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• City to remember its war dead

  10 November 2021

  2 minute read

  REMEMBRANCE Day events are taking place across Leicester over the coming days as the nation prepares once again to commemorate its fallen servicemen and women.

• Leicester making good progress on cutting carbon, but still faces huge challenge

  10 November 2021

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER is making good progress in reducing its carbon footprint, but faces huge challenges in its new goal to become carbon neutral by 2030.

• Leicester schools make active travel pledges for COP26

  10 November 2021

  3 minute read

  FIVE Leicester secondary schools are marking the COP26 climate conference with pledges of their own to make a difference to their local environment.

• No need for planned clean air zone for buses and taxis, as air quality improves

  9 November 2021

  3 minute read

  MAJOR improvements to air quality in Leicester mean that plans to charge the most polluting vehicles to enter the city centre are no longer required.

• Community projects succeed in bid for £3million

  4 November 2021

  2 minute read

  FIVE community projects in Leicester will benefit from a share of £3million designed to help build skills, support local businesses, communities or places and provide employment support.

• Remembrance Day service gives chance to reflect on nation’s war dead

  4 November 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE will be able to pay their respects to the nation’s fallen servicemen and women at Leicester’s annual Remembrance Day service this month.

• Diwali Day celebrations and Foxes home game to affect city traffic

  4 November 2021

  3 minute read

  MOTORISTS are being asked to allow extra time for journeys in Leicester today due to a combination of Diwali Day celebrations and a home game by Leicester City Football Club.

• Safety first is message for Leicester’s Bonfire Night event

  3 November 2021

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE with tickets for Leicester’s Bonfire Night celebrations are being asked to take a quick COVID-19 test before attending the event at Abbey Park on Saturday (6 November).

• Let’s celebrate safely, says health chief ahead of Diwali Day and Bonfire Night

  2 November 2021

  5 minute read

  PEOPLE planning on joining Leicester’s Diwali Day celebrations are being asked to take a quick COVID-19 test before attending the event on Thursday (4 November) – and to take another test before returning to their workplace or school.

• £750k grant will help safeguard historic landmark building in Granby Street

  2 November 2021

  3 minute read

  A STUNNING Grade II* listed building in Leicester city centre has secured a £750k grant to carry out urgent work to save its roof.

• Consultation to extend controls over Houses in Multiple Occupation

  1 November 2021

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked their views on major new proposals to expand the area in which the city council can control the number of homes being converted to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).

• Leicester Bus Services Improvement Plan announced

  1 November 2021

  4 minute read

  AMBITIOUS plans have been announced to vastly improve bus services, vehicles and routes across Leicester as part of a 10-year project involving the city council and local bus operators.