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• Free pavement café licences to help local businesses

  29 March 2021

  2 minute read

  FREE street café licences that allow businesses to create outdoor seating areas on pavements are being made available by Leicester City Council.

• Extra £1million added to Covid Winter Grant to help struggling families

  2 March 2021

  2 minute read

  AN additional £1million is being added to the Covid Winter Grant scheme to support local vulnerable families and individuals who are struggling to cope financially as a direct result of Covid this winter.

• Leicester City Council announces new chief operating officer

  4 February 2021

  2 minute read

  ALISON Greenhill, currently director of finance with Leicester City Council, is set to become its new chief operating officer.

• Programme of online commemorative events revealed for Holocaust Memorial Day

  25 January 2021

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of online commemorations including talks, recollections and personal experiences relating to the Nazi Holocaust are be held this week as part of international Holocaust Memorial Day.

• Information available on Christmas and New Year council services

  21 December 2020

  3 minute read

  DETAILS explaining how and when people can make use of all city council services over the festive period are now available.

• Local laws to tackle problem street drinking and drug use extended

  15 December 2020

  2 minute read

  LEGISLATION to tackle problem street drinking and use of so-called ‘legal highs’ in public places across Leicester have been extended for another three years.

• Council publishes one-year stop-gap budget plan

  8 December 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has published its draft budget plans for next year.

• Winter support launched for families struggling during pandemic

  1 December 2020

  2 minute read

  SUPPORT and help offered by Leicester City Council to local families who are struggling to pay for essentials including household bills will get an extra boost this winter.

• Virtual Remembrance Day tribute film to mark commemorations

  6 November 2020

  2 minute read

  A SHORT film commemorating those who have lost their lives in conflict will form the centrepiece of Remembrance Day in Leicester this weekend.

• Equipment seized following noise nuisance

  5 November 2020

  2 minute read

  A WOMAN who made her neighbours’ lives a misery by playing loud music repeatedly has had her equipment confiscated by officers from Leicester City Council’s noise and pollution control team.

• Get involved and Post a Poppy for Remembrance Day

  4 November 2020

  2 minute read

  THE closing date is approaching in a creative campaign to mark Remembrance Day with poppy-themed photographs, drawings and designs.

• Ride On announced as partner in Leicester’s new e-bike scheme

  4 November 2020

  5 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has announced specialist e-bike hire provider Ride On as its partner in the city’s forthcoming e-bike share scheme.