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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.

THE city council is celebrating the official launch of a new service that offers learning, training and employment support to people recovering from homelessness.

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

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.

EVERY pensioner in Leicester who claims pension credit is to receive a voucher for £100 to help with their costs for fuel and food, using money from the Government’s Household Support Fund.

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.

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

HOUSEHOLDS across Leicester will be getting help towards meeting the rising cost of energy bills.

LEICESTER City Football Club today received the Honorary Freedom of the City at a ceremony at the King Power stadium (Monday 4 April).

CITY Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has paid tribute to Simon Cole QPM, the former Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police whose death was announced yesterday (30 March).

A HOUSE that has have stood empty for over 12 years is set to be brought back into use.

MAJOR schemes that make up more than £2 billion of private and public sector investment already made, or proposed in Leicester, can be seen in a new video.