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Leeds, Leeds Star
3rd February 2017
3 mins read

New Child Friendly Leeds champions announced

The winners of the annual Child Friendly Leeds awards have been announced at a glamorous ceremony at Leeds City Varieties last night. The awards, organised by young people, celebrate some of the people, places and organisations helping to make Leeds a child friendly city. Hundreds of nominations came in for champion children, child friendly…
Leeds, Leeds Star
3rd February 2017
2 mins read

Chance to solve historic murder mystery this half term

Four hundred years ago, one of Temple Newsam House’s most famous residents was killed in a grisly murder that remains a mystery to this day. Now, on the anniversary of Lord Darnley’s gruesome demise, budding super sleuths can wander the same atmospheric halls he once called home as they try to solve their own…
Leeds, Leeds Star
2nd February 2017
3 mins read

Floods review report calls for ‘critical’ additional investment for Leeds to help prevent Storm Eva repeat

A new report stressing the ‘critical’ need for further significant investment in flood alleviation schemes to help prevent a repeat of the devastation caused by Storm Eva in Leeds will be discussed by senior councillors next week. At its meeting at Civic Hall on Wednesday 8 February, Leeds City Council’s executive board will consider…
Leeds, Leeds Star
1st February 2017
2 mins read

Another page turns for Leeds Libraries’ #whatsyourstory campaign

A full-time mum is set to take centre-stage as a popular campaign showcasing the delights of libraries across Leeds prepares to turn a new page in 2017. Since its debut in 2015, #whatsyourstory has proved to be a big hit by using the experiences of people from different backgrounds and ages who use their…
Leeds, Leeds Star
31st January 2017
1 min read

The Bluebird is landing: Yorkshire bakery opens in Kirkgate Market

One of Yorkshire’s most popular bakeries is set to open its third shop inside the newly restored Kirkgate Market on the 18th February 2017. Bluebird Bakery, which also has shops on York’s historic Shambles and in Malton – ‘Yorkshire’s food capital’ – is branching into West Yorkshire and hopes to drum up similar enthusiasm…
Leeds, Leeds Star
30th January 2017
2 mins read

Leeds pupils spice up lunchtime with Tour de Yorkshire themed meal

Pupils from a Leeds special school will be setting taste buds tingling at schools across the city, after winning a competition to design a Tour de Yorkshire themed school lunch. The competition, organised by Leeds City Council’s catering service ‘Catering Leeds’ was run across all primary schools and Specialist Inclusive Learning Centres, who were…
Leeds, Leeds Star
30th January 2017
2 mins read

Cleaning up in the community

Litter louts, fly tippers and inconsiderate dog owners are all in the firing line for community-minded people across the Leeds neighbourhoods at an event in Pudsey next month (23 February). The event is being held in the run up to Keep Britain Tidy’s March GB Spring Clean campaign to get half a million people…
Leeds, Leeds Star
27th January 2017
1 min read

Ice Cube returns to Millennium Square with a cool new look

Skaters of all ages in Leeds will have the chance to chill out on Millennium Square this weekend thanks to the return of the hugely popular Ice Cube. The skating rink was back on the square today (Friday, Jan 27), this time with a new covered real outdoor ice rink, meaning visitors can get their…
Leeds, Leeds Star
26th January 2017
2 mins read

New year, new homes for council tenants in Bramley

A former pub site in Bramley in Leeds has been successfully transformed into new council housing as part of Leeds City Council’s housing growth scheme. The Cardigan Green development comprising of eight two-bedroom homes has now been finished on the site of the former Lord Cardigan pub, which was demolished in 2012 as part…
Leeds, Leeds Star
25th January 2017
1 min read

Object of the week- Spider-Man comic signed by Stan Lee

One of Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee’s most successful creations, costumed crime-fighter Spider-Man is also one of the world’s most recognisable super heroes. In 1992, 30 years after Peter Parker’s alter ego slung his first web, Marvel released a special anniversary edition of The Spectacular Spider-Man, featuring eye-catching holographic cover art. An edition of…
Leeds, Leeds Star
18th January 2017
2 mins read

Work set to start on new Lotherton Wildlife World

Ambitious plans to transform Lotherton Bird Garden into an exciting new wildlife attraction are set to get underway this month. The spectacular Lotherton Wildlife World will see a number of new animal additions joining the Lotherton family including tapirs, capybaras and a colony of Humboldt penguins. The impressive redevelopment of the historic attraction, which…
Leeds, Leeds Star
17th January 2017
2 mins read

Lord Mayor to lead city Holocaust Memorial Day service

A city civic commemoration event marking Holocaust Memorial Day will be held on Sunday 22 January at Leeds Town Hall from 2pm. Remembering those who were persecuted and died during the Holocaust and other genocides, the event hosted by the Lord Mayor Councillor Gerry Harper will also include a keynote speech by MP for…
Leeds, Leeds Star
17th January 2017
1 min read

Yorkshire’s biggest apprenticeship fair returns to the arena for 2017

Over 120 national and regional employers will be heading to Leeds this March for the biggest apprenticeship recruitment fair in the Yorkshire and Humber region as it returns for 2017. The event will take place on Monday 6 March at the first direct Arena from 4-8pm, marking the start of National Apprenticeship Week. Supported…
Leeds, Leeds Star
13th January 2017
1 min read

Leeds champions voice of people with motor neurone disease

Leeds Health and Wellbeing Board has agreed to adopt the motor neurone disease (MND) Charter to confirm their support of local people living with this terminal disease and their carers. MND is a fatal. The rapidly progressing disease can leave people locked in a failing body, unable to move, talk and eventually breathe. It…
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