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What's Your 400?
27th March 2026
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Leeds launches unique city-wide challenge to celebrate 400 years of history

Leeds has launched a unique city-wide challenge inviting residents to help celebrate 400 years of the city’s history. The new campaign, called What’s Your 400?, is encouraging people across Leeds to take part in anniversary celebrations marking four centuries since the city was granted its first charter in 1626. Individuals, groups and communities are…
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Leeds City Region
12th May 2018
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City Region Bid Calls for Channel 4 to Spark a New Revolution

Leeds City Region has submitted its bid to Channel 4 for the broadcasters’ new National HQ outside of London. The bid which responds to the broadcaster’s “4 All the UK” plan to support investment and jobs outside London builds on a number of key themes including the region’s strong pool of young, diverse, creative…
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Threads for Treads
4th May 2018
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Saddle up for celebration of vintage cycling style on TdY weekend

It may not look like the ideal athletic attire for anyone taking a two-wheeled tour of Yorkshire. But long before the age of Lycra, well-made woollen suits, knee breeches and sturdy straw hats were actually all the rage for the county’s style-conscious cyclists. Now a new display at Leeds Industrial Museum is celebrating Leeds’s…
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William Potts Clock
2nd May 2018
1 min read

Object of the week- Potts clock

Once a faithful timepiece at one of the North’s favourite seaside getaways, this impressive clock has finally come home to Leeds. Made by famous Leeds clockmakers Potts and Sons, the solid pine clock is around two-and-a-half feet wide and once ticked away the hours in the circulating area at Morecambe Promenade station, where it…
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Katie Rushworth
16th April 2018
1 min read

Join us for the Kirkgate Market Garden Event ‘Love your Garden’

Welcome to Leeds Kirkgate Market is a shopper’s paradise from fresh food, drink and fashion to jewellery, flowers, hardware and haberdashery. At the heart of the Leeds retail scene since 1857, Leeds Kirkgate Market is home to some of the most characterful traders in the city, with businesses spanning generations and representing a wide range…
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Chippendale and gin
10th April 2018
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Museum-goers set for a gin-credible history lesson, by George!

A delicious taste of the elegance, opulence and extravagance of life in Georgian Britain will be served up to museum-goers in Leeds. The rise of London gin shops and traditional Georgian jellies will be among the topics covered during a fascinating talk at Leeds City Museum, currently home to a stunning collection of furniture…
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Strafford's Royal Flying Corp Squadron
4th April 2018
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Young curators pay tribute to city’s own flying aces

They were the daredevil Yorkshire pilots who courageously took to the skies during the historic air battles of the First World War. Now the heroic exploits of local RAF servicemen are being celebrated in a new museum display put together by two young history enthusiasts. Joe Enright, 18, and Callum Clarke, 19, both members…
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TdY trophy tour - Cllr Blake - Leeds Urban Bike Park
23rd March 2018
2 mins read

The Tour de Yorkshire trophies have come to town!

Schoolchildren in Leeds were given the chance to see the famous Tour de Yorkshire trophies today as the leader of Leeds City Council, Councillor Judith Blake, welcomed them to the city as part of Welcome to Yorkshire’s trophy tour. Each year in the lead up to the race, both the men’s and women’s trophies…
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Leeds Ofo bikes
23rd March 2018
2 mins read

Leeds dockless bike hire scheme to launch in May

The world’s first dockless hire scheme, Ofo, will launch in Leeds on Tuesday 15 May with a fleet of 1,000 bikes. The Leeds scheme will focus initially on the city centre, expanding into suburbs and nearby towns shortly after. The scheme will be Ofo’s second in Yorkshire after launching in Sheffield in January and…
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George Street Leeds
22nd March 2018
1 min read

Plans for the redevelopment of George Street to go on display

Leeds City Council and development partners Town Centre Securities (TCS), are to ask for feedback on plans to regenerate the historic George Street and Butchers Row area of the city. A public exhibition will be held on Friday 23 March at the Events Space in Kirkgate Market. Members of the development team will be…
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Alan Hinkes OBE braves a blizzard on one of his daredevil climbs
19th March 2018
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Himalayan exhibition scales spectacular heights of fashion

A new exhibition will reach the pinnacle of sartorial style by exploring flamboyant fashions from the home of the world’s highest mountains. Lotherton’s new Himalayan Fashions exhibition, which opens later this week, will see incredible clothes and outfits collected from Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal go on display in the house’s stunning fashion galleries. Among…
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Leeds First White Cloth Hall
16th March 2018
2 mins read

Grant funding will transform historic Leeds building

A project to transform one of Leeds’s most important heritage assets could be set for a major funding boost thanks to an innovative, Heritage Lottery funded project. Plans to revitalise the First White Cloth Hall were approved by the City Plans Panel earlier this month and would see the Grade II* Listed hall’s west…
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East Leeds Extension
5th March 2018
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East Leeds improvements backed by compulsory purchase orders

Major road and transport improvements to East Leeds have taken a further step forward as Leeds City Council has made a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) and Side Roads Order (SRO) for the East Leeds Orbital Road (ELOR). Orders will help ensure work can progress on the East Leeds Extension, enabling the delivery of around…
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Leeds City Council’s Services for Children in Care
27th February 2018
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Leeds praised for creating ‘flourishing’ children’s social care

Leeds City Council’s services for children in care have been described by Ofsted inspectors as ‘flourishing’ following the first new-style focused inspection to be carried out in the country. In a letter to the council summarising the findings of a focused visit to inspect children’s services, inspectors praised many aspects of the services for…
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Leeds Clean Air Zone
22nd February 2018
4 mins read

Final week of Clean Air Zone consultation begins

Leeds City Council is reminding residents and commuters to have their say on proposals to reduce air pollution and protect the health of people in the city before a public consultation closes on March 2. Almost 7000 people have already shared their views on proposals which include a new ‘Clean Air Zone’ that would…
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Leeds Star Happy Valentines Day
14th February 2018
1 min read

We wish you a happy St. Valentine’s Day

Every February, 14, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. It’s a time to demonstrate how much affection you feel for that special someone in your life and let them know how much you care. It’s a reminder to that person that they are treasured and…
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