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Awards celebrate best in adult social care
Opportunity to acknowledge work being done to support county and city residents
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Pupils and communities to benefit from supercharged rural broadband
Over 40 locations ready for gigabit-capable connection
Hundreds take advantage of early bird discount for GoLearn courses
Enrol now to get a 30 per cent discount on course fees
Get ready for the Bosworth Medieval Festival 2024!
The two-day event attracts thousands of visitors, re-enactors and traders from across the UK and beyond
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Scarecrows promote fostering and adoption at local festival
The scarecrow family can be seen in Heather
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Plan set out to kickstart Lutterworth East development
Creating business space and phasing the development is key to plan
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Peter shows how Multiply courses add up to a boost in confidence
He is encouraging people who would like to improve their numeracy skills to sign up for free Multiply courses
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Community orchards planted across Leicestershire thanks to free trees scheme
Almost 280 trees have been planted on 30 sites
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Trading Standards officer named National Apprentice of the Year
Ali Walker is at the forefront of Leicestershire County Council’s work to tackle illegal tobacco
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New Leicestershire Matters - out now
The summer edition of our residents' newsletter is dropping through letterboxes
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Nature is important, according to more than 1,000 who completed survey
90 per cent of people agreed that nature should be protected for its own sake
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Councillor warns of con as he narrowly avoids being scammed
Fraudsters hack into online accounts and attempt to change passwords
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Work to foster a love of the arts with children in care gains award
Leicestershire Virtual School is one of the first virtual schools in the country to be granted a platinum Artsmark award
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Nick Rushton – Leader of Leicestershire County Council
Nick Rushton has told County Councillors he has been diagnosed with cancer and will soon be undergoing treatment
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Surface dressing on county roads is underway
£2.7 million ‘surface dressing’ of more than 760,000 square metres of road
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Flag raising ceremony at County Hall to celebrate our armed forces
Public invited to show support for all our service personnel
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