April 2024

• Stroll into spring with this year’s Walk Leicester Festival

  30 April 2024

  2 minute read

  A MONTH-long festival to encourage more people to enjoy the great outdoors and explore their local area on foot, gets underway this week.

• Join Lord Mayor on a charity walk of the city’s stadiums

  30 April 2024

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE are being invited join the Lord Mayor of Leicester on a charity walk of the city’s sporting stadiums next month.

• National Treasures scheme brings Renoir masterpiece to Leicester

  25 April 2024

  3 minute read

  PREPARATIONS are under way for one of the world’s most iconic Impressionist paintings to take pride of place at Leicester Museum and Art Gallery from next month.

• New online guide offers ideas and advice on cutting carbon

  25 April 2024

  1 minute read

  A NEW online guide to actions people can take to help Leicester in its response to the climate emergency is now available.

• Cleaner, greener BookBus starts its story in Leicester

  19 April 2024

  1 minute read

  CHILDREN at a primary school in Leicester have this week become the first to enjoy a visit from the city’s brand new, zero-emission BookBus.

• Improvements planned for city’s historic cycleway

  18 April 2024

  4 minute read

  A CYCLEWAY in Leicester that was first laid out in the 1930s is to be repaired and improved by the city council.

• More than 96% of children get their first choice of primary school

  16 April 2024

  1 minute read

  TODAY (16 April) is National Offer Day when children up and down the country learn which primary school they will attend from the 2024/25 academic year.

• Leicester obtains £1.7m to accommodate rough sleepers

  12 April 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER has obtained more than £1.7m of Government funding to provide additional accommodation and support for rough sleepers in the city.

• Have your say to help make space for nature

  10 April 2024

  1 minute read

  City residents are being asked to help shape an ambitious new nature strategy for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

• City gets ready for St George’s Day Festival

  10 April 2024

  3 minute read

  THE FEAST of St George will be celebrated in Leicester this month – and this year there’s a brand new location for the annual festival.

• More data published following Leicester cyber-attack

  9 April 2024

  1 minute read

  Leicester City Council says more data stolen during recent cyber-attack has been published.

• Cyber incident update: 3 April 2024

  3 April 2024

  2 minute read

  The city council's strategic director of city developments and neighbourhoods has provided an update on the cyber incident that was identified on 7 March.