Your environment

• New raised walkway will connect canal and cycle route

  26 October 2020

  5 minute read

  A NEW pedestrian and cycle route linking part of the Great Central Way and the Grand Union Canal is due to be built.

• Council contacts businesses to ensure they are covid-safe

  16 October 2020

  2 minute read

  PUBLIC safety officers from Leicester City Council are working with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to contact businesses in Leicester and make sure they are covid-secure.

• More children walking to school as Clean Air Day approaches

  7 October 2020

  3 minute read

  MORE children are improving their health and contributing towards better air quality by walking to school, according to latest figures from the city council.

• Next phase of improvements begins at Aylestone Meadows

  29 September 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK is underway on a second phase of improvements at Leicester’s largest nature reserve as part of a £300,000 investment project. 

• Mural celebrates new street’s cinematic past

  22 September 2020

  2 minute read

  AN ART deco cinema that once stood on the site of a new road in Leicester city centre is providing the inspiration for a spectacular new mural.

• New recycling campaign reminds people to Make Metals Matter

  14 September 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW citywide campaign to encourage city households to recycle more cans, foil and aerosols has been launched by Leicester City Council with support from the UK metal industry.

• Scrutiny to consider ambitious plans for Leicester to be carbon-neutral by 2030

  10 September 2020

  5 minute read

  AN ambitious new strategy to help Leicester respond to the climate emergency will be considered by two city council scrutiny commissions later this month.

• Customers and businesses reminded to remember social distancing

  28 August 2020

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE are being reminded to queue safely and maintain social distancing at all times if they are visiting restaurants, shops or food outlets over the bank holiday weekend.

• Support available to help cut cost of heating homes

  24 August 2020

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester are being reminded that they could benefit from government funding for energy efficiency improvements to their homes, even if they don’t meet national eligibility criteria.

• New recreational open space to be created in Aylestone

  17 August 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW public open space is to be created alongside a new housing development in Aylestone.

• 52 schools earn recognition for environmental work

  12 August 2020

  3 minute read

  MORE than 50 schools in Leicester have been praised for their work on environmental projects.

• Leicester’s Bee Roads are blooming and buzzing with wildlife

  3 August 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S three-and-a-half miles of 'Bee Roads' are buzzing with wildlife and summer wildflower blooms thanks to a city council-led project to protect our pollinators.