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Leeds Bin App
18th December 2017
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Annual Christmas bin collection changes

Waste and recycling bin collection changes are to take place over the Christmas and new year period. Collections will take place up until and including Christmas Eve – Sunday 24 December. Bins scheduled to be emptied on Christmas day will instead be emptied the day before on Christmas Eve. Otherwise all other collections will…
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Xmaslights
15th December 2017
2 mins read

Lord Mayor’s official Christmas card for 2017 designed by 8-year-old

A winning design has been chosen by the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Cllr Jane Dowson for her official Christmas card this year. The winner and two runners-up received a special thanks and congratulations on stage at the Lord Mayor’s Christmas carol concert on Thursday evening. Following the Christmas card competition which was launched with…
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Temple Newsam Christmas
6th December 2017
1 min read

A visit to house’s wonderful workshop is good for your elf

Hidden away, deep inside Temple Newsam House is a fantastically festive creation worthy of Santa’s most enterprising elves. The wonderful workshop will be the latest addition to the beautiful mansion’s spectacular 500 years of Christmas celebrations, which take place this Saturday and Sunday. Crafted entirely from leftover parts taken from previous exhibitions and installations,…
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Pedestrian Zone Leeds
1st December 2017
1 min read

Further precautionary steps taken to manage unauthorised vehicle access to pedestrianised areas of city centre

Temporary manual gates to support the existing vehicle access restrictions in place on pedestrianised areas of Leeds city centre have been installed. The gates will be in operation from 10.30am to 7pm every day and will help control unauthorised vehicular access into restricted pedestrianised areas during the festive period. The seven gates will provide…
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Leeds Kirkgate Market
23rd November 2017
2 mins read

Christmas countdown begins at Leeds Kirkgate Market

Visitors to Leeds city centre are being invited to pop down to Leeds Kirkgate Market for a host of Christmas cheer from now until Christmas. To make the run-up to Christmas extra special, Leeds Kirkgate Market is putting on a host of festive treats for all the family, making Christmas shopping not only affordable…
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Leeds Rhinos
10th November 2017
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Rhinos light up Leeds as thousands flock to festive spectacular

The Leeds Rhinos pushed the big red button to officially get Christmas in Leeds underway during a show-stopping festive spectacular this evening. The city’s Rugby League heroes took to the stage in front of a crowd of thousands on Victoria Gardens, with the honour of switching on Leeds’s Christmas lights going to departing club…
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Leeds Rhinos
23rd October 2017
3 mins read

Rhinos lead the charge to get Christmas in Leeds underway

Rugby League heroes The Leeds Rhinos will get the festive season officially underway as guests of honour at this year’s fantastic Leeds Christmas lights switch on. Fresh off their incredible Super League Grand Final win earlier this month, the Rhinos will take to the stage on Victoria Gardens on November 9. Members of the…
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Leeds Credit Union
13th October 2017
2 mins read

Take action now so debt worries don’t ruin your Christmas

Leeds residents are being encouraged to plan ahead for Christmas, to prevent overspending and debt worries from ruining their festive season. Leeds City Council is joining forces with a host of organisations to offer advice and guidance to Leeds residents on Saturday 14 October on Briggate, to help them beat the Christmas debt trap…
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Lotherton Christmas Experience
11th October 2017
1 min read

Enchanting festive extravaganza returns to Lotherton this Christmas

The picturesque grounds of Lotherton will once again be transformed into a unique festive attraction this Christmas. After a hugely successful debut year last year, the Lotherton Christmas Experience will return on November 24, complete with Santa’s North Pole, a brand new Elf Village attraction and a stunning Twelve Days of Christmas woodland walk.…
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Christkindelmarkt German Christmas Market
9th October 2017
2 mins read

Leeds’s famous German market extended to Christmas Eve

The city’s hugely popular annual Christkindelmarkt German Christmas market will return with an extended run this year staying open right up until Christmas Eve. Once again Millennium Square is set to be be transformed into a scenic festive village featuring a mix of over 40 traditionally decorated wooden chalet stalls selling a wide range…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
15th March 2017
1 min read

Festive experience at Lotherton attracts almost 65,000 visitors

Tens of thousands of people flocked to a fantastic new festive extravaganza at Lotherton Hall last Christmas. A report that will go before the council’s executive board next week reveals that the new Lotherton Christmas Experience, which saw the estate transformed into a festive wonderland, attracted more than ten times as many visitors as…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
6th January 2017
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A compassionate Christmas for Leeds children in care

Child Friendly Leeds ambassadors pulled out all the stops this Christmas to give children who live in foster families across Leeds access to an exciting range of special festive treats and offers. With support from Leeds City Council, businesses and organisations across the city have organised Christmas parties, a cinema treat and discounted theatre…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
23rd December 2016
1 min read

We wish you a Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas! We wish you successes and victories, full understanding and respect from others. Christmas is a very sacred day. Have an unforgettable holiday Illuminated with all the lights Of the world and life’s delights! May Christmas spirit keep glowing And all the happiness get going. Be blessed with all…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
21st December 2016
1 min read

Object of the week- Soldier’s Christmas letters home

A heart-breaking reminder of the human cost of war, these historic letters were written by a Leeds soldier serving on the front lines just before Christmas 100 years ago. Currently on display at Leeds City Museum, the letters were penned by Private Leonard Wragby, who sent them home from France in 1917, during the…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
19th December 2016
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Christmas bin collections all wrapped up

Hark! The refuse service sing – check the right day to put out your bin. That is the message from Leeds City Council as Christmas approaches. Bins will be collected as normal until and including Christmas Eve. Then between Monday 26 December and Sunday 8 January bins will be emptied either one or two…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
19th December 2016
1 min read

Leeds City Council service information for the festive period

Details of this year’s Leeds City Council services for over the festive period are available on the council website here: Leeds City Council Christmas services 2016 Services that are expected to have low or non-essential demand are being scaled back to allow the closure of a number of council buildings, which saves on costs over the…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
14th December 2016
1 min read

Object of the Week- Scary Spice doll

She was one fifth of the iconic British pop combo that stormed the charts worldwide and sparked the unstoppable Girl Power phenomenon. Now a doll of Leeds’s very own Scary Spice Mel B is on display as part of an exhibition looking back at people’s favourite memories of growing up in Leeds. Originally formed in…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
6th December 2016
1 min read

Show your support for the homeless by donating a Christmas gift

A new drop-in service offering residents the opportunity to donate gifts to the homeless this Christmas has opened at Leeds Civic Hall. Anyone wishing to donate can do so via the antechamber (courtyard entrance) area of the civic hall during normal working hours. All of the gifts donated will be given to St George’s…
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