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• Views sought on new St Paul’s conservation area

  20 October 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE can give their views on council plans for an important new conservation area close to Leicester city centre.

• Aylestone Park residents to have say on options to address parking problems

  20 October 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE living in the Aylestone Park area of Leicester are being asked for their views on a range of proposed measures to address problems with parking in residential streets.

• Leicester gets ready to light up for Christmas

  19 October 2021

  2 minute read

  THE MAMMOTH task of installing the twinkling lights and the colourful garlands that will decorate Leicester city centre this Christmas gets under way this week.

• Prosecution of scrap metal firm operating without a licence

  19 October 2021

  2 minute read

  A SCRAP metal firm and its director have been fined a total of more than £16,000 after trading from a site without a licence.

• City council fears looming budget crisis

  18 October 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is facing the prospect of huge budget cuts within 18 months, big council tax rises – or both – it was announced today.

• Council plans major investment in Cedar Road play area

  18 October 2021

  1 minute read

  NEW facilities that will benefit children and young people are being proposed as part of a £500,000 refurbishment of a city play area.

• Final preparations under way for Leicester’s Diwali celebrations

  15 October 2021

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER is getting ready to celebrate the festival of Diwali – and it all starts next Sunday (24 October).

• Steam train rides and tastes of harvest take centre stage at museum’s activity day

  14 October 2021

  2 minute read

  HARVEST will be coming to Leicester’s Abbey Pumping Station Museum next week with a fun-packed day of activities for all ages focusing on the joys of growing your own food.

• Consultation asks for views on African Caribbean Centre

  14 October 2021

  2 minute read

  A CONSULTATION has been launched to ask people how they think Leicester’s African Caribbean Centre should be run.

• Plans for 33 new council homes get government funding boost

  14 October 2021

  1 minute read

  PLANS to build new council homes in the New Parks area of Leicester have had a boost with the award of over £440,000 of government cash.

• Second phase of consultation launched on plans for Stocking Farm

  14 October 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE who live and work in the Stocking Farm area of Leicester are being asked for their view on developing ideas to regenerate the area.

• Training courses launched on hate crime reporting as part of awareness campaign

  13 October 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in communities across Leicester are being encouraged to sign up for a new training course designed to help identify, report and tackle hate crime.