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• River restoration project awarded Green Recovery Challenge Funding

  28 July 2021

  3 minute read

  A MAJOR project to protect and restore a major tributary of the River Soar in Leicester has been given more than £800,000 of Government money.

• City gets more than £300k funding to help people homeless or at risk of rough sleeping due to domestic and sexual abuse

  28 July 2021

  1 minute read

  SERVICES helping people who are facing homelessness due to domestic abuse, violence or exploitation have been awarded more than £300,000 in Government funding.

• New plan to safeguard local wildlife and nature habitats launched in Leicester

  27 July 2021

  3 minute read

  AN ambitious ten-year plan to protect wildlife, conserve habitats and help ensure nature flourishes in Leicester has been launched by the city council.

• Successful student interns consider a future in Leicester

  26 July 2021

  5 minute read

  STUDENTS in Leicester have been finding out what job opportunities are available to them locally thanks to an internship scheme being run by Leicester City Council, De Montfort University and the University of Leicester.

• Changes planned as part of new one-way system on Gwendolen Road

  26 July 2021

  1 minute read

  A SECTION of a busy road in Spinney Hills is being made one-way to traffic following concerns from residents about congestion and damage to parked cars.

• Join in the fun at Open Streets and Bike Fest

  23 July 2021

  1 minute read

  FREE events that make the most of Leicester’s people-friendly streets and spaces will be on offer in Leicester this weekend.

• Council approves grant to enable Phoenix expansion project to continue

  22 July 2021

  2 minute read

  A PROJECT to expand one of Leicester’s best-loved arts venues has been thrown a financial lifeline by the city council to enable the work to continue.

• City gets major cash boost for work to support most vulnerable in community

  21 July 2021

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER is set to receive over £2.6million for a new council-led programme to support some of the most disadvantaged adults in the city.

• Summer programme of bands on parks to begin

  21 July 2021

  2 minute read

  PARKS across Leicester will come alive with the sounds of brass bands this summer in a series of outdoor weekend concerts.

• Highway works linked to £13.5m St Margaret’s regeneration get underway

  19 July 2021

  3 minute read

  HIGHWAY works linked to the £13.5million regeneration of Leicester’s St Margaret’s bus station and surrounding streets are due to get underway next week.

• Go wild for this year’s summer reading challenge

  16 July 2021

  2 minute read

  A FREE reading challenge with stickers to collect will help keep children busy over the summer holidays – and is available now from Leicester’s libraries.

• Another £2m grant boost to help Leicester homes cut energy costs

  16 July 2021

  3 minute read

  A LEICESTER scheme aimed at tackling fuel poverty with grants to help people install energy efficient and renewable technologies in their homes has received a major cash boost.