Your environment

• Get involved in Saving Saffron Brook

  21 September 2022

  2 minute read

  NATURE-themed events taking place throughout the autumn will encourage local people to get involved with the rewilding of an important urban waterway.

• New report sets outs scale of city’s net zero carbon ambition

  24 August 2022

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER’S ambition to be net zero carbon by 2030 will need an emergency response similar to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to an independent report.

• Pets’ Corner closes in bid to limit spread of bird flu

  15 August 2022

  2 minute read

  ABBEY Park’s Pets’ Corner has temporarily closed to the public as part of efforts to limit the spread of avian flu.

• New video gives birds-eye view of investment in city’s waterways

  27 July 2022

  3 minute read

  A NEW video has been released to showcase the beauty of Leicester’s waterways and give a stunning bird’s eye view of major recent investment in the city’s riverside.

• Join in the fun at free nature day

  20 July 2022

  2 minute read

  TRY your hand at minibeast hunting, herb tasting, seed-sowing and twig art at a free nature day taking place in Leicester this Saturday (July 23).

• Council fears it could lose thousands of trees to ash dieback

  20 July 2022

  3 minute read

  THOUSANDS of ash trees may have to be felled in Leicester over the next 10 years as a result of a disease that has killed millions of trees across Europe.

• City bin collections to start an hour earlier to help beat the heat

  15 July 2022

  1 minute read

  WITH soaring temperatures predicted in the coming days, Leicester City Council is asking people to put their recycling, waste and garden waste earlier than normal next week.

• Annual review for city’s tree strategy

  29 June 2022

  3 minute read

  A MAJOR plan that guides the management of Leicester’s ‘urban forest’ has been formally reviewed to reflect the progress that’s been made during 2021/22.

• Local schools compete for the ‘eco factor’

  29 June 2022

  2 minute read

  EIGHT local primary schools have taken part in a competition to find the ‘eco factor’ in a celebration event held at City Hall in Leicester.

• City schools celebrate Clean Air Day

  16 June 2022

  3 minute read

  SCHOOLS in Leicester have been celebrating Clean Air Day by making the most of traffic-free local streets.

• Council begins work on £8m home insulation scheme

  13 June 2022

  2 minute read

  HUNDREDS of council houses and other affordable homes in Leicester are set to benefit from a rolling programme of solid wall insulation.

• No changes to waste collections in city over Jubilee bank holiday

  26 May 2022

  1 minute read

  ALL recycling and waste collections in Leicester will take place on the normal collection days over the forthcoming special bank holiday to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.