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Elland Road future vision. Credit RISE and LFG
5th June 2026
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Leeds Partnership Drives Elland Road Transformation Forward

Plans for a multi-billion-pound redevelopment of the area surrounding Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium have taken a major step forward after West Yorkshire Combined Authority joined the partnership overseeing the project. The authority has signed an existing Memorandum of Understanding with Leeds City Council and The Lowy Family Group, the global private investment company…
Leeds South Village
5th June 2026
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Leeds Council Leader Welcomes Regeneration Funding Boost

The leader of Leeds City Council has welcomed a multi-million pound funding package aimed at driving forward major regeneration projects and creating new homes, jobs and opportunities for local people. Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed the government investment while speaking at the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum in Leeds. The funding will support…
Forward Leeds
10th February 2023
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Senior councillors in Leeds discuss annual Safer Leeds progress report

A report which highlights the positive progress of the council’s Safer Leeds executive has been discussed by senior councillors in Leeds. The council’s executive board considered the annual report, which detailed the positive partnership work happening across Leeds to make the city safer and the good progress which has been made against the council’s…
Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme
3rd February 2023
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An update on the progress of flood alleviation works in Leeds

Leeds City Council can provide an update on its multi-million-pound work to reduce local flooding risk – and has reminded residents of the steps they can take to protect themselves and their homes during the wettest months of the year. The last three months of 2022 saw higher-than-average rainfall and high river levels across…
Martin Clunes, Councillor Helen Hayden and West Yorkshire Mayor, Tracy Brabin welcomed the mounted police unit from the West Yorkshire Police.
27th January 2023
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Actor Martin Clunes comes to Leeds to see the award-winning equestrian infrastructure on the East Leeds Orbital Route

The East Leeds Orbital Route wins award for “Gold Standard” designed equestrian route and Martin Clunes, the president of The British Horse Society comes to Leeds to commemorate. Doc Martin actor, and British Horse Society President, Martin Clunes visited Leeds on Friday 20 January to see first-hand the designated bridleway on the East Leeds…
Family children tree
27th January 2023
1 min read

First community trees planted for Armley Gyratory highways scheme

Work has started to plant the first of over 600 trees in the local community as part the Armley Gyratory highways scheme. A total of 21 fruit trees were planted in Brickfield Park, next to the Lady Pit Lane allotments by volunteers, councillors and organised by Leeds City Council’s parks and countryside rangers. This…
Merrion Street
23rd December 2022
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New Year brings new look for Merrion Street

Work will begin in the New Year on a project to spruce up one of the city’s busiest night spots. The first week of January 2023 will see the lower end of Merrion Street benefit from a number of improvement works as part of a wider scheme to enhance key spaces across the city…
Better Homes Yorkshire
23rd December 2022
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Hundreds of Leeds households benefitting from cheaper bills this winter, thanks to council green scheme

More than 900 low-income households in Leeds are benefiting from cheaper energy bills and comfier homes this winter, thanks to around £9.5 million of green upgrades installed free-of-charge through a Leeds City Council scheme. Through the Better Homes Yorkshire project, the council and its partner Equans have installed energy-saving and energy-generating measures in 930…
Leeds Winter Coat Appeal
16th December 2022
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City steps up to boost heart-warming winter coat appeal

Zero Waste Leeds in partnership with Leeds City Council have launched a winter coat appeal, to ensure good quality warm second-hand winter coats are available to everyone in Leeds. Big-hearted people in Leeds have donated more than 3,500 coats to an appeal helping those in need wrap up warm this winter. The winter coat…
Leeds City Market
16th December 2022
2 mins read

Food village could be tasty new addition to outdoor market

Leeds Kirkgate Market’s outdoor trading area could be set for a bright new look under proposals designed to safeguard the long-term future of this much-loved open-air shopping spot. Leeds City Council’s executive board asked to approve the launch of a consultation exercise seeking people’s views on plans to bring an innovative food and drink…
Leeds-Town-hall-Organ-Recital
16th December 2022
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Musical memento is a pipe dream come true this Christmas

It could well be Leeds’s quirkiest Christmas gift idea and the perfect present for the music-lover who has everything. Leeds Town Hall has announced it will be giving people the once-in-a-lifetime chance to become a permanent part of the city’s musical history by adopting one of their historic organ’s newly-refurbished pipes. The pipe project…
Helen Stott of Allerton CE Primary School in Leeds
2nd December 2022
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Leeds Headteacher named ‘Headteacher of the Year’ in a Primary School

Allerton CE Primary School Headteacher named Headteacher of the Year in a Primary School at Glamorous Awards Ceremony. A Leeds headteacher has been named as one of the nation’s most inspirational educators at a prestigious awards ceremony. Selected from thousands of nominations, Helen Stott has won a Gold Award in the Pearson National Teaching…
Nicky Lines, John Farley and Karen Mackie who attended the prestigious awards at the British Museum.
2nd December 2022
1 min read

Gallery’s young volunteer group scoops top museums award

A group of young adults whose experiences of being in care helped them bring exciting exhibitions to life for culture vultures in Leeds have scooped a top award. Leeds Art Gallery’s Care Creatives is made up young adults aged 16-24 years who live in foster care, kinship care, residential care or who have recently…
Lord Mayor of Leeds, with the Lord Mayor of Krackow
25th November 2022
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Lord Mayor visits Auschwitz ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day is the international day of remembrance of six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust, and millions of other people killed under German Nazi persecution, and in subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Robert W Gettings JP MBE visited Auschwitz-Birkenau…
‘Name the Gritter’ competition
25th November 2022
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Leeds primary school students launch ‘Name the Gritter’ competition

Corpus Christi Catholic Primary School students have helped Leeds City Council launch their ‘Name the Gritter’ competition, which is soon to be rolled out to all Key Stage 2 pupils across Leeds. School kids across Leeds will then have the opportunity to take part in the exciting competition and win prizes, with judges from…
Old George Hotel
25th November 2022
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Historic images show former Leeds pub promised a knight to remember

A former pub and hotel founded by an ancient order of knights and which welcomed Charlotte Bronte as a guest is among the lost buildings of Leeds rediscovered by librarians. A fascinating photo of the Old George Hotel is just one of the historic images uncovered by staff trawling the huge archives at Leeds…
Fink Hill Junction
25th November 2022
2 mins read

Improvements start for busy Fink Hill junction on A6120, North Leeds

Following a public consultation in 2020 seeking feedback about a busy junction on the A6120, (Leeds Outer Ring Road) preliminary works will be starting this week. The Fink Hill junction located between the A65 New Road Side (Horsforth roundabout) and Low Lane roundabout, is a key route for traffic travelling between the Ring Road…
Queensway Primary School
18th November 2022
3 mins read

Statement on a proposal to close Queensway Primary School

Leeds City Council’s statement on the outcome of consultation on a proposal to close Queensway Primary School. Leeds Local Authority have proposed a detrimental movement to permanent close Queensway Primary School. The proposal is due to a decrease in birth rate within the area and unfortunately Queensway is no longer seen as a viable…
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