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• New council-run children’s home prepares to open its doors

  26 September 2024

  4 minute read

  A new children’s home in Leicester is preparing to open its doors.

• Leicester libraries mark Black History Month

  26 September 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S libraries are marking Black History Month with free events and plenty of suggestions for great books by Black authors

• New book celebrates city’s German Expressionism collection

  20 September 2024

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER’s internationally acclaimed collection of German Expressionist art, and the eighty-year history of its development, are being celebrated in a new book.

• Free activities for Green Libraries Week

  18 September 2024

  1 minute read

  GREEN Libraries Week is coming to Leicester, featuring everything from poetry and author talks to energy advice and craft activities – and it’s all free.

• Fraudsters target council parking machines with fake QR codes

  17 September 2024

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council says fraudsters have put fake QR codes on some of its pay and display machines in the city centre.

• New exhibition from globally-renowned artist to open in Leicester

  17 September 2024

  4 minute read

  A NEW exhibition from a globally-renowned Indian artist is coming to Leicester Museum & Art Gallery.

• New industrial park gearing up for business

  17 September 2024

  2 minute read

  WORK to create a new, low carbon industrial park on the site of former council offices at Leicester’s Blackbird Road is nearing completion.

• Basketware from global collection goes on display at Leicester Museum

  16 September 2024

  2 minute read

  RARELY-seen items from one of Leicester Museum & Art Gallery’s biggest global collections will go on display from Saturday (21 September).

• Free activity sessions mark National Fitness Day

  13 September 2024

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in Leicester are being invited to get active at their local leisure centre next week – and it won’t cost them a penny.

• Roadworks ahead on busy Western Boulevard

  12 September 2024

  1 minute read

  A BUSY road in Leicester’s West End will be closed to traffic next week while repairs and resurfacing are carried out.

• Work to begin on improvements to Abbey Gate

  11 September 2024

  1 minute read

  WORK to improve an important section of road for walkers, wheelers and cyclists in Leicester will get under way from next week.

• Council signs up to protect staff from violence at work

  11 September 2024

  1 minute read

  Leicester City Council has shown its commitment to keeping all staff safe at work by signing up to a trades union charter to end violence at work.