Thousands of people visited Leicester Market’s Food and Drink Festival on Sunday May 30th, sampling the great variety of local produce on offer. Celebrity chef, Rachel Green, who is also an Ambassador for Leicester Market, entertained the crowds with live cooking demonstrations and handy advice, recipes and tips. Below is ...

Enter the quirky world of Murray Lachlan Young as he presents Modern Cautionary Tales for Children II at The Y this half term as part of The Spark Children's Arts Festival. On Friday June 4th, children can enjoy this innovative and ground-breaking poetry show written and performed by ...

TV Chef and Leicester Market Ambassador, Rachel Green, will be appearing at Leicester Market next Thursday (May 20th) ahead of this summer’s Food and Drink festival. Rachel, who will be carrying out cookery demonstrations and compering the event will also be showing her culinary expertise ...

This June, Curve is set to host a regional showcase for the Billy Youth Theatre. This new initiative provides schools and youth groups around the country the opportunity to perform their own productions of the hugely popular Billy Elliot The Musical. Over 4.5 million people world-wide including ...

Following the amazing success of last year’s event featuring Queen tribute act The Bohemians, which raised over £15,000 for charity, another spectacular open-air concert is planned for Mallory Park this summer. The 'Friendly Circuit’ hosts the UK’s No1 ABBA tribute band, ABBA Reunion, at the venue on ...

Jamal, played by Tachia Newall is a 17-year-old boy who leads a gang on the Lemonade Estate. Despite being the toughest kid on the block Jamal, is haunted by 14-year -old Michael (Courtney Hayles), the Ghost Boy. Dennis, played by Everal A. Walsh, is a resident on the estate and has ...

The Spark Children's Arts Festival launched its brilliant new brochure on Friday April 9th with a spectacular afternoon of free puppetry fun for kids at Highcross Leicester. Visitors found the Lower Mall transformed with 'Puppetry Applenty' to mark the arrival of this year's Spark ...

Jersey Budd has always done things his own way. From leaving school at sixteen to become a plumber, to changing his name by deed poll, the talented Leicester musician is nothing if not determined. So much so, that after a stack of offers to release his debut album, ...

It was the place to be during the halcyon days of the Martin O’Neill era, often packed full with household names such as Izzet, Heskey and Walsh, but Il Baffone sadly faded from the limelight and was neglected. Until now. New owner, ...

National Family Week, a Government backed initiative, has selected Leicestershire to be one of just nine flagship areas across the UK to host a large-scale Family Week Picnic on Monday May 31st, as part of the week long celebrations. Organised by Leicestershire County Council, the picnic will ...