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• Advice and information on returning to school

  13 August 2020

  2 minute read

  PARENTS with questions about sending their children back to school can visit the city council’s website for advice and information.

• Chance for businesses to get share of £2.6m in extended lockdown business grants scheme

  13 August 2020

  1 minute read

  SMALL and micro-businesses across Leicester which were forced to close during the city’s extended lockdown can apply for financial help under a new grant scheme.

• Digital commemoration to mark VJ Day 75th anniversary

  13 August 2020

  3 minute read

  A VIRTUAL service at Leicester Cathedral, featuring a reading by the Duke of Gloucester and a dedicated website to allow people to pay their own tributes, are among the many ways in which Leicestershire and Leicester will be marking the 75th anniversary of VJ Day on Saturday, August 15.

• Work complete on Lancaster Road improvement scheme

  13 August 2020

  2 minute read

  WORK to create a safer and more direct cycle between Leicester’s Clarendon Park area and the city centre is now complete.

• Next phase of repairs and improvements to pavements on Narborough Road to begin

  12 August 2020

  1 minute read

  AN investment of £175,000 is being made to repair and improve pavements, street furniture and bollards on one of the busiest gateways into Leicester.

• Face coverings on their way to those shielding in Leicester

  12 August 2020

  5 minute read

  SIMPLE face coverings made in factories in Leicester are to be sent out to thousands of people across the city from next week.

• Campaign celebrates success of allotments

  12 August 2020

  2 minute read

  MORE than 40 city council-run allotments across Leicester remained open throughout the coronavirus lockdown and provided residents with much-needed outdoor exercise, home-grown produce and a valuable respite from lockdown conditions.

• City council’s tracing team helps track down virus in Leicester

  12 August 2020

  4 minute read

  MORE than 150 people who tested positive for Covid-19 but who could not be located by the national Test & Trace team were found within 48 hours by Leicester City Council.

• 52 schools earn recognition for environmental work

  12 August 2020

  3 minute read

  MORE than 50 schools in Leicester have been praised for their work on environmental projects.

• Leicester’s flagship museum to reopen next week

  12 August 2020

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER’S flagship museum will reopen next week with a new name, a new website and a new online booking system.

• Three new speed-reduction schemes to be installed

  10 August 2020

  3 minute read

  THREE schemes to introduce new traffic calming measures or 20mph speed restrictions in residential streets are due to be installed this month.

• Don’t give virus chance to spread in your household, says city’s director of public health

  7 August 2020

  4 minute read

  CORONAVIRUS is spreading between households and within households in Leicester – but some simple precautions could stop that from happening, according to the city’s director of public health.