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• Reassurance for residents over expired parking permits

  28 April 2020

  1 minute read

  RESIDENTS’ parking permit holders are being reassured that they won’t be penalised if their passes expire during the coronavirus lockdown.

• Temporary cycle lane creates route to help key workers

  27 April 2020

  3 minute read

  A NEW cycle track has been put in place to help key workers who are biking to work during the coronavirus lockdown.

• Businesses urged to come forward to claim financial help

  27 April 2020

  2 minute read

  BUSINESSES across Leicester are being urged to come forward to get financial help from an £85million Government fund designed to help them during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Support for homeless and rough sleepers continues to increase

  27 April 2020

  2 minute read

  MORE than 200 additional places to stay are now being provided by the city council to ensure that no-one has to sleep rough in Leicester.

• Leicester’s climate emergency consultation shows high level of support for urgent action

  27 April 2020

  2 minute read

  THOUSANDS of comments from hundreds of people are helping to shape Leicester’s local response to the global climate emergency.

• Milestone for council-led transformation of Waterside as work begins on new offices

  27 April 2020

  3 minute read

  THE ambitious redevelopment of Leicester’s once-neglected Waterside area has reached another major milestone, as work begins on the first new office complex in Frog Island.

• Smokers encouraged to kick the habit

  24 April 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER is joining a national campaign called #quitforcovid to encourage smokers to kick the habit during the coronavirus lockdown.

• Council helps ensure those on free school meals don’t miss out

  24 April 2020

  3 minute read

  CHILDREN in Leicester who would normally be entitled to a free school lunch are still being offered a free meal every day – even though most of them are currently not at school.

• Pick up a book and back World Book Night

  23 April 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S libraries are backing World Book Night tonight (23 April) – by inviting people to pick up a book, share a story, listen to an audiobook or hold a virtual book group meeting between 7pm and 8pm.

• Log on to the latest chapter in the lives of the Leicester Peregrines

  23 April 2020

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S resident Peregrine falcons are offering viewers another privileged slice of life streamed live from their nest-mounted webcams.

• Cards from Care remind children they’re not alone

  22 April 2020

  2 minute read

  POSTCARDS are being sent to children in care to remind them that they’re not alone during the coronavirus lockdown.

• New Covid-19 redundancy and recruitment service for Leicester and Leicestershire

  21 April 2020

  3 minute read

  A NEW service has been launched to support people in Leicester and Leicestershire who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak.