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Leicester's new multi-million pound Roman museum is to open in July.

The revamped Jewry Wall Museum will feature the remains of a Roman bath house and more than 100 Roman artefacts discovered across Leicestershire.

Work on the project began in 2021 but the council said progress had been delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic and contractors, originally carrying out the renovation, going bust.

The museum, which cost 拢16.8m, will officially open to visitors from 26 July, the city council said.

City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby spoke to 麻豆社 Leicester's Ady Dayman.