Leeds Star Newspaper

8th December 2023
2 mins read

New cycling and pedestrian improvements for Crown Point Road

Works to improve walking and cycling connections over the River Aire have completed, marking a significant milestone for cycling improvements in Leeds City Centre. The Crown Point Bridge Gateway scheme adds over 1km of protected cycle track over the bridge, Crown Point Road and Black Bull Street and aims to boost connectivity to the…
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Leader of Leeds City Council Councillor James Lewis
8th December 2023
4 mins read

Buildings closures, service changes and price increases proposed as Leeds City Council tackles local government budget crisis

Initial budget proposals for 2024/25 announced. Building closures and sales, new car parking charges, service and staffing reductions and price increases are among wide-ranging changes being proposed as Leeds City Council sets out its annual budget plans for next year. The council has published its initial budget proposals for 2024/25 which will be discussed…
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Boar Lane, Leeds, by John Atkinson Grimshaw was the first painting unveiled as part of Leeds Art Gallery's new art advent.
8th December 2023
1 min read

Gallery unwraps festive favourites for art advent

Treasured favourites from the stunning Leeds Art Gallery collection are being unwrapped for a unique new ‘Art Advent’ this month. Members of the gallery’s team have selected their best-loved artworks and will be sharing their personal stories of why they love each one, with a different piece set to be unveiled each day throughout…
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CHSF Stay Another Day Christmas Appeal
1st December 2023
3 mins read

Festive Fundraising for CHSF: 5 Heartwarming Ideas

Help us make a huge difference to children living with congenital heart disease (CHD) this Christmas. We support hearts for life. We work to ensure that people born with congenital heart disease, a heart condition that develops in the womb, have the best health outcomes and quality of life, throughout their lives. We raise…
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An aerial image of Gascoigne House with some of the family homes and accessible bungalows that form part of the wider redevelopment of the site.
1st December 2023
3 mins read

Council housing programme is delivering affordable homes with heart and soul

A newly-completed extra care housing scheme has been hailed as a warm and welcoming symbol of Leeds City Council’s commitment to providing quality homes for local people. The flagship Gascoigne House scheme, on Middleton Park Avenue in Middleton, has 60 apartments for older people who need on-site care and support. The new apartments, which…
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Ingram Road Primary School
1st December 2023
3 mins read

Leeds primary school children benefit from Holbeck street improvement project

A street improvement scheme for residents in the Recreations area of Holbeck to live healthier, happier and better connected lives is making a difference. Ingram Road Primary School pupils are using the changes to now help safely get to school, with a new pedestrian crossing installed outside their school. The crossing along with numerous…
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The UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum UKREiiF
24th November 2023
3 mins read

Leeds wins bid to keep UKREiiF in the city for future years

Following an exploration of potential host cities, the organisers behind the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum have announced that it will remain in Leeds for the foreseeable future. Formed in 2022 UKREiiF has quickly become the UK’s leading platform in the regeneration, development and property sectors – becoming Europe’s fastest growing industry…
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Leeds Innovation Arc
24th November 2023
2 mins read

Investment Zone boosts Leeds’ innovation ambitions and vision

Leeds Innovation Arc draws together innovation driven entrepreneurs, start-ups and business to share ideas and access capital to accelerate the development of new ideas. The Leeds Innovation Partnership has welcomed news that West Yorkshire is to be home to the country’s third Investment Zone, boosting the city’s ambition to deliver innovation that creates a…
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Holbeck Together
24th November 2023
1 min read

Over £15 million secured for ambitious Heart of Holbeck proposals

Leeds City Council’s exciting plans for the regeneration of Holbeck have been allocated more than £15 million, as part of the latest round of investment from the government’s Levelling Up Fund. The ‘Heart of Holbeck’ plans will deliver transformative change through the renewal of the local high street, transformation of the local community centre…
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Alford Gardner at the Jamaican Society Leeds For King, Country and Home exhibition which he opened in April. Photo; David Lindsay
17th November 2023
2 mins read

City Salutes Trailblazing Windrush pioneer with prestigious Award

One of the nation’s last surviving HMT Empire Windrush passengers and the city’s only remaining Caribbean Second World War serviceman will receive a prestigious civic honour, it was confirmed today. At a meeting of Leeds City Council’s, members approved the nomination for Alford Gardner to be a recipient of The Leeds Award, which recognises…
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Leeds PIPES District Heating Network
17th November 2023
6 mins read

Leeds graded ‘A’ for Climate Action by CDP

Leeds City Council has been recognised as one of 119 cities across the globe taking bold leadership on environmental action and transparency — despite the pressures of a challenging global economic situation in a new list published by renowned international authority the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The city is among the likes of New…
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Employer of the Year Award at the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards
17th November 2023
2 mins read

Leeds-based business, Quality Bearings Online have won Employer of the Year Award at the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards

Leeds based SME, Quality Bearings Online, was awarded Employer of the Year at the Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards 2023. Held at London’s Grosvenor House on Tuesday 14th November, this prestigious event shone a light on businesses and entrepreneurs who have truly made an outstanding contribution to British Business. The Employer of the…
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West Yorkshire Trading Standards
17th November 2023
2 mins read

New campaign to reduce the numbers of young people vaping

Retailers are being warned not to sell nicotine vapes to under-18s as part of a major campaign to reduce the numbers of young people vaping in Leeds. Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Trading Standards have joined together to warn retailers it is illegal to sell vapes containing nicotine to under 18s and to…
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The aftermath of unauthorised work on trees at Thorpe Lane in Guiseley.
17th November 2023
1 min read

Prosecution is signal of council’s intent to protect local tree stock

Leeds City Council has issued a warning over the unauthorised felling and pruning of trees following a prosecution which led to a sizeable fine for a local landowner. The council mounted the prosecution after a total of 150 protected trees were damaged on agricultural land at Thorpe Lane in Guiseley between March and May…
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An image showing plans for the redeveloped Sugar Hill area of Oulton.
17th November 2023
4 mins read

Residents and councillors mark major milestone for affordable housing scheme

Leeds Federated Housing Association brought residents and councillors from Leeds City Council together at a ground-breaking event for its latest affordable housing development in Oulton. Partly funded through Homes England’s Strategic Partnership with Accent Housing, as part of the Government’s Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) 2021-26, the regeneration of Sugar Hill Close and Wordsworth Drive…
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