If you happen to walk the City's streets in the early mornings, this is what you'll see. Takeout packaging and uneaten food were scattered across the streets; these pictures were taken in the Market Street area of the city this morning around 6 a.m. Restaurant and takeaway owners should be required to fulfill their social and environmental responsibilities by cleaning the area outside their establishments, rather than depending on the City Council's street cleaning teams. In

A guide to some of the many free and low-cost family activities taking place in Leicester this summer is now available on the council’s website. The city’s museums have come up with a packed programme of special events, with activities taking place at Newarke Houses Museum every Wednesday – and with the Abbey Pumping Station opening its doors on both Mondays and Tuesdays during the school holidays. Leicester’s historic Guildhall will be hosting regular events too – including

A Film that features four local people whose lives are being changed by a coordinated programme of help and support will have its first public showing in Leicester tomorrow (Friday 10 July). The 30-minute film by Dear Albert focuses on the stories of Nina, Laura, Elise and Mark – individuals who have all experienced multiple disadvantage in their lives, such as homelessness, poor mental health, drug and/or alcohol dependency, contact with the criminal justice system, and dome

Ambitions to transform an underused area of a Leicester estate have reached an important milestone with the appointment of a construction partner. Following a competitive tendering exercise, Leicester City Council has selected Clegg Construction as its delivery partner for the major £18.8 million redevelopment of the Stocking Farm estate, in the north-west of the city. The city council has worked closely with the local community over recent years to shape proposals for the ar

Motorists are being advised that traffic restrictions will be in place on a busy Leicester road from next week as traffic calming measures are introduced. Leicester City Council will be closing part of Gipsy Lane, between its junctions with Northfield Road and Oliver Road, for up to seven weeks while works are carried out. The aim is to help reduce traffic speeds alongside North Mead Primary Academy and improve road safety for pedestrians and schoolchildren. Two existing 20mp

Trades at Leicester Market are to have their rents waived until the end of this year, as works to complete the new market square gather pace. City Mayor Peter Soulsby met with the traders’ representatives today (Wednesday) to warn them that disruption on site would be intensifying from next Monday (13 July), as work to install the market’s new electricity substation gets under way. Works to create an enclosure for the new substation at the rear of the Corn Exchange could take

Community leaders who are passionate about Leicester have been appointed to lead roles in the Government’s Pride in Place Programme (PiPP). The Government has selected three parts of Leicester – covering Braunstone Park West, Thurnby Lodge and Netherhall, and Eyres Monsell – to be part of the Programme, which will see £20 million invested in each area over the next ten years. The Programme represents a long-term investment in local communities and aims to ensure local voices

Work to replace a cracked glazed panel that covers the original burial site of King Richard III is to get under way on Wednesday (8 July). The king’s grave – formerly located in the choir of the long-gone Greyfriars Priory – is now part of Leicester’s award-winning King Richard III Visitor Centre and has been glazed over since the centre opened in 2014. A specialist team of contractors will remove the damaged glass and replace it with a new triple-glazed panel, working carefu

Plans to build a new electricity substation on a council-owned site in Leicester city centre have taken an important step forward. National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED) has agreed to purchase land and property at 52-58 Oxford Street from the city council. The purchase forms part of the energy company’s wider £5.3m investment to reinforce the city’s electricity network. The site has been earmarked for the development of a new primary substation site that will strengthe