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• Company prosecuted over illegal storage of fireworks

  24 January 2023

  2 minute read

  A BUSINESS has been fined £40,000 after illegally storing powerful fireworks in dangerous conditions.

• Photo ID needed by voters in local elections

  24 January 2023

  2 minute read

  VOTERS wanting to take part in this year’s local government elections will need to show photo identification for the first time under new Government rules.

• Praise for social care teams’ work to safely discharge patients and avoid hospital admissions

  6 January 2023

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S City Mayor has praised the work of social care teams who have continued to work closely with Leicester’s hospitals to ensure patients can be safely discharged over the Christmas and new year period, and provided rapid support to avoid people being admitted to hospital in the first place.

• Shoppers warned over Christmas scam websites

  19 December 2022

  2 minute read

  Festive shoppers are being warned over scam shopping websites offering bargain goods which are never delivered.

• Five days left to claim pension credit and qualify for extra £324

  13 December 2022

  1 minute read

  THE city council is urging people to find out whether they or someone they know are eligible for pension credit.

• City council declares housing crisis

  24 November 2022

  2 minute read

  RADICAL steps to address the housing crisis in Leicester are being set out in a new action plan by Leicester City Council.

• Driver faked paperwork to try to avoid fines

  22 November 2022

  2 minute read

  A MAN who claimed to be making deliveries when he was repeatedly caught parking illegally in loading bays and residents’ permit areas has been ordered to pay more than £2,200 in fines, costs and compensation.

• Council faces worst funding crisis in its history

  18 November 2022

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S City Mayor says the autumn statement published by the Chancellor yesterday will lead to more cuts to essential services, as the city council prepares for the worst funding crisis it has ever experienced.

• Fraudulent builder prosecuted

  17 November 2022

  2 minute read

  A ROGUE builder who defrauded three households by taking money for work which was never carried will have to pay £57,000 to his victims.

• One-stop shop at libraries to help people into work

  16 November 2022

  3 minute read

  Leicester’s libraries have teamed up with local Jobcentres to help people get better off by getting into work.

• Leicester’s emerging Local Plan set to progress to next stage

  16 November 2022

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has prepared the final version of its Local Plan for consultation in the New Year.

• Bar's licence suspended after appeal fails

  9 November 2022

  3 minute read

  A LEICESTER bar at the centre of concerns about crime, disorder and noise problems has had its licence suspended after failing to overturn new licensing conditions which had been put in place to protect the public.