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Boost for town centres as city-wide improvements begin
A start has been made to a major £5million programme of improvements to town centres and high streets across Leeds.…
Lord Mayor will lead city’s Holocaust Memorial Day event
A city civic commemoration event marking Holocaust Memorial Day will be held on Sunday 26 January at Leeds Town…
Council approves plan to more than halve carbon emissions by 2025
Senior councillors have approved plans to cut the council’s carbon footprint by more than half following the local…
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year
Christmas is the gentlest, loveliest festival of the revolving year — and yet, for all that, when it speaks, its…
New North West Leeds Employment Hub and airport connectivity plans to be…
New proposals for investments in sustainable transport infrastructure in north west Leeds including a new parkway…
Town Hall clock’s time capsule a striking reminder of modern Leeds
For more than 160 years it’s been a stalwart of the Leeds skyline, marking off some of the most important moments…
Celebrated Leeds-born novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE receives…
Celebrated Leeds-born novelist, Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE, has received one of the city’s highest civic honours.…
Leeds City Council and Leeds United team up to encourage support for…
Leeds City Council’s Safer Leeds team is working in partnership with Leeds United to encourage everyone in the city…
Start and finish locations for 2020 Tour de Yorkshire announced
The eight host locations for 2020 Tour de Yorkshire have been unveiled by organisers Welcome to Yorkshire and the…
Council director takes leap of faith and abseils down 10-storey building in…
A fearless council director experienced highs and lows after successfully abseiling down Leeds Beckett’s famous…
Jasvinder Sanghera CBE announced as new Independent Chair of Leeds…
Leeds Safeguarding Children Partnership (LSCP) is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of Jasvinder…
Cultural experts trip the light fantastic as EUROCITIES Culture Forum comes…
Cultural experts from across Europe gathered in Leeds as the city celebrated its most colourful annual arts…
Volunteers bring home award for unearthing mining history
Volunteers who dug deep to celebrate the extraordinary legacy of Yorkshire’s pit workers have scooped a prestigious…
Light Night Leeds is the UK’s largest annual arts and light festival…
Giant, illuminated seesaws will make sure next month’s incredible Light Night Leeds is full of unforgettable ups…
Otley pupils step up and take flight at launch of brand new zip wire at…
Local school children from Ashfield Primary School took to the sky at the launch of a brand new double zip wire at…
Six weeks left to take part in the Big Leeds Climate Conversation
Leeds City Council is urging residents to share their views on how the city should respond to the climate emergency…
Roads closed for World Car Free Day 2019
Roads in Otley, Headingley and Beeston Hill are to be closed to traffic on 22 September as part of celebrations for…
Executive board to discuss Clean Air Charging Zone progress
Senior councillors are to discuss the progress of and new proposals for the city’s planned Clean Air Charging Zone…
New ‘Spot of Lunch’ campaign launches in Leeds
A new ‘Spot of Lunch’ campaign launches in Leeds highlighting alcohol as a cause of breast cancer, with research…
Extra powers granted to council and police to tackle unlicensed car meet…
Additional powers have been granted to Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police to tackle a range of…