025

  2 minute read

  BUSINESSES in Leicester are being reminded that a ban on the sale of single-use vapes comes into force next month.

• Council proposes new policy on SEND school transport

  2 May 2025

  2 minute read

  FOLLOWING extensive consultation, Leicester City Council has revised its proposals to end post-16 school transport funding for young people with special educational needs and disability (SEND).

• Lord Mayor’s charity walk takes sporting theme

  30 April 2025

  1 minute read

  A CHARITY walk with a sporting theme is taking place in Leicester later this week – and it’s open to everyone.

• Honoured Citizen Award for the Friends of Welford Road Cemetery

  10 April 2025

  2 minute read

  A GROUP of volunteers which has been helping to look after Welford Road Cemetery for more than 25 years has received an Honoured Citizen award from the Lord Mayor of Leicester.

• Views sought on proposals to reshape libraries and community services

  2 April 2025

  4 minute read

  THE city council is asking for views on proposals to ensure libraries and community centres remain accessible to everyone in Leicester – in spite of the worst budget situation the council has ever seen.