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Councillor Judith Blake, leader of Leeds City Council with the time capsule and the clockwork of Leeds Town Hall's clock

Town Hall clock’s time capsule a striking reminder of modern Leeds

The Lord Mayor and Consort with Barbara Taylor Bradford

Celebrated Leeds-born novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE receives prestigious Leeds Award

Helen Lawal

Leeds TV Doctor and GP reflects on people’s barriers to being physically active in Leeds

Leeds United Supporting White Ribbon

Leeds City Council and Leeds United team up to encourage support for campaigns to tackle domestic abuse

Tour de Yorkshire

Start and finish locations for 2020 Tour de Yorkshire announced

Child Friendly Leeds

CHILD FRIENDLY LEEDS

Celebrating 30 years of the United Nations convention on children’s rights

Allerton Grange School

Final drop-in session to discuss Allerton Grange School expansion plans

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

Consultation begins for new SEND places in Leeds

United Kingdom General Election

Voting by post? Miss the deadline, miss the vote

Steve Walker

Council director takes leap of faith and abseils down 10-storey building in Leeds

Leeds Christkindelmarkt

Time to get into the festive spirit as Leeds Christkindelmarkt returns

Foster4Leeds

CHILD FRIENDLY LEEDS

Emmerdale star makes guest appearance at Leeds fostering conference

Jasvinder Sanghera CBE

Jasvinder Sanghera CBE announced as new Independent Chair of Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership

Lord Mayor of Leeds to lead Remembrance Sunday

Lord Mayor to lead Remembrance Sunday tributes in Leeds

Leeds Best City for Health and Wellbeing

Council supports employees to breastfeed or express milk at work

Leeds Baby Week

CHILD FRIENDLY LEEDS

Baby Week 2019: 100 reasons why Leeds is a child-friendly city

Leeds Culture Forum Oct 2019

Cultural experts trip the light fantastic as EUROCITIES Culture Forum comes to Leeds

Breeze has Talent 2019 winner

Breeze has Talent 2019 winner set to light up Leeds this Christmas

Leeds United legends

Don Revie’s iconic Leeds United side set to receive city’s highest civic honour

Child Friendly Leeds Awards

CHILD FRIENDLY LEEDS

Get your votes in now for the Child Friendly Leeds Awards 2020

Happy 100th Birthday Leeds United

Lord Mayor and Children's Lord Mayor

CHILD FRIENDLY LEEDS

New Children’s Mayor of Leeds announced after record number of votes

Leeds United

Museum teams up with Leeds United to make football history

Leeds International Day of Older Persons

Leeds Market event to help reduce the number of falls in older people

Leeds Big Book Grab

Schools take part in Big Leeds Book Grab

Light Night Leeds 2019

Light Night’s love-themed artwork will be all heart

Blot on the Landscape

Volunteers bring home award for unearthing mining history

Youth Justice Service colleagues Leanne Smith and Claire Duguid meeting HRH The Princess Royal

Right royal occasion for Leeds youth service

Light Night Leeds

Light Night Leeds is the UK’s largest annual arts and light festival returning on 10 and 11 October 2019

Leeds Careers Charter

Council teams up with schools to launch Leeds Careers Charter

Herd Farm Residential & Activity Centre

Otley pupils step up and take flight at launch of brand new zip wire at Herd Farm

Sky’s the limit as Leeds Town Hall gets ready for major refurbishment

Big Leeds Climate Conversation

Six weeks left to take part in the Big Leeds Climate Conversation

Leeds World Car Free Day

Roads closed for World Car Free Day 2019

Leeds Clean Air Charging Zone copy

Executive board to discuss Clean Air Charging Zone progress

Light Night 2019

Dreams come true as Light Night Leeds returns to transform city

Aireborough Leisure Centre

New Aireborough Leisure Centre facilities set to be showcased later this month

Leeds Industrial Museum's vintage fire engine

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

Object of the week- vintage fire engine

Leeds Health and Wellbeing Board

New ‘Spot of Lunch’ campaign launches in Leeds

West Yorkshire Police

Extra powers granted to council and police to tackle unlicensed car meet events on south Leeds road

Leeds Active Travel

Double Olympic triathlon champion Alistair Brownlee MBE revealed as city’s first Active Travel ambassador

Eshton Beck, Mike Leonard, Leeds University

Trees planted in natural flood management pilot

Leeds United and Borussia Dortmund Football Club

Signed Leeds United and Borussia Dortmund 2019/20 shirts up for grabs as cities mark special 50th anniversary of twinning

Councillor Eileen Taylor presenting Major Watts with medal

Lord Mayor honoured to present Royal Army Major with service medal

Leeds Park and Ride - Elland Road

Building work for Elland Road park and ride expansion begins

Tall Buildings Design Guide for Leeds

Public consultation begins on tall buildings design guidance for Leeds

Secondary school places in Leeds

Applications open for secondary school places in Leeds

Leeds Bridge

Leeds Bridge completion gives a breath of fresh Aire for an historic landmark

Leeds TV and Film studio

New state of the art TV and Film studio will position city centre-stage

Tony.Harrison - Leeds Award

Celebrated Leeds-born poet and playwright Tony Harrison receives prestigious Leeds Award

Leeds City Centre

£20m major works to start on transforming The Headrow in Leeds

Big Leeds Climate Conversation

Big Leeds Climate Conversation begins

Foster4Leeds

First of its kind Faith in Fostering event

Leeds Market

Shop plastic free at Leeds Kirkgate Market this summer

Child Bereavement UK

New children and families bereavement service officially launches in Leeds

Lisbon Street

Major development opportunity comes to the market in the ‘West End’ of Leeds

Leeds Compassionate City Awards

Nominations are now open for Leeds Compassionate City Awards 2019

Leeds Playhouse

Vibrant new entrance to Leeds Playhouse honours Yorkshire ceramic tradition

Leeds Street Lights

Street lights conversion programme for Leeds to deliver 62 per cent energy savings

Leeds ‘Healthy Schools’, ‘Investors in Pupils’ and ‘MindMate Champion’ programmes

Schools to be awarded for commitment to health and wellbeing

Lord Mayor of Leeds, Cllr Eileen Taylor

Lord Mayor leads celebration of small groups and charities in Leeds

Postcard of Redcar from the Pier which refers to Carl de Bruyne, one of the Belgian refugees who came to Otley

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

Documents reveal how Leeds folk stepped in to give refugees a home

Children’s Heart Surgery Fund: support hearts for life and make a difference

2019 ICC Cricket World Cup

Cricket fans in Leeds set to be bowled over as two new non-turf pitches arrive in Roundhay Park

Leeds Temple Newsam

Time travellers turn back the clock at Temple Newsam

Leeds Armed Forces Day

Leeds Armed Forces Day to be marked by a day of festivities and excitement

Leeds Clean Air Charging Zone

Installation begins for Clean Air Charging Zone infrastructure

Works confirmed for next phase of Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme after £76m contract signed

Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership

City agencies reinforce partnership approach to support victims of domestic violence and abuse

Connecting Leeds

Senior councillors in Leeds to agree bus priority measures along the A61 North and A65 signal upgrades

Leeds Armed Forces Day

Armed Forces Week celebrations to begin in Leeds with flag-raising ceremony

Emerald Headingley Stadium

Completion of exciting Emerald Headingley Stadium refurbishment to be marked by special Community Engagement Day and Proms on the Pitch

One Adoption Leeds

A year of progress for West Yorkshire’s regional adoption agency

River Wharfe at Otley

Senior Leeds councillors set to back Otley flood prevention plans

Leeds Tropical World

Proposals for new indoor play facility at The Arnold and Marjorie Ziff Tropical World to be discussed by executive board

Leeds Core Strategy

Government planning inspectors’ final report on Leeds Site Allocations Plan being put forward for approval and adoption

Leeds 2023

Executive board ready to back Leeds Culture Trust

Leeds City Council leader calls for reduced gulf between UK cities and regions

2019 Schools Yorkshire Tour

Leeds pupils take part in 200 mile Yorkshire cycle relay

UCI Road World Champs 2019 Leeds

100 Days to the UCI Road World Championships

Kully Thiarai

New creative director returns to Yorkshire to kickstart the next phase of Leeds 2023

Leeds Food Partnership Award

Bronze Birthday Present for Leeds Food Partnership

Child Friendly Leeds Live

CHILD FRIENDLY LEEDS

CBeebies stars head to Millennium Square for the second Child Friendly Leeds Live event

Leeds Secondary School Proposal

Consultation begins on new east Leeds secondary school proposal

UK2070 Commission

Leeds hosts UK2070 Commission to plan a fairer future UK economy

Leeds Dads

Leeds Dads host the biggest free Father’s Day party in the UK

Leeds Citizens Advice Bureau

Lord Mayor and council leader attend special celebration for charity’s 80th birthday

Miners dig deep to unearth estate’s pit history

Lord Mayor of Leeds

New Leeds Lord Mayor officially announced

Pilot whale

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

Pilot project will piece together Leeds whale’s tragic tale

Leeds Lord Mayor's Charity Appeal

Leeds tallest abseil raises thousands of pounds in support of Lord Mayor’s appeal

Leeds City Market

Young entrepreneurs set out their stall at Leeds Market as part of ‘Love your Local Market’ fortnight

Leeds Core Strategy

Public consultation to begin on proposed modifications to Leeds Core Strategy Selective Review

Take part in the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Leeds Just One Day campaign and raise money for St Gemma’s Hospice

Temple Newsam House

National Lottery funding helps Temple Newsam team make history

Leeds Industrial Museum

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

Full steam ahead as Fiona gets fired up for mills weekend

Happy Easter Leeds

We wish you a happy Easter, filled with happiness, peace and love

ICC Cricket World Cup

‘India’s biggest cricket fan’ enjoys the delights of Leeds as part of tour of host cities for this year’s ICC Cricket World Cup

St Peter's Singers of Leeds

St Peter’s Singers present JS Bach’s dramatic and stunningly beautiful setting of the story of Christ’s Passion