2020

• Adventurer Ed Stafford visits Leicester schoolchildren

  3 November 2020

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  ADVENTURER and world record-holder Ed Stafford has been sharing tales of his epic Amazon trip with Leicester schoolchildren.

• Young people win national award for Quaranteens campaign

  3 November 2020

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  YOUNG people from Leicester with experience of being in care have won a national award for supporting each other during the lockdown.

• Reminder to celebrate safely as festivals approach

  30 October 2020

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  PEOPLE in Leicester are being reminded to celebrate safely this year as a number of festivals approach – particularly given the added challenges presented by coronavirus.

• Council launches new advice service for landlords

  30 October 2020

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  LEICESTER City Council has launched a new advice service for landlords who may be having problems with their tenants.

• Latest phase of road resurfacing works to get underway

  28 October 2020

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  A £380,000 programme of road repairs and resurfacing work on streets across Leicester is beginning this week.

• Work to begin on £4million revamp of city centre streets

  28 October 2020

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  WORK is due to begin on a major £4million revamp of three busy city centre streets from early next month.

• Leicester’s bus shelters to go green as part of new partnership

  28 October 2020

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  LEICESTER’S bus shelters are set for a major eco-friendly revamp as part of the city’s ambitious plans to be carbon neutral by 2030.

• Plans drawn up for Market Place scheme

  27 October 2020

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  AN ATTRACTIVE new route for pedestrians could soon be linking Leicester’s historic Town Hall Square with the shops, bars and cafés in St Martin’s Square.

• Designs revealed for Leicester’s new carbon neutral bus station

  27 October 2020

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  STRIKING designs for Leicester’s new St Margaret’s Bus Station – and ambitious plans to make the building carbon neutral – have been revealed by the city council.

• New raised walkway will connect canal and cycle route

  26 October 2020

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  A NEW pedestrian and cycle route linking part of the Great Central Way and the Grand Union Canal is due to be built.

• Views sought on the future of Leicester’s Haymarket Theatre

  22 October 2020

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  PEOPLE are being asked to help shape the future of Leicester’s iconic Haymarket Theatre.

• Post a Poppy for this Remembrance Day

  20 October 2020

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  A CAMPAIGN is underway to encourage people in Leicester to commemorate Remembrance Day by creating poppy-themed artwork, cakes or other artefacts.

• Programme of preservation work to be carried out on Magazine Gateway

  20 October 2020

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  WORK is due to begin on the restoration and repair of one of Leicester’s oldest medieval buildings.

• Memorial stone commemorates Far East prisoners of war

  20 October 2020

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  A NEW memorial stone commemorating those who were taken prisoner in the Far East during the Second World War has been installed in the city.

• Be part of Leicester’s virtual Diwali celebrations!

  19 October 2020

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  PEOPLE in Leicester are being invited to be part of the city’s first virtual Diwali Day celebration.

• New link road to open in Leicester on Sunday (18th)

  16 October 2020

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  A NEW road that will improve bus journey times out of Leicester city centre will open for the first time on Sunday (18 October).

• Council contacts businesses to ensure they are covid-safe

  16 October 2020

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  PUBLIC safety officers from Leicester City Council are working with the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) to contact businesses in Leicester and make sure they are covid-secure.

• Work begins on £10m highways scheme for new housing at Ashton Green

  16 October 2020

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  WORK has started on a major £10million highway infrastructure scheme designed to unlock further development land at Leicester City Council’s Ashton Green housing site.

• Leicester gets ready to light up for Christmas

  16 October 2020

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  THE MAMMOTH task of installing the twinkling lights and the colourful garlands that will decorate Leicester city centre this Christmas gets under way this weekend.

• Gym at Aylestone Leisure Centre reopens after £440k revamp

  14 October 2020

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  GYM facilities at a popular Leicester leisure centre have been transformed, following a £440,000 revamp.

• Alternatives to traditional Remembrance Day events planned

  14 October 2020

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  PEOPLE across Leicester are being called on to commemorate this year’s Remembrance Day in new and creative ways in the face of Covid-19 pandemic.

• Sports, schools and social history feature on city’s latest heritage panels

  14 October 2020

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  A CORNER of Leicester with a motor-racing past, memories of a ‘magical’ school and sporting glories new and old are retold on Leicester’s latest crop of fascinating heritage panels.

• Leicester in Tier 2 of Government’s new Covid alert levels

  14 October 2020

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  RESTRICTIONS on household mixing in Leicester will largely continue unchanged, following the introduction of the Government’s new three-tier Local Covid Alert Level system.

• Claims open for Covid support payments for those at risk of financial hardship

  9 October 2020

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  EMPLOYED or self-employed people who are told to self-isolate but whose income would be hit by staying at home can now claim a £500 support payment.

• Jobseeking advice on offer at three city libraries

  8 October 2020

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  JOBSEEKERS will soon be able to get specialist advice at three city libraries.

• More children walking to school as Clean Air Day approaches

  7 October 2020

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  MORE children are improving their health and contributing towards better air quality by walking to school, according to latest figures from the city council.

• Government pauses shielding programme in Leicester

  5 October 2020

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  ARRANGEMENTS that have helped some of the city’s most vulnerable residents to shield from the coronavirus will be paused in Leicester today (5 October).

• Further sewer works due on Aylestone Road

  2 October 2020

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  SEWER works linked to the redevelopments near the Leicester Tigers rugby ground will be taking place again this weekend.

• Utility works to begin as part of link road scheme

  2 October 2020

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  ENABLING works are due to begin on a scheme to create a new link road which will divert traffic away from residential streets and reduce pollution, traffic congestion and create a better road network in part of Leicester.

• Plans to refurbish park toilets in £138,000 scheme

  2 October 2020

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  TOILET facilities in seven popular city parks are set to be fully refurbished by Leicester City Council.

• £3.1million investment to improve Welford Road corridor

  1 October 2020

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  ROADS along one of Leicester’s busiest arterial traffic routes are to undergo a £3.1million programme of resurfacing work and junction improvements this month.

• Dozens of buildings removed from Leicester's local heritage at risk list

  1 October 2020

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  EFFORTS to preserve Leicester’s rich architectural heritage have resulted in 25 properties being removed from a local list of historic buildings at risk.

• Tenants sign up for Pioneer Park space ahead of development’s opening in January

  30 September 2020

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  A NEW hub for business at Leicester’s Pioneer Park has already signed up its first tenants, despite still being under construction.

• Help for parents to get children reading

  30 September 2020

  2 minute read

  FREE, expert advice on helping children to do well at school by making reading fun is being offered online by the city council’s adult education centre.

• Next phase of improvements begins at Aylestone Meadows

  29 September 2020

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  WORK is underway on a second phase of improvements at Leicester’s largest nature reserve as part of a £300,000 investment project. 

• ANPR cameras to come into use at Haymarket Car Park

  28 September 2020

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  NEW vehicle number plate recognition technology to help simplify parking is due to come into effect at one of the city centre’s biggest multi-storey car parks next week.

• Have your say on future of local laws to tackle problem street drinking

  28 September 2020

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  PEOPLE are being asked for their views on laws to tackle problem street drinking and use of so-called ‘legal highs’ in public places across Leicester.

• Seizure of speakers and equipment following noise complaints

  24 September 2020

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  CITY council officers have seized noise equipment from a house in Leicester after residents complained about very loud music being played during the coronavirus lockdown.

• Work underway on widening footpath between Bede Park and Evesham Road

  24 September 2020

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  Work is underway on a project to widen a footpath from Bede Park to Evesham Road, providing more space for users of the popular route in and out of the city.

• Colourful crossings link city centre with cultural quarter

  23 September 2020

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  COLOURFUL coatings are being installed on two busy city centre crossings to create distinctive pedestrian links into Leicester’s cultural quarter.

• New houses completed in first phase of council building project

  23 September 2020

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  The first new houses have been completed in ground-breaking project by Leicester City Council to build hundreds of affordable rental homes for families across the city.

• Mural celebrates new street’s cinematic past

  22 September 2020

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  AN ART deco cinema that once stood on the site of a new road in Leicester city centre is providing the inspiration for a spectacular new mural.

• City gets £1.5m heritage action zone boost for busy shopping streets

  21 September 2020

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  HISTORIC buildings in two popular shopping streets in Leicester’s city Centre are set to benefit from a major heritage improvements scheme.

• Cossington Street sports centre reopens after £800k revamp

  18 September 2020

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  A POPULAR Leicester sports centre will reopen to the public on Monday (21 September) after an £800,000 revamp.

• City council and universities launch £1.6m graduate retention scheme

  18 September 2020

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  MORE than £1.6million is set to be invested in encouraging graduates to stay in Leicester once they have finished their studies.

• Repairs to be made to three road bridges in Aylestone

  18 September 2020

  2 minute read

  THREE road bridges beneath a busy route in Aylestone Village are to undergo extensive repair work over the coming months.

• Footbridge over Burleys Way to be demolished

  18 September 2020

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  A FOOTBRIDGE spanning part of Leicester’s busy inner ring road is due to be demolished next month as part of enabling works for a major revamp of the area.

• New road paves the way for extended pedestrian zone

  17 September 2020

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  A NEW road that will provide a quick route out of the city centre for buses leaving the Haymarket bus station will open next month – paving the way for the extension of Leicester’s pedestrian zone.

• £40million cost of council’s Covid-19 response

  16 September 2020

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  LEICESTER City Council’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic will cost the authority over £40m, the Overview Select Committee will be advised in a report next week.

• Leicester film about children’s rights reaches global audience

  16 September 2020

  2 minute read

  A FILM about children’s rights made by young people in Leicester is reaching a global audience after being picked up by UNICEF.

• Sewer works to affect Aylestone Road this weekend

  16 September 2020

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  ROAD users are being warned of likely disruption caused by sewer works beneath part of Aylestone Road which are due to begin this week.