2024

• Main council services back online following cyber incident

  28 March 2024

  1 minute read

  MOST of the city council’s main service portals are now back online, following the cyber incident that forced the council to shut down its systems on 7 March.

• Wild Space gallery to close ahead of museum’s café plans

  28 March 2024

  2 minute read

  A GALLERY at Leicester’s flagship museum that’s dedicated to the mammals, birds and reptiles of the animal kingdom will be closing next week.

• Last chance for discounted fees in landlord licensing scheme

  28 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LANDLORDS needing to apply for licences as part a scheme to improve private sector rented housing have until next month to benefit from discounted fees.

• Find free family fun at city’s libraries and museums this Easter

  22 March 2024

  2 minute read

  THERE’S lots going on in Leicester during the Easter break, with a programme of events at city council venues that are mostly low-cost or free of charge.

• Cyber incident update: 19 March 2024

  19 March 2024

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council is continuing to recover from the cyber incident that led it to shut down its phone lines and IT systems on Thursday 7 March.

• Council confirms funding position for adventure playgrounds

  19 March 2024

  2 minute read

  THE CITY council has confirmed it will continue to fund Leicester’s adventure playgrounds for the next financial year (2024/25).

• Improvement work to begin at busy city road junction

  19 March 2024

  2 minute read

  WORKS to improve highways and repair road surfaces at a busy junction on the A6 in Leicester are set to get under way later this month.

• ‘Procession in Bali’ inspires new exhibition at Leicester Museum

  18 March 2024

  1 minute read

  A NEW exhibition inspired by a painting in Leicester Museum & Art Gallery’s collection will open this weekend, bringing the colours of Bali to New Walk.

• Frog Island resurfacing works planned for Easter break

  18 March 2024

  2 minute read

  RESURFACING work is due to be carried out on a busy road through Leicester’s Waterside area over the schools’ Easter break.

• Leicester’s network of Tiny Forests continues to grow

  15 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’S network of Tiny Forests is continuing to grow thanks to a partnership between the city council and a leading environmental charity.

• Government funding boost for road maintenance in Leicester

  14 March 2024

  2 minute read

  TWO of Leicester’s busiest roads are set to benefit from major investment in repairs and resurfacing thanks to additional Government funding.

• Council in ‘recovery phase’ after cyber incident

  13 March 2024

  1 minute read

  THE CYBER incident that led the city council to shut down its IT systems last Thursday (7 March) could continue to disrupt council services for at least two weeks, according to the director who’s leading the council’s recovery.

• Bus lane camera enforcement to begin on three key routes

  12 March 2024

  2 minute read

  BUS lane enforcement is due to begin on three busy Leicester roads next month.

• Neighbourhood improvements continue along Narborough Road

  12 March 2024

  2 minute read

  THE NEXT phase in a rolling programme of repairs and improvements to pavements and road surfaces along Narborough Road will get under way this weekend.

• Resurfacing works to take place in Leicester neighbourhoods this month

  12 March 2024

  2 minute read

  A PROGRAMME of repairing and resurfacing streets in neighbourhoods across Leicester is due to take place over the coming weeks.

• Council expects IT shutdown to continue until at least midweek

  11 March 2024

  1 minute read

  Leicester City Council says it will take at least until the middle of this week before it can get its IT systems and phone lines up and running, after it was forced to shut them down last Thursday following a cyber incident.

• City’s new grassland plan wins national award for innovation

  11 March 2024

  2 minute read

  A NEW plan to manage Leicester’s urban green spaces in ways that benefit the environment and help nature thrive has won a national award for innovation.

• Funding secured for natural flood management scheme

  11 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER is to receive £834,000 of Government cash to help tackle flood risk using nature-based solutions. 

• City council IT system shut down as precaution due to cyber incident

  8 March 2024

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER City Council IT systems and phones lines have been temporarily shut down as a precaution while a cyber incident is investigated.

• Traffic advice ahead of funeral of local religious leader

  7 March 2024

  1 minute read

  MOTORISTS are being advised of possible traffic disruption in parts of the city due to the funeral of a local religious leader.

• International street art festival returns to Leicester

  5 March 2024

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER is getting set to welcome thousands of visitors for the return of the award-winning Bring The Paint street art festival.

• City Mayor joins calls for Government to extend help to poorest households

  5 March 2024

  2 minute read

  LEICESTER’s City Mayor has joined council leaders from across the country calling on the Government to rethink its plans to end a vital financial lifeline to the least well-off families.

• Demolition team starts revamp of Leicester Market

  4 March 2024

  2 minute read

  THE FIRST stage in the ambitious transformation of Leicester’s historic market will get under way this week.

• Record number of pupils receive offers of a city secondary school

  1 March 2024

  1 minute read

  THOUSANDS of children will be offered places at Leicester secondary schools today – with a record number of children being offered a year 7 place at a city school.

• Leicester 10k race takes to the city’s streets

  28 February 2024

  1 minute read

  MOTORISTS are being warned of possible traffic disruption this weekend due to a major sporting event’s return to the city.

• New powers will see council tackle moving traffic offences at key junctions

  16 February 2024

  2 minute read

  WORK to prepare two key city centre junctions for new powers to tackle traffic offences and improve congestion is getting underway.

• Half-term roadworks due to begin

  13 February 2024

  1 minute read

  Road repairs are being carried out over the half-term holidays on a busy Leicester street.

• Council plan for new industrial units on former office site gets go-ahead

  13 February 2024

  2 minute read

  PLANS to build new, low carbon industrial units on the site of former council offices is set to get under way.

• City council offers lots of free and low-cost half-term fun

  13 February 2024

  4 minute read

  LEICESTER’S libraries, museums and children’s centres are among the council venues offering families lots of days out that won’t break the bank this half-term.

• Leicester libraries launch new app

  13 February 2024

  1 minute read

  A NEW app for Leicester library members is now available to download, making a catalogue of thousands of titles available to browse with a few taps on a smartphone.

• Work begins to make space for railway station revamp

  9 February 2024

  4 minute read

  AN AMBITIOUS plan to transform Leicester’s historic railway station and restore its hidden Victorian façade has taken an important step forward.

• Showcase for autistic artists extended

  8 February 2024

  1 minute read

  AN eye-catching museum exhibition showcasing the talents of three local autistic artists has been extended until March 2024.

• St George’s Day festival moves to new site for 2024

  8 February 2024

  1 minute read

  PLANS are taking shape for Leicester’s St George’s Day festival, with a new location – and a new format – for the popular event in 2024.

• Arctic visitor will take centre stage at free Doorstep Museum events

  2 February 2024

  1 minute read

  TWO Leicester libraries are gearing up for a special Arctic visitor as part of a new Doorstep Museum roadshow.

• Visitors shed light on Leicester’s photographic history

  25 January 2024

  2 minute read

  MORE than 15,000 visitors have so far explored an exhibition blending archive photographs and paintings of Leicester in the first six weeks of its opening.

• Work under way to renovate tennis courts on city parks

  25 January 2024

  2 minute read

  WORK is well under way to renovate seven of the city council’s parks-based tennis courts as part of a £420,000 transformation.

• City marks Holocaust Memorial Day

  24 January 2024

  1 minute read

  LEICESTER is set to remember those killed in genocides around the world at this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day.

• Netball players team up to plant trees

  22 January 2024

  1 minute read

  MEMBERS of a local netball team have joined Leicester City Council’s environmental rangers to plant dozens of small trees.

• Bridge works due to begin

  22 January 2024

  1 minute read

  MAJOR refurbishment work is due to take place on a road bridge in New Parks.

• Events coming up at Newarke Houses Museum

  22 January 2024

  2 minute read

  STORIES from the Leicester road that dates from Roman times and is now one of the most ethnically-diverse shopping streets in the country will be told in a new exhibition at Newarke Houses Museum.

• Have your say on new climate emergency action plan

  19 January 2024

  3 minute read

  THERE’S still time for people to have their say on the next phase in Leicester’s aim to become a net zero and climate-ready city.

• Work starts to make Granby Street pop-up pedestrian scheme permanent

  18 January 2024

  2 minute read

  WORK to further improve a busy shopping street and important gateway into Leicester City Centre is due to get underway.

• Get involved in review over taxi age policy

  18 January 2024

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE have a chance to give their views on proposals to change some of the age restrictions on vehicles which can be used as taxis in Leicester.

• Re-cladding work to start at Phoenix Square

  12 January 2024

  2 minute read

  Work is due to begin on re-cladding a landmark Leicester building.

• History of Narborough Road celebrated in two exhibitions

  12 January 2024

  4 minute read

  STORIES from the Leicester street that dates from Roman times and is now one of the most ethnically-diverse roads in the country will be told in two exhibitions later this month.

• Council to review historic conservation area

  12 January 2024

  2 minute read

  PEOPLE can give their views on how the special character of one of Leicester’s 25 designated conservation areas should be preserved or enhanced.

• Traffic restrictions in place as improvement scheme progresses

  5 January 2024

  2 minute read

  MOTORISTS are being advised that traffic restrictions will be in place on a busy Leicester route as work on a major road improvement scheme continues.

• Report sets out financial pressure on city’s homelessness services

  3 January 2024

  3 minute read

  A HUGE rise in the number of people facing homelessness in Leicester means the city council is facing extra budgetary pressures of up to £54million.