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• Remembrance Day service gives chance to reflect on nation’s war dead

  4 November 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE will be able to pay their respects to the nation’s fallen servicemen and women at Leicester’s annual Remembrance Day service this month.

• Diwali Day celebrations and Foxes home game to affect city traffic

  4 November 2021

  3 minute read

  MOTORISTS are being asked to allow extra time for journeys in Leicester today due to a combination of Diwali Day celebrations and a home game by Leicester City Football Club.

• Safety first is message for Leicester’s Bonfire Night event

  3 November 2021

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE with tickets for Leicester’s Bonfire Night celebrations are being asked to take a quick COVID-19 test before attending the event at Abbey Park on Saturday (6 November).

• Let’s celebrate safely, says health chief ahead of Diwali Day and Bonfire Night

  2 November 2021

  5 minute read

  PEOPLE planning on joining Leicester’s Diwali Day celebrations are being asked to take a quick COVID-19 test before attending the event on Thursday (4 November) – and to take another test before returning to their workplace or school.

• £750k grant will help safeguard historic landmark building in Granby Street

  2 November 2021

  3 minute read

  A STUNNING Grade II* listed building in Leicester city centre has secured a £750k grant to carry out urgent work to save its roof.

• Consultation to extend controls over Houses in Multiple Occupation

  1 November 2021

  3 minute read

  PEOPLE are being asked their views on major new proposals to expand the area in which the city council can control the number of homes being converted to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).

• Leicester Bus Services Improvement Plan announced

  1 November 2021

  4 minute read

  AMBITIOUS plans have been announced to vastly improve bus services, vehicles and routes across Leicester as part of a 10-year project involving the city council and local bus operators.

• £19m funding for major economic recovery project at Pioneer Park

  1 November 2021

  2 minute read

  A MAJOR planned development project on land near the National Space Centre has received over £19million of funding to enable work to go ahead.

• Improvement work at busy city junction

  29 October 2021

  1 minute read

  TRAFFIC restrictions will be in place at a busy junction for up to four weeks as part of an ongoing programme of road improvements.

• £8.6m boost for Leicester’s Pilot House regeneration plans

  29 October 2021

  2 minute read

  PLANS to redevelop a cluster of heritage buildings into a home for creative businesses in Leicester city centre have received a boost from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund.

• Leicester’s electric bus fleet to top 100 within three years thanks to new funding

  29 October 2021

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER is set to increase its fleet of zero emission, all-electric buses with almost 100 new vehicles over the next three years, it has been announced.

• Leicester Half Marathon to take to city’s streets once again

  28 October 2021

  3 minute read

  RUNNERS will be taking to the city’s streets this weekend with the return of the Leicester Half Marathon.