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Quickest Theatre Festival in the World Arrives in Leicester

From The Y:
Join us at The Y for this fantastic opportunity to witness what happens when we throw together local and regional professional artists under one roof to write, direct, rehearse and perform 14 new plays in only 48 hours!
This year The Y is proud to be working in partnership with 14/48 Seattle and is joined by its [...]

Dolly Rockits Hope to Batter London in Roller Derby

Leicester’s roller derby team looking for win against London
The might of London roller derby comes to Leicester on Saturday 1 June, when London Rollergirls’ C-team Batter C Power takes on Leicester’s Dolly Rockit Rollers at the Midlands Roller Arena, Lutterworth.
London Rollergirls are a dominant force in UK roller derby, with their A- and B-teams ranked [...]

How Metal Works: let me compute the ways – Free Lecture

Professor Hongbiao Dong, from the Department of Engineering, will give a free public lecture entitled ‘How Metal Works – Let me Compute the Ways’ at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 21 May.
The lecture will explain, through case studies, how to develop models for metal processing and how these can be used to simulate metal [...]

Summer Fayre for Coping With Cancer

Summer Fayre: Saturday 18th May 10am – 1pm
Just a quick reminder that it’s our Summer Fayre on Saturday 18th May at Helen Webb House from 10am to 1pm. We’ve got a great selection of stalls for you to browse round in our main hall, plus there will be a bric-a-brac sale in our reception area [...]

Video of Leicester Dambusters Commemoration Service

Today, at 12 noon on Wednesday May 15, the Royal Air Force Association and members of the general public gathered in Victoria Park in Leicester to commemorate the seventieth anniversary of the dambusters raid of World War II and to remember the fifty three airmen of 617 Squadron who lost their lives.
See a video of the service [...]

O2 Think Big Visit The Newsroom

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First Spark Festival Fun For Under Fives

The Spark Festival returns to Leicester between 29 May until 9 June and there are lots of shows especially for under-fives. Pre-school children and babies as young as six months old will be in festival heaven this year, as The Spark presents a programme of handpicked events perfect for little ones. �
Embrace Arts is hosting wonderful [...]

Local NHS 111 Line Launch Delayed Until Fit-for-Purpose

It has today been announced that the roll-out of the new non-emergency NHS 111 telephone service in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) will now not launch in June as previously planned.
The decision has been made by the three clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) responsible for planning and buying many of the health services needed by patients in LLR, and which [...]

Leicester City Council Disabled Childrens Service Open Day

People who work with disabled children across Leicester are being offered information and advice on the services on offer.
Leicester City Council’s Disabled Children’s Service is running an information event, to ensure people who work with children know the full range of the help, advice and services on offer.
Visitors will be able to get information on [...]

Schools to Create Creepy House Performance for Spark Library Tour

The Spark is working with two primary schools in Leicester to research and develop a new show to be toured to libraries across the city this summer. The new project in partnership with Leicester Libraries is a significant development for the organisation as its first large-scale out of festival activity and is an innovative step [...]