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• Knife crime conversations go online

  2 July 2020

  2 minute read

  A COMMUNITY event giving people the chance to talk about tackling knife crime is going online so that discussions can continue despite coronavirus.

• Council continues to invest in city’s secondary schools

  2 July 2020

  2 minute read

  MORE than £20m of investment will ensure that eight of Leicester’s most popular secondary schools can continue to meet demand for pupil places over the next eight years.

• Lockdown restrictions in Leicester to be extended for at least two weeks

  29 June 2020

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester and its outlying suburbs are to be asked to continue to follow current national restrictions for at least a further two weeks, and non-essential shops will be asked to close.

• Changes to Dover Street traffic starting this weekend

  26 June 2020

  3 minute read

  ALTERATIONS are being made to traffic flow on a city centre street from this weekend as part of a wider scheme to improve facilities for cyclists and pedestrians and help shoppers to observe safe social distancing.

• Outbound pop-up cycle route introduced on Hinckley Road

  26 June 2020

  3 minute read

  THE latest in a series of pop-up cycling and walking routes on major commuter routes in Leicester is being installed along a stretch of Hinckley Road.

• Council puts £600,000 into emergency food provision

  26 June 2020

  3 minute read

  THE city council has put over £600,000 of support into emergency food provision over the past 12 weeks, working with food banks across the city to keep people safe during the coronavirus crisis.

• 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.

• Deadline approaches for business grants

  25 June 2020

  3 minute read

  BUSINESSES and charities have less than a week to apply for a share of Government money aimed at helping those whose trade has been badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown.

• Footpath widening takes place at Green Lane Road

  24 June 2020

  3 minute read

  A BUSY local shopping area in North Evington is being transformed in a pop-up scheme creating wider pavements to make it safer for shoppers and residents to socially distance.

• Two traffic calming and 20mph limits to be introduced after virus delay

  22 June 2020

  2 minute read

  TWO new schemes to introduce 20mph speed limits and traffic calming measures are due to be installed after being delayed by the coronavirus lockdown.

• Additional Coronavirus testing unit set up in Leicester

  21 June 2020

  2 minute read

  A NEW coronavirus testing site will open on Leicester’s Spinney Hills Park at 10.30am today (Sunday 21 June).

• Leicester marks Windrush Day with online activities

  19 June 2020

  3 minute read

  PHOTOGRAPHS, letters and artwork from the Windrush generation will be shared online this weekend as Leicester plays its part in marking Windrush Day 2020.