Your environment

• Air quality in Leicester at best levels since monitoring began

  28 April 2021

  3 minute read

  AIR pollution in Leicester was at its lowest level ever recorded last year, as the city saw a huge reduction in traffic as result of the coronavirus lockdown. 

• £250,000 pilot project will focus on air quality

  21 April 2021

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council has been awarded nearly £250,000 of Government cash to help make further improvements to local air quality.

• Leicester’s e-bike share opens to all city residents

  13 April 2021

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S innovative new electric bike share scheme is opening up to all city residents on Wednesday 14 April.

• Bin and orange bag collections to continue as normal over Easter

  23 March 2021

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE living in Leicester will see no changes to their household waste and recycling collections over Easter.

• Leicester gets £25m boost for carbon reduction programme

  17 March 2021

  2 minute read

  OVER 90 council buildings in Leicester, including schools, leisure centres, libraries and community centres are set to benefit from a multi-million pound programme of low carbon, energy efficient improvements.

• Grants boost to help more homes stay warm and cut energy costs

  24 February 2021

  3 minute read

  A citywide scheme aimed at tackling fuel poverty with grants for energy efficient and low carbon heating has received a major cash boost.

• Funding boost to further clean up bus emissions

  23 February 2021

  2 minute read

  A FURTHER 42 buses that provide services in Leicester will be adapted to make them cleaner to run as part of the city’s efforts to cut air pollution.

• Council seizes speaker following noise complaints from neighbours

  19 February 2021

  2 minute read

  COUNCIL officers have seized noise equipment from a flat in Leicester after neighbours complained about very loud music being repeatedly played in the property.

• Memorial walk for Leicester & Leicestershire reaches fundraising target

  2 February 2021

  2 minute read

  A TREE trail in a country park will soon be providing a space for remembrance for those whose lives have been affected by the coronavirus, thanks to the success of a crowdfunding campaign.

• Final plea for pledges in COVID remembrance project

  29 January 2021

  2 minute read

  A PROJECT to remember all those affected by COVID could get the go-ahead, if its fundraising target is met by Sunday (31 January).

• People invited to have their say on Stocking Farm’s regeneration

  28 January 2021

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE who live and work in the Stocking Farm area of north-west Leicester are being invited to have their say on how the area should be regenerated.

• Successful funding bid supports planting of around 5,000 trees

  18 January 2021

  1 minute read

  NEARLY 5,000 new trees are being planted in two of Leicester’s most popular green spaces, following a successful bid to the Urban Tree Challenge Fund.