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14th March 2017

NEWS

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Senior councillors to discuss first neighbourhood plan in Leeds

The creation of the first local neighbourhood plan influencing future development in an area of Leeds is to be discussed by senior councillors next week. The neighbourhood plan for Clifford in Wetherby which is now ready to be adopted will be debated by Leeds City Council’s executive board at its meeting at Civic Hall

14th March 2017

NEWS

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Final recommendations on future Leeds City Council electoral arrangements

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) has today published its final recommendations on the future electoral arrangements for Leeds City Council. A press release from the LGBCE is available here and information about the process, full report and interactive mapping of the final recommendations can be viewed on the LGBCE website here. The independent

14th March 2017

NEWS

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Idé Real Estate announced as preferred purchaser and reveals plans for major Leeds developments

Leeds City Council has announced Idé Real Estate as the preferred purchaser for its complex of three grade II listed buildings, Leonardo, Thoresby and Great George Street. The specialist in mixed-use assets and developments, has revealed that two of the buildings will be refurbished as millennial grade offices, while the third will be transformed

14th March 2017

HEALTH

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Council launches health services for ten per cent poorest neighbourhoods in the city

A new way of delivering interventions to improve the health of the poorest ten per cent of Leeds will use expert knowledge and community expertise to change lives for the better. Focussing on the areas of the city which have the ten percent of most deprived neighbourhoods, ‘Better Together’ is the name of the

14th March 2017

CRIME

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Pet owner hit with large fine after repeated failure to update dog’s microchip details

A Leeds resident, who failed to ensure that their dog’s microchip details were correct despite several warnings, has become the first person in the city to be fined for the offence. Mr Marius Grecu of Talbot Avenue was ordered to pay in total £862 (£91 fine, a surcharge of £30, and costs to the

14th March 2017

HEALTH

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Leeds wins bid to become one of the first Time to Change hubs – set up to change how we all think and act about mental health

Councils, the NHS, police, community groups, charities, employers and schools in Leeds are all coming together to change how we think and act about mental health, as part of a new initiative from Time to Change. Today Leeds has been named one of the first Time to Change hubs in England, a new partnership

13th March 2017

WHAT'S ON

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Creative pupils let their pens do the talking

Pupils who have been taking part in a creative writing competition will be awarded for their poetic and literary efforts at a civic ceremony on Wednesday. Hundreds of children from primary schools across the city submitted entries into this year’s Arooj creative writing competition, with 27 pupils being short listed as potential winners. The

13th March 2017

NEWS

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Leeds residents urged to make their used metal matter

Leeds residents urged to make their used metal matter. Households across Leeds are being urged to recycle more of the 350 million items of waste metal packaging used in the city each year, to do their bit for the environment. Leeds City Council has teamed up with organisations from the metal packaging manufacturing industry,

13th March 2017

HEALTH

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Campaign highlights best chance of quitting for Leeds smokers

SMOKERS IN Leeds are being targeted by a new campaign to highlight the effectiveness of local Stop Smoking Services. Cancer Research UK has launched an advertising campaign, aimed at increasing awareness and encouraging people to get help from their local Stop Smoking Service, which give smokers the best chance of giving up for good.

13th March 2017

NEWS

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Open letter about proposed parkway station serving Leeds Bradford Airport

In the last few days there has been some debate about the proposed Leeds Bradford Airport parkway station, part of the plans for £270million of transport investment in Leeds. We would like to explain why this is the best and most viable solution to meet a variety of needs and deliver benefits for Leeds

13th March 2017

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

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For all Seasons- Snow and Mist (Caprice in Yellow Minor) by John Atkinson Grimshaw

A painting which encapsulates the wintry beauty of a snow-covered landscape, this captivating scene was painted by one of Leeds’s most celebrated artists. John Atkinson Grimshaw, who was born and raised in Leeds, painted Snow and Mist (Caprice in Yellow Minor) in 1892-93. The painting is one of a number of his stunning works

10th March 2017

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New student-led design and crafts shop leading the way in Boston Spa Library

The Lord Mayor Councillor Gerry Harper has met with pupils from a north east Leeds Specialist College who have opened a design and crafts shop in a city library. Working in partnership with Leeds City Council’s library service, young people aged 16+ from West Oaks SEN Specialist School and College are selling a range

9th March 2017

NEWS

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Gambling support to be improved in Leeds as research highlights issue

Leeds City Council is intensifying its efforts to improve support for those at risk of problem gambling in response to new research it commissioned from Leeds Beckett University. The research concluded that there could be over 10,000 people in Leeds who could be identified as ‘problem gamblers’ and a further 30,000 people who may be

9th March 2017

OUR CITY

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Momentum builds for city’s 2023 bid as three new sponsors announced

A trio of new high-profile sponsors have thrown their weight behind Leeds’s ambitious bid to land the prestigious title of European Capital of Culture 2023. Yorkshire Bank, Yorkshire Building Society and Yorkshire Water are among big businesses who pledged their support to the exciting bid during a spectacular event held at Northern Ballet last

9th March 2017

NEWS

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Landmark Playhouse proposals to go before planning chiefs

Proposals to transform and modernise the West Yorkshire Playhouse through a landmark refurbishment project will go before the city’s senior planning officials. Members of Leeds City Council’s city plans panel will consider initial proposals for a multi-million pound revamp of the popular Leeds theatre at a meeting next week. The plans, submitted by Leeds

9th March 2017

WHAT'S ON

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House’s new transforming desk is more than meets the eye

It could well be the world’s oldest and most beautifully made Transformer. And next week, visitors can get an up close look Temple Newsam’s magnificent mechanised reading and writing desk, crafted more than 270 years ago. The newly-acquired desk, made from mahogany with inlaid and finely engraved brass decoration, was fashioned in around 1740,

8th March 2017

MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

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Leeds Museums and Galleries object of the week- Harewood writing table

A true example of master craftsmanship at its very finest, Temple Newsam’s beautiful Harewood writing table has been in Leeds for more than 240 years. Created by none other than world-famous furniture maker and designer Thomas Chippendale, the desk was originally made for architect Robert Adam’s palace at Harewood House in 1771. Intended to

7th March 2017

NEWS

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Women in Leeds pledge to ‘Be Bold for Change’

Women and girls across Leeds are being invited to inspire change and call for equality at a special event at Leeds Town Hall. Over 200 inspirational women will be attending the fourth annual ‘Celebrating Women’ event on Wednesday 8 March, which is being hosted by the city’s first female council leader, Councillor Judith Blake

7th March 2017

OUR CITY

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Businesses invited to invest in culture and back city’s 2023 bid

Leading local businesses will come together tomorrow to hear how they can unite behind Leeds’s once-in-a-generation bid to be named European Capital of Culture 2023. Northern Ballet will host this Wednesday’s event (March 8), which will see more than a hundred of the city’s business leaders invited to get involved in backing the ambitious bid.

6th March 2017

HOMES

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Approval given for new council houses on former east Leeds pub site

A former pub site in east Leeds is to be redeveloped into new affordable council housing after planning approval was granted today. Leeds City Council approved the proposal to develop the site of the former Whinmoor pub on Stanks Lane South in Swarcliffe into 22 new two-bedroom semi-detached houses. The development is part of

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