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• Support on offer this No Smoking Day

  8 March 2022

  2 minute read

  SMOKERS are being urged ‘not to give up on giving up’ this No Smoking Day.

• Road closure due to housing development utility works

  3 March 2022

  1 minute read

  RESIDENTS living off Barkbythorpe Road are being warned of likely traffic disruption starting next week as housing developers close the road to lay new underground utilities.

• March 18 deadline for business to claim Omicron help grants

  3 March 2022

  2 minute read

  BUSINESS whose trade was affected by the surge in Omicron coronavirus cases have just over two more weeks to apply for a share of one of two grant schemes designed to help them.

• Almost £250k to be spent on road resurfacing in communities across the city

  2 March 2022

  1 minute read

  STREETS in residential areas across Leicester are due to benefit from almost quarter of a million pounds worth of resurfacing and repair work over the coming weeks.

• Steam toys in spotlight at Abbey Pumping Station

  2 March 2022

  1 minute read

  STEAM toys of all shapes and sizes will take centre stage at Leicester’s Abbey Pumping Station this weekend (Sunday 6 March).

• Local groups offered funding to raise confidence in Covid-19 vaccinations

  2 March 2022

  2 minute read

  Local groups offered funding to raise confidence in Covid-19 vaccinations

• Workplace challenge to boost active travel

  2 March 2022

  2 minute read

  WORKPLACES in Leicester & Leicestershire are being pitted against each other for a fun challenge to see who can get the most staff to leave their cars at home.

• Two weeks left to give your views on proposed Workplace Parking Levy

  1 March 2022

  4 minute read

  PEOPLE are being reminded to make their views heard in a public consultation on proposals for a Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) which runs for two more weeks.

• Jobseeking help in libraries extended

  1 March 2022

  2 minute read

  JOBSEEKERS looking for help finding employment can now benefit from specialist advice at Braunstone’s Brite Centre library.

• Exhibition remembers the ‘Leicester Blitz’

  1 March 2022

  2 minute read

  AN EXHIBITION created to mark the 80th anniversary of the ‘Leicester Blitz’ returns to the city’s Newarke Houses Museum this weekend.

• New campaign to help male victims of domestic abuse

  28 February 2022

  2 minute read

  MALE victims of domestic abuse are being reminded that help is available for them through a new, high-profile awareness campaign.

• Leicester City Mayor says city ready to welcome Ukrainian refugees

  28 February 2022

  1 minute read

  Leicester City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby says that Leicester is ready to welcome refugees fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine.