July 2021

• Council explores potential uses of Haymarket Theatre

  30 July 2021

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  POTENTIAL future uses for Leicester’s Haymarket Theatre are being explored by the city council.

• Time to play in Town Hall Square

  29 July 2021

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  YOUNG visitors to Leicester city centre can celebrate National Playday next week by taking part in a day of fun – and free – activities. 

• Free pedal-powered fun at the Ride Leicester Festival

  29 July 2021

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  A WHOLE month’s worth of free, inclusive cycling events will be taking place across the city throughout August as the Ride Leicester Festival freewheels into town.

• Prizes on offer for Cycle To Work Day

  29 July 2021

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  LEICESTER people are being encouraged to take to their bikes on Thursday 5 August for Cycle To Work Day, and be in with a chance of winning some prizes.

• River restoration project awarded Green Recovery Challenge Funding

  28 July 2021

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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.

• Sign up for summer learning at Bishopdale Adult Learning Hub

  15 July 2021

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  A WARM and welcoming place where people can meet and learn new skills is reopening in Leicester next week.

• Diverse memories of Leicester sought for major new exhibition

  15 July 2021

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  PEOPLE from all of Leicester’s diverse communities are being asked to share their memories of the city for a major new exhibition.

• City’s recovery boosted by £365k for summer and Christmas events

  13 July 2021

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  A PROGRAMME of festivals and events will help Leicester’s economy bounce back this year, with small-scale, COVID-safe events encouraging people back into the city centre.

• City museums now open for free summer fun

  12 July 2021

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  LEICESTER’S museums are open once again – just in time for the school holidays.

• Book your jab before the final whistle

  9 July 2021

  2 minute read

  AS THE clock runs down on Euro 2020 and the government roadmap, joint chiefs across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland are getting behind the latest push for people to get their COVID vaccine.

• New knife crime strategy launched in Leicester

  9 July 2021

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  AN INNOVATIVE new knife crime strategy that has been designed by and for local communities is being launched in Leicester.

• Changes to city’s network of pop-up cycle lanes and social-distancing measures

  9 July 2021

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  ALTERATIONS are due to be made to a citywide network of pop-up safe cycling, walking, and social-distance measures which were introduced during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.

• Work to begin on new Putney Road link road scheme

  8 July 2021

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  A NEW road scheme designed to tackle congestion and create a shorter route between two of the city’s busiest arterial roads is to get underway next week.

• Leicester’s Bookbus service to go electric

  8 July 2021

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  LEICESTER’S Bookbus service is to go electric as part of the city council’s commitment to tackling the climate emergency.

• New 20mph zone to be installed in Rushey Mead

  7 July 2021

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  DOZENS of residential streets in Rushey Mead are to be included in a new 20mph zone aimed at cutting traffic speeds and improving safety.

• Experimental scheme will close rat-running route

  7 July 2021

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  A JUNCTION used by ran-running motorists to cut through a residential area of the city is to be partly closed to traffic in an experimental scheme to improve road safety.

• Sign up now for holiday scheme for children on free school meals

  6 July 2021

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  CHILDREN and young people in Leicester who receive free school meals are being invited to sign up for a free programme of activities over the summer holidays.

• City’s history brought to life in latest batch of heritage panels

  6 July 2021

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  THE ONE–TIME home of a famous Leicester family, the site of Leicester’s Art Deco dairy, and the story of Leicester’s very own Statue of Liberty are all featured on new heritage panels produced by the city council.

• Funding gives more people the chance to try ebikes

  5 July 2021

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  The city and county councils in Leicester and Leicestershire have linked up with the Department for Transport to offer residents the chance to try getting around on electric bikes.

• Final phase of Welford Road corridor improvement programme to begin

  1 July 2021

  3 minute read

  THE last stage of a major programme of road resurfacing and improvement works in and around one of the main routes into Leicester is due to start at the end of next week.

• Owners notified of next stage to make safe collapsing wall

  1 July 2021

  2 minute read

  OWNERS of a wall in Halstead Street, Leicester, are being updated on work needed to protect lives and properties from the six-metre high wall which is at risk of collapse.