New NHS Dental Clinic Opens in Castle Ward

Genix Healthcare has won a contract to provide NHS dental treatment for up to 3,500 people in Leicester. The high quality dental chain has invested over £100,000 in setting up a state-of-the-art NHS dental clinic in the heart of the city centre which is now open.

To be added to the waiting list for the new [...]

Police get on their bikes to raise funds

By Patrick Keane
Loyal Leicester police officers have set up a beneficiary sport fundraiser in aid of a sick colleague.
After beating cancer when he was 17, PC Dave Robinson last year learnt that the tragic disease had returned in the form of three tumors.
It is this heartbreaking news that has driven the local Leicester police force [...]

Council campaigns for more exercise

By Luke Dixon
An ambitious council officer is determined to help a Leicester City Council campaign encouraging adults to exercise three times a week surpass expectations.
The council launched the 3 x 30 pledge last July, in response to a study in 2008 by Sport England showing that only 15% of people over 16 in Leicester did [...]

Funds needed for library aerobics class

By Zeenat Sabur
Eager aerobics going women are hopeful that Leicester City Council will allocate adequate funding to the Highfields Library to continue the popular aerobics sessions that have recently ended.
The sessions, which were held weekly at the library from January 26 to February 23, proved to be ‘very popular’ and now the library is hoping [...]

Music studio kicks off centre initiative

By Shelley DeBere
A STRING of exciting new ventures is being undertaken for young children and young adults by the Highfields Centre over the next few months.
Next month will see the opening of their state of the art recording studio called the “The Mango Rooms” after it’s brightly painted walls and a name that will resonate [...]

Help for businesswomen

Shelley DeBere
A PIONEERING scheme to help and motivate new businesswomen is taking place in Highfields.
The ‘Leicester Business Women’ programme aims to inspire women who are starting up their own businesses and need help with several of the skills involved.
It was launched in April of last year and has been running ever since, holding workshops across [...]

Outrage at council’s ongoing delay tactics

Zeenat Sabur
OUTRAGED community members expressed their disgust that the Highfields Centre’s 13-year campaign for independence from Leicester City Council is yet to succeed and vowed to ‘fight tooth and nail’ until it is.
Workers and users of the Highfields Centre, as well as councillors representing the area, gathered at the centre on Thursday to discuss the [...]

Jury still out on new Tesco store

Luke Dixon

SEVERAL weeks after the controversial opening of a Tesco store, people are unsure whether it will kill off smaller traders and add to street drinking as initially feared.

The Tesco Express store, which opened on February 3 opposite Leicester train station, had encountered much opposition throughout the planning application, but it is proving difficult to [...]

Hawk hired in Highfields

Patrick Keane

SCARE-TACTICS have been brought in to combat the pigeon nesting problems on the rooftops of Saint Matthew’s estate – in the form of a hawk.

The local housing office has been forced to take action against the growing problem of a pigeon infestation in the Highfields area.

Officials insist the bird of prey will not cause [...]

Quiz night boosts community spirit

A boost was given to the Highfields community spirit when a huge turn out of friends and families ensured a packed out quiz night.
The Haiti fund-raising event was held on Friday February 26 at the Highfields Rangers Ground, off Gleneagles Avenue, and extra tables had to be put out to accommodate the 100-plus people who [...]

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