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LEICESTER people are being invited to share their views on a health and wellbeing strategy for the city.

HUNDREDS of students are heading out across Leicester today (Friday) in what will be De Montfort University’s biggest-ever one-day volunteering event.

THOUSANDS more cyclists and pedestrians are using a route connecting Belgrave to the city centre five years on from the demolition of the crumbling flyover which dominated the area.

A SECTION of Green Lane Road in North Evington is due to close to traffic from this weekend for major resurfacing works.

LEICESTER Hockey Club – one of the most successful women’s hockey clubs in England – is set to move back to the city of Leicester after 10 years away.

THE UK’s year-long programme of events celebrating 100 years of votes for women ends in spectacular style in Leicester on Sunday (3 March).

WALKERS converged on Leicester’s Town Hall Square at the weekend (Sat 23 Feb) in support of a heart charity.

THE WILD Space gallery at Leicester’s New Walk Museum will close this weekend for a much-needed spring-clean – but it won’t be long before the animals are back on display.

PART of a busy city centre road is due to be closed this weekend while resurfacing work is carried out.

PEOPLE are being invited to comment on proposed housing and development guidelines for a vacant site at the heart of Leicester’s Waterside regeneration area.

GOODWOOD Road will be closed at its junctions with Wicklow Drive and Westmeath Avenue on Sunday (17 February) to allow essential repairs to take place.

A POP-UP museum at Leicester’s Highcross shopping centre next week will give youngsters the chance to do a dinosaur jigsaw, make an Easter bonnet and maybe even handle some fossils.

A COMMUNITY youth music organisation which helped create Leicester’s only youth brass band is running a band camp to give other local youngsters the chance to share the limelight and perform with some of the best local brass musicians and artists.

A FINAL phase of work on a major revamp of the streets in Leicester’s historic Old Town area will get under way from next week.

Are you are high-flipping, nimble-footed, charity-supporting, elite pancake race athlete with nothing to lose and everything to prove? If so, Leicester Market wants to hear from you!

A FURTHER £1.35milllion is set to be invested in fitting sprinkler systems at more city council tower blocks in Leicester, as work nears completion at the first block to have the new fire safety measures installed.

A LIFE-SIZED suffragette made of LEGO will be installed at Leicester’s New Walk Museum this weekend.

A carer who has looked after more than 100 people with learning disabilities has been recognised for her work with an award for outstanding achievement.

A SECTION of Aylestone Road is due to be resurfaced this weekend as part of a programme of repairs by Leicester City Council.

A BUSY city junction at the heart of a major road improvement scheme will be closed to outbound traffic overnight over the coming weeks.

LEICESTER has been awarded a share of a £6milllion government fund to create hundreds of charge-points for ultra-low emission taxis.

OVER £1.1million is being invested in a programme of resurfacing work and repairs to roads in neighbourhoods across the city.

EVENTS marking the start of the Chinese New Year will be taking place in Leicester this weekend – and there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Pig.

PEOPLE interested in university-level study but that do not have the traditional entry qualifications can find out about alternative routes at an open day this week.

REPAIRS are due to be carried out on a bridge which needs extensive renovation work.

A YEAR-LONG celebration marking 100 years of women's suffrage culminates in a spectacular finale next month – and you’ll be able to reserve your place at the free event from Monday (4 February).

LEICESTER City Council has joined others across the country and the world in declaring a climate emergency as it sets out its ambition to exceed its own targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the city.