Leeds School Streets pilot scheme launches on Monday, 1 June, with up to six Leeds primary schools taking part. Pudsey Primrose Hill Primary School, Pudsey; Ingram Road Primary School, Holbeck; Cross Gates Primary School, Cross Gates; Thorpe Primary School, Thorpe; Clapgate Primary, Middleton; and Lane End Primary, Beeston are the first schools to take…
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Council leaders and businesses along HS2’s proposed eastern leg are calling for the Government to commit to progressing it at the same time as the western leg – aiding economic recovery following the COVID-19 outbreak while providing towns and cities with much-needed capacity and connectivity improvements. The HS2 East group also warns that any…
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Co-ordinated by Leeds City Council, a scheme has been set up to provide thousands of free tickets, discounts and special events for NHS and frontline workers across the city as a special thanks for their enormous efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, a lot of Leeds’ cultural and sporting organisations have joined the…
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Leeds City Council has today been confirmed by the government to be a lead local authority on behalf of the Leeds City Region on the new national coronavirus test and trace services. The services are being overseen by chief executive of Leeds City Council Tom Riordan, in his new role as National Test and…
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Leeds City Council provide update regarding the Lord Mayor of Leeds and this year’s Mayor Making ceremony. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, legislation requiring councils to hold an annual general meeting has temporarily been lifted by government. As a result, this year’s Mayor Making ceremony, which is included as part of the Annual…
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It’s a legendary Leeds-made anthem which brought people across the globe together when it first stormed charts worldwide more than 20 years ago. Now a group of talented youngsters have teamed up with sports stars and musicians to create a rousing reworking of Chumbawamba’s iconic hit Tubthumping to give the city a much-needed lockdown…
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Councillor Jonathan Pryor, Leeds City Council executive member for learning, skills, employment and equality said: “Last week, the Government declared which year group cohorts (Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6) can return to school from June 1 at the earliest, joining those pupils who have been eligible to attend school throughout the past…
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The European War is over, apart from clashes in Prague and other parts of Czechoslovakia, which are expected to subside quickly. The war in Europe has ended with Germany’s unconditional surrender. Victory will be announced officially by the Prime Minister in a broadcast at three o’clock this afternoon and the King with broadcast at…
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Tell Her You Care, a Leeds business, recently launched sending beautifully wrapped meaningful postcards and luxury chocolate through the post to help friends and family stay in contact with each other through these times of isolation. Founder, Lucy Owen had the idea after losing her much loved Dad to cancer in September 2019. She…
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Staff at Spire Leeds Hospital have successfully completed a challenge to collect enough food for the Leeds Foodbank to fill the 200 year old, 8 metre high staircase at the hospital. Over 300 staff at the hospital in Jackson Avenue spent their valuable spare time, in between shifts looking after the city’s patients, to…
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Leeds City Council is urgently seeking exceptional people to help change a child’s life forever, by becoming a foster carer. By fostering for Leeds City Council, new carers would join one of the UK’s largest and most well-established fostering networks, and be offered tailored support from social workers and specialist staff to guide them…
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Residents across the city are urged to play their part in the 75th anniversary celebrations of VE Day from home. Next Friday (8 May) marks 75 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day when the Second World War came to an end in Europe. On this day in 1945, the Allied forces celebrated victory…
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A stylish online exhibition is giving fashionistas in Leeds a chance to go back in time and rediscover the history of some of the city’s top shopping hotspots. Leeds City Museum’s Fast x Slow Fashion explores the evolution of retail and clothing over the past 300 years through a spectacular array of outfits,…
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Leeds City Council is helping drive the effort to enable the city to prepare for the future during the coronavirus pandemic as it starts conversations with partners around how to create safe work and education places, public spaces and public transport should restrictions be eased. The council’s Leader Councillor Judith Blake and chief executive…
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Leeds City Council is reminding commuters to please park sensibly and observe yellow lines, as parking charges continue to be temporarily suspended in the city to support the vital work of NHS and other front-line workers tackling coronavirus. Whilst the majority of drivers are continuing to park appropriately, there has been some instances where…
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