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• Dozens of new car parking spaces created on former garage site

  16 January 2020

  1 minute read

  MORE than two dozen new car parking spaces have been created by Leicester City Council for residents of a city community.

• More than 100 motorists fined for inconsiderate parking outside schools

  15 January 2020

  2 minute read

  OVER 100 penalty charge notices were issued as part of a campaign to tackle drivers parking carelessly or illegally outside schools across Leicester.

• National Pothole Day recognises road repairers

  14 January 2020

  2 minute read

  THE unsung teams of repairmen and women who fix roads across Leicester are being recognised in a national campaign.

• Local Offer Live event for children with special needs

  14 January 2020

  1 minute read

  FAMILIES who have children with special educational needs and disabilities are being invited to the Leicester Riders’ Morningside arena to find out more about services that could help them.

• Changes in Church Gate as work starts on Sandacre Street

  14 January 2020

  2 minute read

  A SECTION of Church Gate will be closed to traffic on Sunday (19 January) as the city council prepares to reverse traffic flow on the city centre street.

• Leicestershire Record Office to host national Thomas Cook archive

  13 January 2020

  3 minute read

  A MAJOR piece of travel history is to be preserved in the county, after the Leicestershire Record Office was selected as the new home of the Thomas Cook archive.

• Apply for school place before 15 Jan deadline

  13 January 2020

  1 minute read

  PARENTS and carers of children who will be starting full-time school in Leicester this autumn are being reminded to apply before the deadline of 15 January.

• BID Leicester supports extra cleaning for city centre streets

  10 January 2020

  2 minute read

  A PARTNERSHIP between the city council and BID Leicester means that Leicester’s streets can be washed more frequently - and more unsightly graffiti and chewing gum can be removed.

• Work to begin on expansion of popular city infant and junior schools

  10 January 2020

  1 minute read

  WORK is set to begin on an £3.5million expansion project at a popular infant and junior school in Leicester.

• Vote for your favourite book of the decade with Leicester libraries

  9 January 2020

  1 minute read

  CUSTOMERS and staff at Leicester’s libraries are being invited to vote for their favourite books of the decade.

• Work begins on new exit slip road at St Margaret’s Bus Station

  7 January 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK has begun on a project to cut journey times for buses using St Margaret’s Bus Station by creating a new exit directly onto the city’s inner ring road.

• Towed-away cars are responsible for thousands in unpaid parking fines

  7 January 2020

  2 minute read

  NEARLY a dozen cars which between them are responsible for over £62,000 of unpaid parking fines have been seized by civil enforcement officers at Leicester City Council.