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Leeds Winter Coat Appeal
16th December 2022
3 mins read

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
2 mins read

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
Scarlet Fever
16th December 2022
2 mins read

Scarlet Fever: All You Need to Know

Local health experts are reassuring Leeds residents that the public health risks from Scarlet Fever remain low, despite a higher number of cases already reported this winter. Scarlet Fever is a common seasonal childhood infection caused by the bacteria Streptococcus Pyogenes or group A Streptococcus. Although Scarlet Fever is usually a very mild illness,
Leeds City Council Budget Consultation 2023-24
16th December 2022
3 mins read

Consultation launches on Leeds City Council’s annual budget proposals

Public consultation on Leeds City Council’s annual budget proposals to deliver an estimated £69.8million savings in the next financial year has now begun. The 2023/24 budget proposals include a proposed council tax increase of 4.99 per cent, with two per cent of that earmarked for Adult Social Care funding. A full press release on
Christmas at Candlelighters
2nd December 2022
3 mins read

Make this Christmas Magical for a child with cancer

Will you give children with cancer the magical Christmas they deserve? For over 45 years, your kind support has brought hope to families affected by childhood cancer by ensuring they didn’t face a difficult Christmas alone. Because of you, we could provide those families with the emotional, practical and financial support they needed to
Helen Stott of Allerton CE Primary School in Leeds
2nd December 2022
4 mins read

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
The Storymaker's Apprentice
2nd December 2022
1 min read

Library to host festive storybook spectacular this Christmas

Visitors to Leeds Central Library can take a spellbinding step into an enchanting storybook world this Christmas thanks to a series of immersive live performances. From December 10, the library’s atmospheric Room 700 will be the setting for Libellule Theatre’s magical production of The Storymaker’s Apprentice. Aimed at children aged three to eight, and
Lord Mayor of Leeds, with the Lord Mayor of Krackow
25th November 2022
1 min read

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
Photo caption- The December Daily Dash calls on people to walk, jog, run or roll 5k every day and raise vital funds for Sue Ryder
25th November 2022
2 mins read

Make a difference this winter with a ‘Daily Dash’

People across Leeds are being encouraged to take on a ‘Daily Dash’ this December to boost their wellbeing and raise funds for a good cause. The December Daily Dash challenge calls on the public to get outdoors and walk, jog, run or roll 5k every day during the month, whatever the weather, to raise
‘Name the Gritter’ competition
25th November 2022
1 min read

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
2 mins read

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
Baby Week Leeds
18th November 2022
1 min read

Back to Basics with Baby Week Leeds

Baby Week returns to Leeds with over 100 free or low cost events taking place across the city over the week. This year’s theme is ‘Back to Basics’, which is about rediscovering opportunities, services and support available for expectant and current parents and carers. This could be anything from finding a new parent group,
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
Jubilee Tree from The Queen's Green Canopy
18th November 2022
3 mins read

Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice honoured with Jubilee Tree

Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice have been honoured with a Jubilee Tree from The Queen’s Green Canopy, which was planted at the hospice by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Vice Lord-Lieutenant for West Yorkshire, Helen Thomson, alongside Sue Ryder volunteers, supporters, staff, NHS partners, local dignitaries and local school children at a special ceremony. The
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