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• Warm Welcome on offer for anyone who needs it

  6 January 2026

  2 minute read

  AS LEICESTER experiences very cold temperatures, the city council’s libraries and Haymarket Community Hub are offering a warm welcome to anyone who needs it.

• Council opens book of condolence for Cllr Manjula Sood MBE

  30 December 2025

  2 minute read

  Leicester City Council has opened an online book of condolence to enable people to pay their respects and tributes to the late councillor and assistant city mayor Manjula Sood, who passed away on 24 December.

• Authorities launch joint plan to get more people working

  12 December 2025

  3 minute read

  A NEW 10-year plan has been launched to help thousands more people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) find good jobs, earn more money, and live healthier, happier lives.

• Urgent safety check for 85,000 tumble dryers

  11 December 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council’s Trading Standards service is urging residents to check their tumble dryers to see if they need an urgent safety repair.

• 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.