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31 March 2022
1 minute read
CITY Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby has paid tribute to Simon Cole QPM, the former Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police whose death was announced yesterday (30 March).
30 March 2022
2 minute read
NEW trees have been planted in locations across a city neighbourhood as part of commemorations for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
29 March 2022
3 minute read
HEALTH professionals, dental teams, teachers, nursery staff, children’s centre workers and volunteers who are helping to improve oral health in Leicester are to be recognised in an awards scheme organised by Leicester City Council.
29 March 2022
2 minute read
WORKPLACES in Leicester & Leicestershire have been competing all month to see who can get the most staff to leave their cars at home – with a total of 82 employers and 550 participants taking up the challenge!
29 March 2022
2 minute read
A FUND-RAISING concert to help support the people of Ukraine is to be held at De Montfort Hall.
22 March 2022
2 minute read
PLANS for a new skatepark facility near Abbey Park have been announced.
22 March 2022
4 minute read
A HISTORIC road bridge on a busy route in Leicester is set to close to through traffic until early 2023 while essential maintenance and repair works are carried out.
18 March 2022
2 minute read
INITIAL ideas for a potential revamp of a popular shopping street in Leicester’s Clarendon Park area have been outlined by the city council.
17 March 2022
4 minute read
Stokes Wood Primary School in Leicester has won a prestigious national food award.
17 March 2022
2 minute read
A HOUSE that has have stood empty for over 12 years is set to be brought back into use.
16 March 2022
2 minute read
MAJOR schemes that make up more than £2 billion of private and public sector investment already made, or proposed in Leicester, can be seen in a new video.
16 March 2022
2 minute read
THE city council is calling on Leicester residents to set up direct debit payments to pay their council tax, to reduce delay in them receiving Government support of £150 to help with rising energy costs.
16 March 2022
2 minute read
VOLUNTEERS have joined their local councillor and parks staff to plant dozens of small fruit trees on a site that was used as allotments until the 1990s.
15 March 2022
2 minute read
CHILDREN and young people in Leicester who receive benefit-related free school meals are being invited to sign up now for a free programme of activities over the Easter holidays.
15 March 2022
2 minute read
A POCKET park close to Leicester railway station has been formally reopened after its £100,000 refurbishment.
10 March 2022
2 minute read
A PIONEERING Leicester special school has been awarded Advanced Autism Accreditation in recognition of its work to help children with a complex range of needs.
10 March 2022
1 minute read
PEOPLE living in Westcotes ward in Leicester are being invited to tell the city council about the things that they love about life in the area – and the things that they want to change.
9 March 2022
2 minute read
THE city council is calling on Leicester residents to set up direct debit payments to pay their council tax, to reduce delay in them receiving Government support of £150 to help with rising energy costs.
8 March 2022
1 minute read
MOTORISTS and bus users are advised to expect delays to their journeys on Thursday evening (10 March), ahead of Leicester City’s tie against Ligue 1 side Rennes.
8 March 2022
3 minute read
PLANS have been submitted for a major heritage project that will help restore Leicester’s Grand Hotel to its former glory.
8 March 2022
2 minute read
SMOKERS are being urged ‘not to give up on giving up’ this No Smoking Day.
3 March 2022
1 minute read
RESIDENTS living off Barkbythorpe Road are being warned of likely traffic disruption starting next week as housing developers close the road to lay new underground utilities.
3 March 2022
2 minute read
BUSINESS whose trade was affected by the surge in Omicron coronavirus cases have just over two more weeks to apply for a share of one of two grant schemes designed to help them.
2 March 2022
1 minute read
STREETS in residential areas across Leicester are due to benefit from almost quarter of a million pounds worth of resurfacing and repair work over the coming weeks.
2 March 2022
1 minute read
STEAM toys of all shapes and sizes will take centre stage at Leicester’s Abbey Pumping Station this weekend (Sunday 6 March).
2 March 2022
2 minute read
Local groups offered funding to raise confidence in Covid-19 vaccinations
2 March 2022
2 minute read
WORKPLACES in Leicester & Leicestershire are being pitted against each other for a fun challenge to see who can get the most staff to leave their cars at home.
1 March 2022
4 minute read
PEOPLE are being reminded to make their views heard in a public consultation on proposals for a Workplace Parking Levy (WPL) which runs for two more weeks.
1 March 2022
2 minute read
JOBSEEKERS looking for help finding employment can now benefit from specialist advice at Braunstone’s Brite Centre library.
1 March 2022
2 minute read
AN EXHIBITION created to mark the 80th anniversary of the ‘Leicester Blitz’ returns to the city’s Newarke Houses Museum this weekend.