Evington Echo Leicester

Click on the link below to download the form.  For information about Friends of Evington’s  data protection policy, search data protection on this site. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfl3GN2t9KM2LbmMBHOi8DmePCprR-Nh5Kl9TxEmmZqWJsj3Q/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1 Read More »

As the MP for Leicester East, I wholeheartedly oppose the downgrading of Leicester General. I am concerned that it will have a detrimental impact for the residents of Leicester East and for people living across our city. In November 2019, University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust received £450million funding from the government to reorganise its acute hospital services. This ... Read More »

Active Arts are looking ahead to this year’s Art Exhibition in Countesthorpe College, LE8 5 PR on Saturday and Sunday, February 29th and March 1st and we would be grateful please for some publicity please-see entry details here: Entry forms are on the Active Arts web site https://www.activearts.info/artex2019  and artists are asked to fill one in and return it by February ... Read More »

Please see their online calendar for further details: https://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/our-news/marvellous-medicine/ January 2020 Title:  Congenital heart problems; not as rare as you think, and they matter Date:  Thursday 23 January – 6pm to 7:30pm Speaker:  Dr Frances Bu’Lock, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist Venue: Lecture Theatre, Clinical Education Centre, Leicester General Hospital February 2020 Title:  Living with Fibroids Date:  Thursday 20 February – 6pm to 7:30pm Speaker: Dr Neelam ... Read More »

Claudia Webbe is the new MP for Leicester East.  Here are the results: Claudia Webbe, Labour – 25,090 Bhupen Dave, Conservative – 19,071 Nitesh Dave, Liberal Democrat – 2,800 Tara Baldwin, Brexit Party – 1,243 Melanie Wakley, Green – 888 Sanjay Gogia, Independent – 329 2019 Turnout 49,421 (63.01%) She made a powerful acceptance speech.  See video. Read More »

If you would like the Repair Shop team to take a look at your damaged heirloom, prized antique or loved one’s possession, come and meet the casting team at Vintage 186 Cafe, 11 Main Street, Leicester LE5 6DN 4.30pm – 6.00pm on Tuesday 17th December or get in touch by visiting: The team will be in Leicester from 16th to ... Read More »

GENERAL ELECTION – 12THDECEMBER 2019 – Leicester East   MPs have responsibility to three main groups: their constituents, Parliament and their political party.  For their constituents this includes helping and advising on problems and acting as a figurehead for the local area.  MPs should be meeting constituents and local businesses as much as possible.  In Parliament their duties include participating ... Read More »

A TALK ABOUT ‘URBAN BUZZ’ IN LEICESTER BY MICK EATON   (This talk on 27thAugust 2019 at the Wycliffe United Reformed Church was by Mick Eaton, Horticultural Adviser to Leicester City Council.   It was hosted by Graceworks and organised by Friends of Evington Park.)   Last year Nick Packham from BUGLIFE visited Leicester with an agenda for growing plants that ... Read More »

PIGGY’S HOLLOW – WHAT WAS IT FOR?   In the shadow of St. Denys’ Church lies Piggy’s Hollow, an unassuming mound with a moat north west of the Shady Lane Arboretum.  This site is generally accepted as the location of Evington Manor, a substantial 13thcentury building with stone foundations and slate roof, built by the noble French aristocratic family the ... Read More »

PIGGY’S HOLLOW – GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY – MAY 2019 BY JO INSTONE-BREWER Geophysical surveys allow archaeologists to look into the ground at natural and manufactured features without excavating.  Excavation is a destructive process, so many different types of research are conducted before a single spade touches the soil.  On top this generates good practice.  Some sites are protected from unnecessary surveying ... Read More »