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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.
28 February 2022
2 minute read
MALE victims of domestic abuse are being reminded that help is available for them through a new, high-profile awareness campaign.
28 February 2022
1 minute read
Leicester City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby says that Leicester is ready to welcome refugees fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
24 February 2022
4 minute read
COUNCILLORS in Leicester have voted unanimously to back proposals to award the Honorary Freedom of the City to Leicester City Football Club (LCFC).
24 February 2022
1 minute read
A NEW one-way traffic system is due to be brought in on several streets in parts of the city’s Wycliffe and Spinney Hills wards next month.
16 February 2022
1 minute read
MOTORISTS and bus users are advised to expect delays to their journeys tomorrow evening, ahead of Leicester City’s Europa Conference League tie against Randers FC.
15 February 2022
3 minute read
CITY councillors are being asked to back proposals to award the Honorary Freedom of the City to Leicester City Football Club (LCFC).
15 February 2022
3 minute read
PEOPLE who were at school in Leicester during the 1970s and 80s may be able to help a PhD student with her research into one of Leicester Museum & Art Gallery’s biggest global collections.
15 February 2022
2 minute read
PEOPLE are being invited to discover a new pop-up creative hub located in the heart of Leicester’s historic Church Gate.
14 February 2022
3 minute read
NEW measures are set to be tried out on neighbourhood streets in Knighton to help reduce traffic speeds and make it safer for children to get to school.
11 February 2022
3 minute read
A NEW training hub to help people build a career in the construction industry has launched in Leicester.
10 February 2022
2 minute read
WORK will get underway this month on part of an extensive conservation project aiming to protect and restore a major tributary of the River Soar in Leicester.
10 February 2022
2 minute read
A POP-UP museum at Leicester’s Highcross shopping centre next week will give youngsters the chance to create their own street scene model or make their dream car out of cardboard.
10 February 2022
3 minute read
FURTHER improvements are planned for two busy Leicester roads, as part of a government-backed programme of investment in sustainable transport across the city.
10 February 2022
1 minute read
A STRETCH of Leicester’s busy Melton Road will be closed for a few days this half term break to enable essential maintenance work to take place.
9 February 2022
3 minute read
NEW jobs for young people on Universal Credit are currently available with the city council as part of the Kickstart job creation programme.
9 February 2022
3 minute read
TIME is running out for people to make their voices heard in a consultation which proposes a range of measures to tackle rogue landlords and help safeguard tenants in communities across the city.
8 February 2022
3 minute read
MEN are being encouraged to talk to their friends about their feelings, as part of a campaign that aims to tackle the high levels of male suicide across Leicester and Leicestershire.
8 February 2022
2 minute read
A NEW exhibition at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery will form the centrepiece of a programme of events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the arrival in the UK of thousands of Ugandan Asians.
7 February 2022
2 minute read
LIBRARY users who have overdue books can return them for free this month – and can also take part in a customer survey.
3 February 2022
2 minute read
ALMOST £400,000 is to be spent on repairs and resurfacing work in two areas of Leicester over the coming weeks.
2 February 2022
2 minute read
GIRLS and women who are interested in a career in carpentry, plumbing, tiling or painting & decorating can take part in free taster sessions this half-term.
2 February 2022
2 minute read
WORK has started on major improvements to Leicester’s busy Saffron Lane as part of a major Government-backed programme of investment in Sustainable travel across the city.
1 February 2022
2 minute read
LEICESTER city centre will be lit up with some extraordinary artworks next month, with the return of a world-class festival first held in the city in 2020.