Your environment

• 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.

• Go Wild this Summer with new activity packs

  30 July 2020

  1 minute read

  NEW activity packs created by a local wildlife trust have been produced to help children explore nature on their doorstep over the summer.

• City’s waterways set for summer street art makeover

  15 July 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S waterways are set to be transformed with a series of colourful artworks as part of a major community arts project this summer.

• Council reminds people that barbecues are not permitted in Leicester’s parks

  25 June 2020

  2 minute read

  THE CITY council is reminding people that barbecues are not permitted in Leicester’s parks and open spaces – and that coronavirus restrictions are still in place.

• Freemen’s Common recycling site to reopen

  12 June 2020

  2 minute read

  THE second of Leicester’s two recycling centres will reopen to the public next week as part of wider plans to gradually and safely ease lockdown restrictions.