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On your bike! Popular city e-bike scheme reveals new pricing
Santander Cycles Leicester has announced new prices to help residents and visitors make the most of the city’s e-bike scheme, with a...
Craig Thorpe
May 17, 20223 min read


Riverside Festival returns to Leicester Saturday 4 & Sunday 5 June
Leicester Riverside Festival returns on the first weekend in June. Spread over four areas this free two-day festival features fun on and...
Craig Thorpe
May 13, 20221 min read


Celebration of 70 years of dance to mark Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Leicester's Jubilee Square will be the setting for a spectacular celebration of dancing across seven decades as part of the Queen’s...
Craig Thorpe
May 12, 20222 min read


Leicester Museum celebrates all things 80s with new exhibition
Shellsuits, leg warmers, boomboxes and Peanut Treets are some of the items that will be fondly remembered in a new exhibition at...
Craig Thorpe
May 11, 20222 min read


Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay to visit Leicester as full England route revealed
The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay is confirmed to visit Leicester during its final journey through England this summer, as the full...
Craig Thorpe
May 11, 20224 min read


Try out Leicester’s e-bike scheme and ride like the Riders!
Basketball stars from the Leicester Riders are swapping hoops for wheels as they lend their backing to Santander Cycles Leicester, the...
Craig Thorpe
Apr 28, 20222 min read


Events will celebrate Sikh festival of Vaisakhi
Celebrations of a major religious festival are taking place in Leicester this weekend. The annual Vaisakhi festivities, which are marked...
Craig Thorpe
Apr 27, 20222 min read


Nomination deadline approaches for the Leicestershire’s Community and Business Platinum Jubilee Awar
Nomination deadline approaches for the Leicestershire’s Community and Business Platinum Jubilee Awards Organisations which have made a...
Craig Thorpe
Apr 26, 20221 min read


St George's Day event - St Peters School Community Crossing on London Road in Hinckley
Parents of St Peters School Hinckley, with the help and support of Michael Mullaney, yesterday Saturday 23rd April attended the St...
Craig Thorpe
Apr 24, 20221 min read


A dragon has been spotted in the city centre today.
Event festival News. England’s patron saint was celebrated in Leicester as the city’s annual St George’s Festival returned to Orton...
Craig Thorpe
Apr 23, 20221 min read


Free BikerDown! Training
Many motorcyclists ride in groups or pairs, so it is often the case that when one is involved in an accident the first person in...
Craig Thorpe
Apr 15, 20222 min read


Festival of family fun returns to mark St George’s Day
England’s patron saint will be celebrated in Leicester as the city’s annual St George’s Festival returns to Orton Square on Saturday 23rd...
Craig Thorpe
Apr 15, 20222 min read


Leicester’s Concert for Ukraine to take place at De Montfort Hall
A FUND-RAISING concert to help support the people of Ukraine is to be held at De Montfort Hall. The event, called Leicester’s Concert for...
Craig Thorpe
Mar 29, 20222 min read


Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Find out how you and your community can celebrate Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The traditional May bank holiday has be moved...
Craig Thorpe
Mar 15, 20222 min read


Expect delays ahead of European tie at the King Power stadium on Thursday
Motorists and bus users are advised to expect delays to their journeys on Thursday evening (10 March), ahead of Leicester City’s Europa...
Craig Thorpe
Mar 8, 20221 min read


The Midnight Run: Leicester 25th and 26th March
Nocturnal exploration of Leicester’s city centre A curious night time event awaits audience members as The Leicester Midnight Run...
Craig Thorpe
Mar 8, 20222 min read


Welford the Leicester Tigers mascot heading to Charnwood Museum to meet a famous stripy friend
The 'Tiger Who Came to Tea' exhibition receives a very exciting special guest this month There’s more than one tiger coming to tea at...
Craig Thorpe
Feb 9, 20222 min read


Bosworth Medieval Festival 2022 to go ahead in August
The hugely popular Bosworth Medieval Festival is to make a welcome return in August, following two years in which it didn’t go ahead due...
Craig Thorpe
Feb 4, 20222 min read


Return of the Brick
On 14/15 March 2020 the National Space Centre hosted its tenth annual weekend dedicated to LEGO©, an event that was overshadowed by talk...
Craig Thorpe
Feb 3, 20222 min read


Mastermind series 20 casting near you!
Hat Trick / Hindsight Productions are currently casting contestants for the next series of the BBC Two quiz show – Mastermind, which will...
Craig Thorpe
Jan 13, 20222 min read
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