Armley Mills Remembers
OUR CITY

Project worker Robyn Carrack with the beautiful new display at Leeds Industrial Museum

Spurred into an unprecedented surge in production by the conflict raging in Europe, Leeds became one of the country’s most important wartime industrial powerhouses. Now a century later, the thousands of workers who toiled in the city’s factories and mills are

31st October 2018
Empty Homes Doctor Leeds
HOMES

Variety of support available to bring private empty homes back into use

Owners of private empty properties can apply for interest-free loans of up to £5,000 from Leeds City Council to help their buildings come back into use. To qualify for the loan, a property must have been empty for over a year

19th October 2018
Leeds LEDs
NEWS

Senior councillors approve £30m investment in new smart street lights for Leeds

Street lights in Leeds are to be upgraded to make them more energy efficient after a proposal was approved by senior councillors this week. At the meeting of the council’s executive board meeting at Civic Hall, councillors approved a recommendation to

19th October 2018
Kirkstall Road floods
NEWS

Statement on meeting with Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey on Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme phase two funding

A leader of Leeds City Council Councillor Judith Blake has made the following comment after meeting between a delegation of council leaders and Leeds MPs with Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey on the position regarding funding for the proposed Leeds Flood

18th October 2018
Leeds Breastfeeding Plan
HEALTH

Leeds plan backs breastfeeding as Health Visiting service awarded Gold status by Unicef

Plans for improving rates of breastfeeding in Leeds are set to be discussed at Leeds City Council executive board on 17th October. The new Leeds Breastfeeding Plan builds on previous work which has seen rates improve steadily. Leeds Community Healthcare NHS

18th October 2018
Leeds Station
NEWS

Councillors endorse transformational HS2 plans for Leeds Station

A milestone in the preparations to bring HS2 high-speed rail into the region has been reached as senior councillors endorsed the detailed case for transformational plans for Leeds Station. Leeds City Council executive board heard how it is imperative to have

18th October 2018
Hospitals of the future. For everyone. We have an exciting vision to transform healthcare for patients from Leeds, the wider region and beyond.
OUR CITY

Exciting plans revealed at Leeds General Infirmary for adult health services and brand new children’s hospital

Exciting proposals for a brand-new hospital development to transform Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) were revealed today (Wed 17 October) by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Plans for two state-of-the-art hospital buildings, including a dedicated Children’s Hospital on the Leeds General Infirmary

17th October 2018
Cultural Cohesion Quality Mark
NEWS

New cultural cohesion standard for Leeds to be launched by royal appointment

A new quality standard for Leeds encouraging greater cultural cohesion across the city is to be officially launched this week. The new Cultural Cohesion Quality Mark (CCQM) will be launched at a special event to be held at the Civic Hall

17th October 2018
Come Dine with Me
FOOD AND DRINK

ITV Studios are looking for new keen amateur chefs to take part in the hugely popular Channel 4 show, Come Dine with Me in Leeds

Come Dine With Me is the BAFTA nominated Channel 4 series that sees amateur culinary show-offs from across the UK putting their hosting skills to the test. Over the course of a week, contestants take turns cooking for 3 to 4

17th October 2018
Child Friendly Leeds Awards 2019
CHILD FRIENDLY LEEDS

Young people take the lead in planning prestigious citywide awards

Children and young people take centre stage when it comes to putting on the city’s prestigious annual awards ceremony which celebrates the people, places and organisations who make Leeds truly Child-Friendly. The Child-Friendly Leeds Awards are the only city awards which

9th October 2018
Leeds Arium
NEWS

The Arium celebrates its first birthday with customers

Leeds’ nursery, the Arium celebrated its first birthday in style on Friday 5th October. After asking the public to help choose their favourite birthday cake design, all customers last Friday who bought a hot drink at the café were treated to

9th October 2018
Burberry Inspire
OUR CITY

Burberry Foundation launches first in-school arts and culture programme

First in school arts and culture programme of its scope and scale. Leeds Playhouse, Leeds Young Film, Northern Ballet and The Hepworth Wakefield to partner with the Burberry Foundation and Ideas Foundation to deliver the programme. The Policy Institute at King’s

8th October 2018
Shakespeare Primary School Leeds
CHILD FRIENDLY LEEDS

Child friendly plan helping make Leeds the best city for children and young people

Children from Shakespeare Primary School helped senior figures from Leeds City Council and the Children and Families Trust Board launch a refreshed Children and Young People’s Plan, setting out how the council and partners will continue to put children and

8th October 2018
Robin Hood Primary School
NEWS

Pupils in south Leeds become two zero heroes as part of the final 20mph roll out

School children at a south Leeds primary school have got in gear and are working with the council and police to look at making 20mph the new ‘normal’ in residential streets and around schools. As part of the completion of the

3rd October 2018
Kirkstall Abbey
OUR CITY

East meets West at Abbey’s mindfulness fest

Ancient traditions from East and West will come together in the historic grounds of Kirkstall Abbey next month during a festival of mindfulness and meditation. The beautiful ruins of the 12th Century Cistercian abbey will be the setting for a two-week

3rd October 2018