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2d ago·1 min read·191 words

Further dates announced for SEN school strike over suspended staff member

Staff at a Leicester SEN school are to escalate strike action amid growing calls to reinstate a colleague currently under investigation

4d ago·3 min read·549 words

Reform bosses attempted ‘work from home crackdown’ in 'secret meetings'

According to union officials Reform bosses attempted to try and 'crack down' on council staff working from home in 'secret meetings'

5d ago·5 min read·997 words

Reform county council leader reelected

Plus: Leicester is set to get a new Send school

5d ago·4 min read·791 words

New Leicester SEND school opening next month

Work has been progressing at pace at a new special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) school in Leicester city centre

6d ago·4 min read·684 words

Energy efficiency rules could force charity out of building it has occupied for decades

A Leicestershire charity could be kicked out of a building it has occupied for decades due to rules around energy efficiency and net zero

May 29·6 min read·1147 words

Officers investigating environmental crime scene as piles of rubbish dumped

Leicester City Council is investigating an environmental crime scene as piles of furniture were dumped under a city bridge

May 29·3 min read·440 words

‘I did not choose to be disabled’ – criticism over ‘discriminatory’ council tax rules

A Leicester woman claims controversial changes to council tax rules continue to discriminate against disabled people

May 26·4 min read·757 words

Reform leader re-elected despite calls for others to take charge

Reform’s Dan Harrison has been re-elected as the leader of Leicestershire County Council despite calls for others to step forward and take charge

May 25·4 min read·704 words

Restore councillor sanctioned after bullying residents

Plus: Plans to roll out private security wardens faces scrutiny

May 25·4 min read·656 words

‘Much-needed’ flats for homeless people sit empty

A year after Leicester City Council spent more than £10m on student flats for the homeless, the city centre building is still sitting empty

May 23·4 min read·730 words

Hinckley to get new council as ‘democratic deficit’ would hit the town

Hinckley will get a new town council after councillors agreed there would be a ‘democratic deficit’ following the abolition of the borough council

May 23·3 min read·411 words

Playground says Soulsby's £2m funding package actually means major budget cuts

One playground says the funding package now being offered by the council represents a cut of more than 50 per-cent

May 22·6 min read·1015 words

City mayor intervenes in Palestine flag dispute, says officers “overreacted”

The flag has reportedly been hung from the National Education Union’s (NEU) office, overlooking the Town Hall Square, for five years

May 22·3 min read·510 words

PCC plans to roll out £2m security wardens to towns – but policing boss calls it a ‘bad idea’

Ashby, Coalville, Market Harborough, Loughborough, Melton, Oakham and Uppingham could benefit from the proposed plans, which could cost £2m

May 22·6 min read·1087 words

This Leicestershire parish council is said to be ‘paralysed’ and stuck ‘in limbo’

Witherley Parish Council has never been shy of controversy - now ‘no one will touch them’

May 21·7 min read·1270 words

Councillor sanctioned after accusing residents of being ‘anti-British’ over St. George flags

A Leicestershire councillor who accused residents of being “anti-British” and “far-left extremists” has been sanctioned

May 21·6 min read·1068 words

A look back at our 2026 AGM

Every year Gazette members get together to decide the paper's future

May 21·6 min read·1041 words

Come to our AGM and birthday party

There will be free food, live music, and good fun all 'round

May 18·4 min read·672 words

Restore councillor ‘failed to treat public with respect’

Plus: Leicester ranks below the national average of a healthy life expectancy

May 11·1 min read·20 words

PCC forced to U-turn on policing precept after being vetoed

Leicestershire's police commissioner has announced he will increase the policing precept to the maximum amount. It was previously voted down by councillors

Feb 19·1 min read·32 words

There's still life in the Ivanhoe Line despite council doubts

Campaigners fighting to restore the Ivanhoe Line have hit back after a senior county councillor said the project was “dead”

Feb 18·1 min read·30 words

MP calls for better police communication following stabbing ‘rumour mill’

It follows the death of De Montfort University (DMU) student Kahleed Oladipo

Feb 17·1 min read·22 words

Leicester Market has a rich past. Does it have a future?

Once upon a time, people would come to Leicester market to turn a profit. But what’s it like today? Here's what the traders had to say

Feb 17·1 min read·37 words

Campaign to keep ‘vital’ Send nurseries open takes step forward

A campaign to keep “vital” special-needs nurseries open has taken a step forward

Feb 16·1 min read·23 words

DMU holds vigil to remember student stabbing victim

Plus: Just two candidates go head-to-head at Stoneygate hustings

Feb 16·1 min read·17 words

Union enters dispute with council over ‘systemic risks to most vulnerable’

A union is in dispute with Leicestershire County Council over controversial Send plans it claims will create a “systemic risk to the most vulnerable children”.

Feb 15·1 min read·36 words

Just two candidates go head-to-head at Stoneygate hustings

There were six empty chairs at an event organised by Active Muslims Leicester

Feb 15·1 min read·21 words

Over 100 gather for vigil to remember Khaleed Oladipo

Crowds gathered to remember De Montfort University's student Khaleed Oladipo, who was fatally stabbed

Feb 13·1 min read·23 words

The candidates you can vote for in the Stoneygate byelection

The race to fill a vacant seat on Leicester City Council has begun, with eight candidates standing in the Stoneygate byelection

Feb 12·1 min read·31 words

Council leader urges Reform UK to expel Joseph Boam

The leader of Leicestershire County Council has urged Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice to remove the whip from fellow party member Joseph Boam

Feb 11·1 min read·33 words

Government launches seven-week consultation for ‘once-in-a-generation’ council plan

The government is seeking the views of Leicestershire residents on a council shake-up in what’s being described as a “historic moment”

Feb 11·1 min read·29 words

Ivanhoe train line revival is ‘dead’

Pleas to restore Leicestershire’s Ivanhoe Line have “fallen on deaf ears”, local officials have warned

Feb 10·1 min read·21 words

Help provide life-saving bleed kits

Plus: Meet the notorious 14th century Folville family

Feb 9·1 min read·13 words

City council shuts down review into unfinished homelessness compensation case

Leicester City Council has voted not to escalate concerns over its refusal to fully compensate a homeless man

Feb 8·1 min read·28 words

Fiery debate sees Reform police commissioner’s budget rejected

A fiery debate saw the Leicestershire police and crime commissioner’s budget unanimously rejected by a cross-party panel of councillors

Feb 6·1 min read·27 words

Meet the notorious 14th century Folville family

The Folville brothers caused havoc and mayhem in Leicestershire for over a decade

Feb 5·1 min read·20 words

Politicians join fight to protect vulnerable Send children

'Serious concerns' have been raised over proposed closures to Send nurseries

Feb 5·1 min read·19 words