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• Frog Island resurfacing works planned for Easter break

  18 March 2024

  2 minute read

  RESURFACING work is due to be carried out on a busy road through Leicester’s Waterside area over the schools’ Easter break.

• Leicester’s network of Tiny Forests continues to grow

  15 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S network of Tiny Forests is continuing to grow thanks to a partnership between the city council and a leading environmental charity.

• Government funding boost for road maintenance in Leicester

  14 March 2024

  2 minute read

  TWO of Leicester’s busiest roads are set to benefit from major investment in repairs and resurfacing thanks to additional Government funding.

• Council in ‘recovery phase’ after cyber incident

  13 March 2024

  1 minute read

  THE CYBER incident that led the city council to shut down its IT systems last Thursday (7 March) could continue to disrupt council services for at least two weeks, according to the director who’s leading the council’s recovery.

• Bus lane camera enforcement to begin on three key routes

  12 March 2024

  2 minute read

  BUS lane enforcement is due to begin on three busy Leicester roads next month.

• Neighbourhood improvements continue along Narborough Road

  12 March 2024

  2 minute read

  THE NEXT phase in a rolling programme of repairs and improvements to pavements and road surfaces along Narborough Road will get under way this weekend.

• Resurfacing works to take place in Leicester neighbourhoods this month

  12 March 2024

  2 minute read

  A PROGRAMME of repairing and resurfacing streets in neighbourhoods across Leicester is due to take place over the coming weeks.

• Council expects IT shutdown to continue until at least midweek

  11 March 2024

  1 minute read

  Leicester City Council says it will take at least until the middle of this week before it can get its IT systems and phone lines up and running, after it was forced to shut them down last Thursday following a cyber incident.

• City’s new grassland plan wins national award for innovation

  11 March 2024

  2 minute read

  A NEW plan to manage Leicester’s urban green spaces in ways that benefit the environment and help nature thrive has won a national award for innovation.

• Funding secured for natural flood management scheme

  11 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER is to receive £834,000 of Government cash to help tackle flood risk using nature-based solutions. 

• City council IT system shut down as precaution due to cyber incident

  8 March 2024

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council IT systems and phones lines have been temporarily shut down as a precaution while a cyber incident is investigated.

• Traffic advice ahead of funeral of local religious leader

  7 March 2024

  1 minute read

  MOTORISTS are being advised of possible traffic disruption in parts of the city due to the funeral of a local religious leader.