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• New community orchard planted on former allotment site

  16 March 2022

  2 minute read

  VOLUNTEERS have joined their local councillor and parks staff to plant dozens of small fruit trees on a site that was used as allotments until the 1990s.

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

  15 March 2022

  2 minute read

  CHILDREN and young people 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.

• Refurbished gardens provide welcome green space for families in Highfields

  15 March 2022

  2 minute read

  A POCKET park close to Leicester railway station has been formally reopened after its £100,000 refurbishment.

• Advanced Autism Accreditation awarded to city school

  10 March 2022

  2 minute read

  A PIONEERING Leicester special school has been awarded Advanced Autism Accreditation in recognition of its work to help children with a complex range of needs.

• Westcotes residents invited to have their say

  10 March 2022

  1 minute read

  PEOPLE living in Westcotes ward in Leicester are being invited to tell the city council about the things that they love about life in the area – and the things that they want to change.

• Residents urged to pay council tax by direct debit to enable faster payment of £150

  9 March 2022

  2 minute read

  THE city council is calling on Leicester residents to set up direct debit payments to pay their council tax, to reduce delay in them receiving Government support of £150 to help with rising energy costs.

• Expect delays ahead of European tie at the King Power stadium on Thursday

  8 March 2022

  1 minute read

  MOTORISTS and bus users are advised to expect delays to their journeys on Thursday evening (10 March), ahead of Leicester City’s tie against Ligue 1 side Rennes.

• Major heritage project unveiled for Leicester’s Grand Hotel

  8 March 2022

  3 minute read

  PLANS have been submitted for a major heritage project that will help restore Leicester’s Grand Hotel to its former glory.

• Support on offer this No Smoking Day

  8 March 2022

  2 minute read

  SMOKERS are being urged ‘not to give up on giving up’ this No Smoking Day.

• Road closure due to housing development utility works

  3 March 2022

  1 minute read

  RESIDENTS living off Barkbythorpe Road are being warned of likely traffic disruption starting next week as housing developers close the road to lay new underground utilities.

• March 18 deadline for business to claim Omicron help grants

  3 March 2022

  2 minute read

  BUSINESS whose trade was affected by the surge in Omicron coronavirus cases have just over two more weeks to apply for a share of one of two grant schemes designed to help them.

• Almost £250k to be spent on road resurfacing in communities across the city

  2 March 2022

  1 minute read

  STREETS in residential areas across Leicester are due to benefit from almost quarter of a million pounds worth of resurfacing and repair work over the coming weeks.