January 2022

• Two new children's homes set to be created

  31 January 2022

  2 minute read

  TWO new children’s homes are set to be created by the city council to help boost the number of council-run homes for children and young people in care.

• Grants to support businesses hit by Omicron surge

  28 January 2022

  2 minute read

  TWO new grant schemes are offering support for hospitality, leisure and accommodation businesses whose trade was affected by the recent surge in Omicron coronavirus cases.

• Rewards on offer for choosing sustainable travel

  27 January 2022

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE in parts of Leicester who make a pledge to travel sustainably could be in with the chance of winning £250 worth of shopping vouchers, as well as book vouchers for schools.

• Traffic-calming and 20mph zone to be introduced in Spinney Hills

  27 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A NEW 20mph and traffic calming scheme is due to be put in place covering dozens of residential streets in Spinney Hills.

• Overnight road closures in link road construction scheme

  27 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of overnight works are due to take place next week on a major road project connecting Putney Road West to Aylestone Road and Saffron Lane.

• New ‘reuse’ shop opens at Leicester recycling site

  24 January 2022

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE with unwanted clothing, books, toys, bric a brac or household goods in good condition can now support a local charity by dropping them off at a Leicester recycling centre.

• People to have say on regeneration plans for site of former schools

  24 January 2022

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE who live and work in the Eyres Monsell area of Leicester are being asked for their views on plans to redevelop the site of two former schools for new housing

• Events mark Holocaust Memorial Day

  21 January 2022

  3 minute read

  THE SIX million Jews murdered by the Nazi regime and all those who have lost their lives in genocides will be remembered in Leicester next week, as countries around the world mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

• African Caribbean Centre could be run by community

  21 January 2022

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S popular African Caribbean Centre could be run by the local community in the future.

• Council announces proposed investments for the year ahead

  20 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A PACKAGE of wide-ranging investments in vital services and community facilities across Leicester has been set out in the city council’s draft capital spending programme for 2022.

• Knighton library gets £75,000 facelift

  20 January 2022

  1 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS have been made to Knighton Library as part of a £75,000 investment by the city council.

• 30 more landmarks added to list of Leicester’s architectural assets

  20 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A 19th century former hospital building, a fragment of Roman wall and three red post boxes dating back over a century are among 30 buildings and structures added to a list of Leicester’s local landmarks.

• Leicester joins cities in celebrating a World Reimagined

  18 January 2022

  3 minute read

  LEICESTER has been announced as one of seven UK cities that will host a national art education project this year that aims to transform understanding of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

• New innovations on the way at Leicester’s museums

  17 January 2022

  3 minute read

  A GALLERY that tells the stories of Leicester’s communities, opportunities to interact with dinosaurs, and an AR reconstruction of the medieval friary where King Richard III was buried are just some of the developments that visitors to Leicester’s museums can look forward to.

• Ward funding leads to new communal allotment plot in Aylestone

  13 January 2022

  2 minute read

  GARDENERS in Aylestone have teamed up with the city council to create a new communal allotment plot.

• Work to begin on Granby Street gateway revamp

  11 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A BUSY shopping street and main gateway between Leicester city centre and the railway station is set for a revamp, with work due to begin later this week.

• Pop-up ‘mini-Holland’ could be made permanent as part of £1.5m Braunstone Gate improvement scheme

  11 January 2022

  3 minute read

  A POP-UP scheme introduced to create more space for pedestrians and cyclists on a busy Leicester shopping street could be made permanent.

• Latest heritage information panels take their places in the city

  11 January 2022

  2 minute read

  A SERIES of 10 new heritage panels have been installed to tell the stories behind key historic and cultural sites across the city.

• Improvement work to begin at busy city road junction

  7 January 2022

  2 minute read

  TRAFFIC restrictions will be in place at a junction on a busy main road in Leicester from next week as part of a major highway improvement programme.

• Changes to be made to city’s recycling banks as public use drops

  7 January 2022

  2 minute read

  WORK to streamline and modernise Leicester’s network of recycling bank sites will get underway next month.

• £5million to be invested in improving two city estates

  6 January 2022

  2 minute read

  IMPROVEMENTS to public spaces in two Leicester neighbourhoods will be carried out thanks to a £5million investment over the next three years.

• Latest stage of Narborough Road street scene improvements to begin

  5 January 2022

  1 minute read

  THE next phase of a rolling programme to repair and improve pavements, street furniture and bollards along Narborough Road is due to get underway this weekend.