Leicester

Leicester's city councillors have voted to condemn Israel's government for its actions in the Palestine. City council members held a 70 minute debate on the issue at a full council meeting at the...

Nine city councillors were chased up for not paying their council tax on time, it has been revealed. City council officials say a number of politicians were late in paying the charges required in...

Plans for an £85 million secure college for young criminals are set to be approved. The Ministry of Justice wants to build the so-called fortified school next to Glen Parva Young Offender...

Workmen have been putting some of the final touches to Leicester's new Jubilee Square by planting trees. Around ten mature trees at being added to the £4 million plaza in St Nicholas' Place. ...

A television documentary watched by an audience millions of people on Monday night has been criticised for unjustly branding Leicester a 'divided city'. Channel Four's Make Leicester British took...

A new exhibition traces the massive changes that have transformed the lives of gays and lesbians in the UK. The display at the Newarke Houses Museum in The Newarke, Leicester, is part of a...

Leicester is among the 10 worst areas for child poverty in the UK with more than 26,500 city children living below the poverty line. The End Child Poverty campaign says nearly 40 per cent children...

Conservative David Tredinnick has become embroiled in a row about MPs' pay after appearing on national television to discuss yesterday's NHS strikes.
The Bosworth MP had been talking on Channel...

Labour Leicester city councillors are to propose a motion condemning the Israeli government for its actions in Palestine. Members of the authority's ruling group have called a debate on the Middle...

Opposition members are objecting to a proposal to 'shunt' their questions for Leicester's mayor to the end of a council meeting agenda. On Thursday the city council will at the Town Hall...

The £11 million restoration of Leicester City Council's headquarters is complete. Workers have been revamping the 1930s Art Deco municipal offices in Charles Street since the new year. While...

Keith Vaz has been named Labour MP of the year by an organisation that works to include people in politics. The Patchwork Foundation has chosen the Leicester East MP for the award from his party's...

An independent city councillor is to challenge Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby in next year's election. Councillor Barbara Potter has announced she will be standing as a mayoral candidate in...

A petition has been launched to complain about the 'traffic chaos and congestion' caused by Leicester mayor Sir Peter Soulsby's city centre schemes. Commuter Mark Radymski has started the online...

Leicester's deputy mayor has pledged to increase spending to improve and help prevent mental illness. Councillor Rory Palmer, chairman of the city's health and well being board, made the...

Hundreds of health workers from six unions took part in a four hour strike yesterday (Monday) morning. There were picket lines at the city's three main hospitals and outside most of the East...

Two dozen young people from around Leicester got together to sign a declaration stating that ISIS does not represent them or mainstream Islam. The group gathered at the Highfields Community...