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A member of Leeds City Council’s sport and lifestyles team has received a prestigious national lifesaving award. Following an independent assessment and appraisal by the UK’s leading…

The public are invited to show their support for The Rifles Regiment as they march through the streets of Leeds this weekend (15 September) to exercise their right to the freedom of the…

A rallying cry has gone out calling on communities in Leeds to be part of a city-wide commemoration to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. On Sunday, November 11, 2018,…

Popular Neighbourhood Networks schemes have been awarded five years funding to continue their work supporting older people and communities throughout the city, Leeds City Council has…

The city’s new international cultural festival is throwing its weight behind one of Leeds’s most spectacular annual arts events. Leeds 2023 has this week been announced as the headline…

The continued regeneration of the South Bank area of Leeds including plans to maximise the remodelling of Leeds Station has taken a significant step forward. Leeds City Council has now…

Cementing its place as the country’s leading producer of open-air film screenings, The Luna Cinema is partnering with Leeds City Council to put on three nights of cinema under the stars in…

Record numbers have been making the most of the summer weather on Bradford and Leeds cycling infrastructure, which was either built or improved as part of West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s…

Yorkshire Devolution - an historic opportunity for the whole country. The One Yorkshire plan would see one combined devolved authority – like those established in the West Midlands,…

The search has begun for a dynamic new leader to spearhead the city’s ambitious vision for an international cultural festival celebrating the best of Leeds. Following approval from Leeds…

Young entrepreneurs from across Yorkshire are setting out their stalls at Kirkgate Market in Leeds on Wednesday, 1 August, as part of a competition to find the county’s best young…

A delegation of industry leaders from Leeds is heading to Boston in America this week to strengthen and develop links between the two cities. Building on visits to Leeds from delegates…

The achievements of Leeds’s first world boxing champion Josh Warrington have been recognised with a special civic reception hosted by the Lord Mayor, Councillor Graham Latty. Joining the…

Hold onto your hats - a sporting spectacle with a difference is heading to Leeds this Yorkshire Day. Leeds Industrial Museum will be brimming with excitement on August 1 when, for the…

Several parks in Leeds have once again been recognised as some of the very best green spaces in the UK, just in time for the annual Love Parks Week. Otley Chevin, Pudsey Park, Golden Acre…

Visit Leeds has announced that data from the recent STEAM survey, which measures the economic impact of the tourism industry in the UK, recorded that Leeds welcomed 29.01 million tourist…

Sweet-toothed aristocrats in Leeds were among the country’s earliest chocoholics, fascinating new documents have revealed. Ahead of tomorrow’s World Chocolate Day, an exquisite bill of…

Take a stroll through the centuries this weekend as the historic Temple Newsam estate travels back in time through several periods of history. Time travellers will have the chance to meet…

Public engagement on plans to create two new rail stations in Leeds has started this week. Details of the proposals for new stations at White Rose and Thorpe Park as part of the…