Abbey Corner Bridge to be repaired
The Leicester Mercury has reported that the historic, 1878, Grade II listed Abbey Corner Bridge is to be repaired. It means a long closure for Abbey Park Road but it…
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Global Leicester History Festival
On Saturday 2 April 2022 9.45am – 5.15pm De Montfort University, Leicester and the Historical Association are running a day long festival ‘Global Leicester’ is a History festival to celebrate…
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Millionaire landlord told ‘demolish flats by July or go to jail for 4 months’
It seems that a Leicester developer has pushed his luck too far with the courts and the City Council’s planning control team. Leicester Civic Society hopes that if a developer…
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Pedestrianisation of Braunstone Gate – A Good Idea?
Businesses are split over whether a plan to permanently prioritise cyclists and pedestrians over traffic on their street will attract shoppers or drive them away. A temporary scheme to most…
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Annual Christmas Walk: Faith and Belief – Worship in Leicester Then and Now
Yesterday Peter Jones and Leigh Picciano Moss got our walks programme underway. It has been a long time but the walk was well attended (over subscribed showing that we are…
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