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• Leicester’s Waterside regeneration reaches ten-year milestone

  6 February 2023

  9 minute read

  LEICESTER'S Waterside regeneration project will reach its tenth anniversary this year and some major milestones have been achieved along the way.

• Land sale provides plot for new Walkers facility

  31 January 2023

  2 minute read

  PLANS are under way to build a new potato washing facility on land close to Walkers Snack Foods’ main factory site in Leicester.

• Holocaust Memorial Day to be marked on Saturday

  26 January 2023

  1 minute read

  THE MILLIONS of people who lost their lives during the Holocaust and other genocides will be remembered in Leicester on Saturday (28 January).

• Photograph exhibition shows life under apartheid

  25 January 2023

  4 minute read

  APARTHEID-era South Africa is the focus of a powerful photographic exhibition coming to Leicester Museum and Art Gallery.

• Council teams up with Stephen Lawrence Research Centre to develop training for educators

  25 January 2023

  3 minute read

  A PROGRAMME designed to help schools better engage with their students, whatever their background, has been developed by the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre in partnership with the city council.

• Company prosecuted over illegal storage of fireworks

  24 January 2023

  2 minute read

  A BUSINESS has been fined £40,000 after illegally storing powerful fireworks in dangerous conditions.

• Photo ID needed by voters in local elections

  24 January 2023

  2 minute read

  VOTERS wanting to take part in this year’s local government elections will need to show photo identification for the first time under new Government rules.

• Leicester 10k race takes to city’s streets this weekend

  24 January 2023

  2 minute read

  DRIVERS heading into Leicester this weekend need to be aware of possible traffic disruption due to a major sporting event taking place.

• Leicester gets ready to celebrate Chinese New Year

  18 January 2023

  1 minute read

  A WEEKEND of special events coordinated by Leicester-based Cosmopolitan Arts will mark the start of the Chinese Year of the Rabbit.

• Improvements planned for neighbourhood ball courts

  18 January 2023

  1 minute read

  WORK to upgrade three neighbourhood ball courts and kick-about areas in Leicester is to get under way this year.

• A50 bus lane camera enforcement begins

  18 January 2023

  1 minute read

  MOTORISTS who drive in a designated bus lane on part of the A50 will face fines from this week.

• City primary school shortlisted for Young Litter Heroes award

  18 January 2023

  2 minute read

  CHILDREN at a Leicester primary school will find out next month if their litter-picking efforts have won them a prestigious national award.