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• Leicester gets ready to light up for Christmas

  16 October 2020

  2 minute read

  THE MAMMOTH task of installing the twinkling lights and the colourful garlands that will decorate Leicester city centre this Christmas gets under way this weekend.

• Gym at Aylestone Leisure Centre reopens after £440k revamp

  14 October 2020

  1 minute read

  GYM facilities at a popular Leicester leisure centre have been transformed, following a £440,000 revamp.

• Alternatives to traditional Remembrance Day events planned

  14 October 2020

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE across Leicester are being called on to commemorate this year’s Remembrance Day in new and creative ways in the face of Covid-19 pandemic.

• Sports, schools and social history feature on city’s latest heritage panels

  14 October 2020

  2 minute read

  A CORNER of Leicester with a motor-racing past, memories of a ‘magical’ school and sporting glories new and old are retold on Leicester’s latest crop of fascinating heritage panels.

• Leicester in Tier 2 of Government’s new Covid alert levels

  14 October 2020

  3 minute read

  RESTRICTIONS on household mixing in Leicester will largely continue unchanged, following the introduction of the Government’s new three-tier Local Covid Alert Level system.

• Claims open for Covid support payments for those at risk of financial hardship

  9 October 2020

  1 minute read

  EMPLOYED or self-employed people who are told to self-isolate but whose income would be hit by staying at home can now claim a £500 support payment.

• Jobseeking advice on offer at three city libraries

  8 October 2020

  2 minute read

  JOBSEEKERS will soon be able to get specialist advice at three city libraries.

• 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.

• Government pauses shielding programme in Leicester

  5 October 2020

  2 minute read

  ARRANGEMENTS that have helped some of the city’s most vulnerable residents to shield from the coronavirus will be paused in Leicester today (5 October).

• Further sewer works due on Aylestone Road

  2 October 2020

  1 minute read

  SEWER works linked to the redevelopments near the Leicester Tigers rugby ground will be taking place again this weekend.

• Utility works to begin as part of link road scheme

  2 October 2020

  2 minute read

  ENABLING works are due to begin on a scheme to create a new link road which will divert traffic away from residential streets and reduce pollution, traffic congestion and create a better road network in part of Leicester.

• Plans to refurbish park toilets in £138,000 scheme

  2 October 2020

  1 minute read

  TOILET facilities in seven popular city parks are set to be fully refurbished by Leicester City Council.