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• Successful funding bid supports planting of around 5,000 trees

  18 January 2021

  1 minute read

  NEARLY 5,000 new trees are being planted in two of Leicester’s most popular green spaces, following a successful bid to the Urban Tree Challenge Fund.

• Traffic-calming scheme to be introduced in city community

  15 January 2021

  1 minute read

  A BUSY route through a Leicester neighbourhood is due to benefit from traffic calming measures after support from residents and ward councillors to bring in such a scheme.

• Latest phase of footpath widening nears completion at Great Central Way

  14 January 2021

  2 minute read

  Work is nearing completion on the latest phase of a project to widen parts of the Great Central way footpath to provide more space for users of the popular route in and out of the city.

• A message from Leicester’s director of public health, Professor Ivan Browne

  14 January 2021

  3 minute read

  Leicester's director of public health has warned local people that the coronavirus situation is now putting huge strain on the city's hospitals.

• Last chance to submit artwork for commemorations for Holocaust Memorial Day

  14 January 2021

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE wanting to create artwork commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day have until this weekend to submit their entries.

• New textiles training centre to launch in Leicester

  13 January 2021

  3 minute read

  AN innovative project to deliver apprenticeships and accredited training for the textiles industry is set to be launched in Leicester.

• Reminder to apply for a school place before 15 January deadline

  12 January 2021

  1 minute read

  PARENTS and carers of children who will be starting full-time school in Leicester this autumn are being reminded to apply for a place before Friday’s deadline

• Caseload rockets for city’s covid tracing team

  8 January 2021

  3 minute read

  THE TEAM charged with tracking down people who test positive for coronavirus, but who fail to respond to an automated message, has seen a huge surge in its workload.

• Reminder for artwork to be part of commemorations for Holocaust Memorial Day

  7 January 2021

  2 minute read

  Reminder for artwork to be part of commemorations for Holocaust Memorial Day

• Overnight road closures planned for final phase of Belgrave Gate improvements

  6 January 2021

  2 minute read

  A MAJOR programme of road resurfacing is due to take place at a busy roundabout in Leicester, as work nears completion on a £2million improvement scheme

• Rapid coronavirus testing helping to identify asymptomatic covid carriers

  5 January 2021

  2 minute read

  A WALK-IN centre offering rapid coronavirus testing to those without symptoms is helping to identify people in Leicester who could be passing on the virus without knowing it.

• Coronavirus: Important new information for you

  5 January 2021

  3 minute read

  STAY at home, save lives and protect the NHS. That’s the message from the government and public health experts, as a new national lockdown begins to tackle a more easily-caught strain of coronavirus which is spreading across the country.