The Newsroom
Vote on rebranding to Leicester Gazette and expansion
Should we change our name, and expand into Leicestershire?
Environment
13 articles
Inside Leicester
The council-backed scheme aiming to reduce carbon emissions
Plus: Infected blood victim wants compensation 'clarity'.
Inside Leicester
Council pledge to improve air quality in five year plan
Plus: Number of homeless children in the county reaches an all-time high
Inside Leicester
Calls for Knighton residents' views on traffic enforcement
Plus: Covid-19 Public Inquiry finds that UK was 'failed' by government’s Covid response that saw Leicester locked down the longest.
Environment
Residents plea to Labour MPs over health impacts of cold homes
Plus: Mett Centre set to close, Seyi Omooba loses appeal and Green Party’s shock withdrawal.
Inside Leicester
Climate protesters rally outside insurance company's Leicester offices
Plus: break-ins across east Leicester, new homes at Western Park and turmoil at LRI.
Environment
Is fast fashion coming to an end? A glimpse at Leicester's slow fashion revolution
Plus: Holocaust Memorial Day, Leicester's hospitals and the River Soar flood clean-up.
Environment
Storm Henk: National charity arrives in Leicester to provide aid to flood victims
Plus: Green Dragon Square, homelessness surge, and a new 20mph speed limit.
Politics
Council publishes "ambitious" draft Climate Emergency Action Plan
Plus Remembrance Day, Diwali, and ash trees in Highway Spinney
Environment
The buzz won't stop: Leicester Forest East residents fight against flies
For the past five years, year on year, Leicester Forest East has been hit with a swarm of flies. Now, residents have had enough.
Environment
How one resident faced the sudden onslaught of floodwaters
In June, Leicester saw the impact of the climate crisis after intense flash floodings affected homes, roads, and businesses.
Solutions
The community benefit of markets
With the upcoming closure of Beaumont Leys market in Leicester, we look at how the local community will miss out.
Solutions
The Beans: Sean Roy Parker’s exhibition comes to Leicester
There is a well-known phrase that says: “If you shake a Leicester man by his collar, you will hear the beans rattle in his belly.” This was because Leicestershire people realised how easy and efficient it was to grow beans for themselves and their families.
