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• Pop into Highcross and find out more about adult learning

  27 August 2025

  2 minute read

  A POP-UP shop at the Highcross shopping centre will give people the chance to find out more about adult learning and sample some of the courses on offer.

• Street art jam returns for Leicester Open Streets

  27 August 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S summer celebration of people-friendly streets continues this weekend, with the return of the Graffwerk Street Art Jam as part of Open Streets.

• Be prepared for rolling road closures in city

  27 August 2025

  1 minute read

  ROLLING road closures will be implemented in Leicester on Sunday (31 August) to allow a religious procession to safely take place.

• Last chance to discover stories from ‘The Saff’ at Leicester Museum

  22 August 2025

  1 minute read

  AN EXHIBITION at Leicester Museum that tells the story of Leicester’s Saffron Lane estate in the words of the people who live there will close at the end of the month.

• Have your say on local cycling and walking plan

  20 August 2025

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE are being invited to have their say on outline proposals to improve Leicester’s network of safe routes for walkers, wheelers and cyclists.

• Call out for artists to enter Leicester’s popular Open exhibition

  15 August 2025

  2 minute read

  ARTISTS from across the East Midlands are being invited to submit their entries for Leicester’s annual Open exhibition before next month’s deadline.

• New housing apprentices join council to learn specialist craft skills

  14 August 2025

  2 minute read

  SIXTEEN new apprentices from a range of backgrounds have joined Leicester City Council’s housing department to learn specialist craft skills.

• Go-ahead given for new residents’ parking zone

  14 August 2025

  3 minute read

  PLANS for a new residents’ parking scheme on and around a busy Leicester road have been given the go-ahead.

• Family fun at Abbey Pumping Station this Sunday

  14 August 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER’S Abbey Pumping Station will be welcoming visitors of all ages to its summer family fun day this weekend.

• Mobile museum takes its curiosities to the Brite Centre

  14 August 2025

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER Museums are getting out and about in the city this summer, taking their mobile museum of fascinating artefacts to local neighbourhoods.

• Seeds from Hiroshima survivor tree take root in Leicester

  12 August 2025

  3 minute read

  SEEDS from trees which survived the atomic bomb in Hiroshima have taken root in Leicester in time for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day.

• Changes to city’s waste and recycling services proposed

  8 August 2025

  3 minute read

  PROPOSED changes to how Leicester’s household waste and recycling will be collected in the future have been outlined by the city council.