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3 November 2021
3 minute read
PEOPLE with tickets for Leicester’s Bonfire Night celebrations are being asked to take a quick COVID-19 test before attending the event at Abbey Park on Saturday (6 November).
2 November 2021
5 minute read
PEOPLE planning on joining Leicester’s Diwali Day celebrations are being asked to take a quick COVID-19 test before attending the event on Thursday (4 November) – and to take another test before returning to their workplace or school.
2 November 2021
3 minute read
A STUNNING Grade II* listed building in Leicester city centre has secured a £750k grant to carry out urgent work to save its roof.
1 November 2021
3 minute read
PEOPLE are being asked their views on major new proposals to expand the area in which the city council can control the number of homes being converted to Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).
1 November 2021
4 minute read
AMBITIOUS plans have been announced to vastly improve bus services, vehicles and routes across Leicester as part of a 10-year project involving the city council and local bus operators.
1 November 2021
2 minute read
A MAJOR planned development project on land near the National Space Centre has received over £19million of funding to enable work to go ahead.
29 October 2021
1 minute read
TRAFFIC restrictions will be in place at a busy junction for up to four weeks as part of an ongoing programme of road improvements.
29 October 2021
2 minute read
PLANS to redevelop a cluster of heritage buildings into a home for creative businesses in Leicester city centre have received a boost from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund.
29 October 2021
4 minute read
LEICESTER is set to increase its fleet of zero emission, all-electric buses with almost 100 new vehicles over the next three years, it has been announced.
28 October 2021
2 minute read
AMBITIOUS plans to transform the entrance to Leicester’s historic railway station have been given a major boost with the award of almost £18million of Government funding.
28 October 2021
3 minute read
RUNNERS will be taking to the city’s streets this weekend with the return of the Leicester Half Marathon.
27 October 2021
1 minute read
TWO Diwali-themed events taking place this weekend will offer visitors different ways to celebrate.
27 October 2021
2 minute read
A MAJOR revamp of an important shopping street in Leicester city centre has reached a milestone, with the reinstatement of over 200 commemorative bricks.
26 October 2021
2 minute read
LEICESTER residents are being asked to take part in an important new survey being carried out by the city council.
26 October 2021
2 minute read
COMMUNITIES across Leicester and Leicestershire are being urged to get involved to help prevent food and household waste this Halloween.
26 October 2021
2 minute read
LEICESTER’S libraries have joined forces with Jobcentre Plus to provide people with increased access to job-seeking support at the heart of the city’s neighbourhoods.
20 October 2021
3 minute read
VISITORS to this weekend’s Diwali lights switch-on in Belgrave are being encouraged to walk, cycle or use public transport instead of driving to attend the world-famous festivities.
20 October 2021
3 minute read
A PROGRAMME of work to improve facilities at three sports centres across Leicester has been put forward.
20 October 2021
2 minute read
PEOPLE can give their views on council plans for an important new conservation area close to Leicester city centre.
20 October 2021
2 minute read
PEOPLE living in the Aylestone Park area of Leicester are being asked for their views on a range of proposed measures to address problems with parking in residential streets.
19 October 2021
2 minute read
THE MAMMOTH task of installing the twinkling lights and the colourful garlands that will decorate Leicester city centre this Christmas gets under way this week.
19 October 2021
2 minute read
A SCRAP metal firm and its director have been fined a total of more than £16,000 after trading from a site without a licence.
18 October 2021
2 minute read
LEICESTER City Council is facing the prospect of huge budget cuts within 18 months, big council tax rises – or both – it was announced today.
18 October 2021
1 minute read
NEW facilities that will benefit children and young people are being proposed as part of a £500,000 refurbishment of a city play area.
15 October 2021
3 minute read
LEICESTER is getting ready to celebrate the festival of Diwali – and it all starts next Sunday (24 October).
14 October 2021
2 minute read
HARVEST will be coming to Leicester’s Abbey Pumping Station Museum next week with a fun-packed day of activities for all ages focusing on the joys of growing your own food.
14 October 2021
2 minute read
A CONSULTATION has been launched to ask people how they think Leicester’s African Caribbean Centre should be run.
14 October 2021
1 minute read
PLANS to build new council homes in the New Parks area of Leicester have had a boost with the award of over £440,000 of government cash.
14 October 2021
2 minute read
PEOPLE who live and work in the Stocking Farm area of Leicester are being asked for their view on developing ideas to regenerate the area.
13 October 2021
2 minute read
PEOPLE in communities across Leicester are being encouraged to sign up for a new training course designed to help identify, report and tackle hate crime.
13 October 2021
1 minute read
A MAPLE tree will be planted at a Leicester school this week as part of plans to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
13 October 2021
2 minute read
A powerful short film aimed at encouraging more foster carers to come forward has been released.
13 October 2021
2 minute read
MAJOR street improvements are planned to revitalise a forgotten link between Leicester’s Cultural Quarter and an important gateway into the city centre.
12 October 2021
2 minute read
CHANGES are being proposed to create a fairer and more transparent way to ensure mainstream schools are able to provide support for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
12 October 2021
3 minute read
A community project telling the stories of Leicester’s Black community has opened at the African Caribbean Centre.
8 October 2021
2 minute read
A SENIOR city councillor has welcomed the £3.4million of funding that will help ensure that those on the lowest incomes won’t be cold in Leicester this winter.
7 October 2021
2 minute read
NEW heritage panels have been installed telling stories from Leicester’s diverse communities.
7 October 2021
2 minute read
RESURFACING work will take place in two major arterial roads in the city during the forthcoming October half-term holidays.
6 October 2021
3 minute read
FIVE trainees in the city council’s highways team have successfully completed their Level 2 Apprenticeship qualifications in highways maintenance.
4 October 2021
2 minute read
A NEW COVID-19 testing facility for people with symptoms of the virus has opened in Leicester city centre.
4 October 2021
2 minute read
HORTICULTURAL volunteers across Leicester – whose projects and groups have thrived despite the challenges of the pandemic – have won Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) awards for their efforts.
1 October 2021
3 minute read
SCHOOLS across Leicester have received awards for their efforts to put environmental sustainability and locally-grown food at the heart of their work.
1 October 2021
1 minute read
FREE, open-to-all events will be taking place across the city next week to mark national Libraries Week, covering topics including crime writing, poetry and the Black Lives Matter movement.
30 September 2021
2 minute read
AN experimental traffic scheme to tackle commuter parking in a Leicester neighbourhood is now being extended to cover more streets.
29 September 2021
3 minute read
‘You are not alone’ is the message being sent to victims of domestic abuse as part of a new campaign launched today in Leicester.
29 September 2021
3 minute read
New life-saving defibrillators have been installed at three community sites across Beaumont Leys following work by ward councillors with support from a local heart charity.
28 September 2021
2 minute read
PART of Leicester’s busy inner ring road will be subject to overnight closures for up to ten days from next week for essential resurfacing works.
22 September 2021
2 minute read
A YOUTH club in Eyres Monsell is seeking the public’s support for a project that aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people of all ages in the area.
22 September 2021
2 minute read
A MAJOR plan that guides the management of Leicester’s ‘urban forest’ has been formally reviewed – two and a half years after it was first launched.
22 September 2021
2 minute read
A KEY policy guiding Leicester City Council’s approach to protecting and improving the environment has been updated to reflect the city’s response to the climate emergency.
22 September 2021
2 minute read
A FORMER youth centre in Leicester is to be leased to an award-winning social enterprise which plans to open a new store in the city.