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• Rise in city’s Covid-19 cases shows epidemic is not over

  18 June 2020

  4 minute read

  AS lockdown restrictions are gradually relaxed, the city’s director of public health is warning people in Leicester that the coronavirus epidemic is far from over.

• Global Kitchen to host first online cooking event

  18 June 2020

  2 minute read

  AN ORGANISATION which was set up with the help of City Mayor Peter Soulsby’s crowdfunding pledge to train chefs from the refugee and asylum seeker community is due to run its first online community cookery workshop this week.

• Have your say on creating more safe space on city’s streets

  17 June 2020

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE can now nominate streets in Leicester that would benefit from more space for safe travelling and shopping as work continues to address challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic.

• City shows support for national Armed Forces Week

  17 June 2020

  2 minute read

  THE flying of the Armed Forces Flag from Leicester’s Town Hall will mark the start of a very different annual event in honour our serving forces, veterans and cadets.

• New cycle track installed along Aylestone Road

  16 June 2020

  2 minute read

  NEW measures have been put in place to reinforce space for cyclists on a busy Leicester route.

• Nearly 1,200 city streets made safer with 20mph speed limits

  16 June 2020

  2 minute read

  ALMOST 1,200 residential streets across Leicester have been included in a wide-ranging road safety programme to create 20mph zones.

• Celebrating Shared Lives Week

  15 June 2020

  2 minute read

  CARERS in Leicester and the people they support are celebrating Shared Lives Week (15-19 June).

• Leicester city centre prepares safe welcome for shoppers

  12 June 2020

  3 minute read

  THE final touches are being made to new social distancing measures across Leicester city centre and its neighbourhoods as Leicester prepares for non-essential shops to re-open on Monday (15 June).

• 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.

• City centre pop-up scheme to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists

  12 June 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK is being carried out on a city centre street to improve facilities for cyclists and pedestrians and help shoppers to observe safe social distancing.

• Reminder of resurfacing work at Krefeld Way

  11 June 2020

  1 minute read

  MOTORISTS are being reminded about resurfacing work that is due to take place on a section of Leicester’s outer ring road from this weekend.

• All major local bus firms now offering contactless card payments

  11 June 2020

  3 minute read

  PASSENGERS using Park and Ride services to travel into and out of Leicester will be able to make contactless payments from next week.