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• Council to renew powers to control ‘To Let’ boards

  8 March 2023

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is set to renew powers to stop landlords and estate agents putting up boards advertising their properties in some parts of the city.

• Improvement works to resume on busy Leicester route

  3 March 2023

  3 minute read

  WORK to improve two busy Leicester roads and make them safer for walkers, wheelers and cyclists will resume next week.

• Reminder for landlords to make most of early bird discounts in new licensing scheme

  2 March 2023

  3 minute read

  LANDLORDS needing to apply for licences as part of scheme to improve private sector housing in Leicester have until next month to get an early bird discount.

• Sign up now for holiday scheme for children on free school meals

  1 March 2023

  2 minute read

  CHILDREN in Leicester who receive benefit-related free school meals are being invited to sign up now for a free programme of activities over the Easter holidays.

• Leicester suffragette Alice Hawkins commemorated on International Women’s Day

  28 February 2023

  2 minute read

  A BLUE plaque commemorating Leicester suffragette Alice Hawkins is due to be unveiled on the house in the city neighbourhood where she lived.

• New pay-by-phone option to start in Leicester’s car parks

  28 February 2023

  2 minute read

  DRIVERS parking in Leicester will soon have the option to pay by phone using a new system being rolled out over the coming weeks.

• Council grant supports food bank’s Winter Warmer project

  28 February 2023

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE who use a food bank in Leicester are staying a little warmer this winter, thanks to a project that’s been supported by a city council anti-poverty community grant.

• Council set to reduce proposed rise in district heating charge

  22 February 2023

  1 minute read

  USERS of Leicester’s district heating scheme will see the rise in their bills capped at 30% lower than had been proposed if revised charges are agreed by city councillors at tonight’s budget meeting (22 Feb).

• Opportunities on offer at New Parks job fair

  22 February 2023

  1 minute read

  JOB vacancies and training opportunities will be on offer at a job fair in New Parks next week.

• Resurfacing works mark final stage of major revamp of busy road

  22 February 2023

  4 minute read

  A MAJOR £7.5million revamp of a busy Leicester road is nearly complete, with the final phase of resurfacing work due to begin this week.

• New images show how Leicester railway station will look after radical overhaul

  21 February 2023

  5 minute read

  NEW images showing how Leicester’s railway station will look following a proposed multi-million-pound transformation have been shared by the city council.

• Public art celebrates city’s links with the fox

  20 February 2023

  2 minute read

  THERE’S a new addition to Leicester’s streetscape – but only those who look up will spot the new resident on the flat roof of the LCB Depot on Rutland Street.