MCM Comic Con returns to Birmingham this weekend
Celeb guests, gamers, cosplayers and creators in one place! Pop culture extravaganza MCM Comic Con is back in Birmingham for a three-day...
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- 4 days ago
- 2 min
Audio-visual artwork ‘Emergence’ makes its debut in Leicester
It joins other Leicester festivities including the ice rink, Wheel of Light, and funfair. Leicester will sparkle even brighter this year...
- Oct 19
- 2 min
£4.6m investment to bring 222 jobs to world-class lab space
Loughborough's Charnwood Campus has highly-specialised lab space that is currently unused. More than 200 jobs will be created through a...
- Oct 12
- 2 min
Reviewed: paranormal podcasters bring 'Uncanny: I know What I Saw' to Curve
Investigating modern-day ghost stories. Ahead of his new BBC TV series, Danny Robins presented the final Leicester showing of Uncanny: I...
- Jul 24
- 1 min
Dark Side in the Dome at National Space Centre
National Space Centre celebrates Pink Floyd's album anniversary. To celebrate 50 years of Pink Floyd’s iconic album, the National Space...
- Jul 4
- 2 min
Finalists prep for the Niche Business Awards 2023 ceremony
Winners will be announced on September 8. Fifty-one Leicestershire businesses have been selected as finalists of the Niche Business...
- Jun 29
- 2 min
Create Growth grants East Midlands businesses up to £30k each
14 grants awarded to local creative businesses. The first group of successful Create Growth grant applicants has been announced - with up...
- Jun 5
- 2 min
Leicester College to refurbish Abbey Park Campus
The £3m project will upgrade the engineering and technology centre. Work has begun on the exciting refurbishment at Leicester College...
- May 25
- 3 min
Semi-finalists celebrate ahead of the Niche Business Awards 2023
Leicestershire's best in business revealed. The semi-finalists of the ninth Leicestershire Niche Business Awards were announced to...
- May 18
- 2 min
Leicestershire shortlisted as best UK destination for groups
Visit Leicester team promotes group travel offers. Leicestershire has been shortlisted as ‘Best UK Destination’ in the finals of the...
- Apr 22
- 2 min
Jobseekers have more opportunities than last year reports World of Work
Vacancies were created in space and sport. More than 160,000 job vacancies existed across Leicester and Leicestershire last year....
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Three start-ups have the chance to win £10k of investment at Real Entrepreneurs Awards 2023
They'll also win their own non-executive business board. Three start-up entrepreneurs are taking part in a pitching platform for the...
- Apr 7
- 2 min
Cancer charity to celebrate 20th anniversary with new £1m fundraising initiative
Hope Against Cancer will provide additional funding for local research and treatment. Leicestershire charity Hope Against Cancer will be...
- Mar 27
- 3 min
Plants to help fight hayfever
9 plants to help fight hayfever - from a sufferer. As the country heads into allergy season, this writer is as apprehensive. Not one for...
- Aug 15, 2022
- 2 min
Women’s World Gliding Championship have begun in Leicestershire
The world's best gliders are competing, and there's an opportunity to have a go. For the very first time, the Women's World Gliding...
- Jul 8, 2022
- 2 min
New drug trialled by Leicestershire teen shown to slow disease
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy affects one in every 3,500 boys. Teenager Alex Hallam has been part of a clinical study to treat Duchenne...
- Jul 7, 2022
- 2 min
DMU prepares for this year's British Science Festival
The five-day festival will celebrate the people, stories and ideas of science in all its forms. De Montfort University (DMU) is to host...
- Jun 30, 2022
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Hundreds of new jobs at MIRA Technology Park thanks to £6.25m gateway project
The project will unlock development sites for new buildings. Hundreds of new jobs are expected to be created after the Leicester and...
- Jun 15, 2022
- 2 min
LLEP agrees 10-point framework to drive innovation in Leicester
Innovation is one of four pillars in the LLEP’s Economic Growth Strategy. The Innovation Board for Leicester and Leicestershire...
- Jun 13, 2022
- 2 min
Leicester students set to make British tech industry more diverse
A number of places on Colourintech training programmes are reserved for DMU students. Tackling the lack of diversity in technology,...
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