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Leeds West Indian Carnival
5th April 2020
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Leeds West Indian Carnival 2020 cancelled due to coronavirus COVID-19

The Leeds West Indian Carnival 2020 has been cancelled due to coronavirus COVID-19, organisers have confirmed. Press release issued by Leeds West Indian Carnival supported by Leeds City Council We are deeply saddened to announce that Leeds West Indian Carnival 2020 will not be taking place due to the coronavirus pandemic. This decision has…
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Coronavirus
5th April 2020
1 min read

Public urged to respect workers performing essential tasks across Leeds

Leeds City Council Leader calls on the public to support and respect the officers and contractors currently carrying out essential works across the city. Members of the public are being asked to support and respect the officers and contractors currently carrying out essential works across the city. This comes after reports earlier this week…
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Voluntary Action Leeds
24th March 2020
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City unites to help those in need

Leeds City Council has joined forces with Voluntary Action Leeds and a network of other local charities to deliver care to anyone in need across the city. Following last week’s unprecedented announcements many people had already made the difficult decision to self-isolate. Monday’s Prime Ministerial announcement means now even more people will be restricted…
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Leeds City Council ASC Award
21st February 2020
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Leeds City Council wins national care award

Leeds City Council has won a national award for its work to improve the skills and leadership of people who work in the social care sector. The council scooped the ‘best employer support for registered managers’ award at a prestigious ceremony in London where it was presented with a Skills for Care Accolade trophy…
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Roland TB-03 Synthesiser (2016)
21st February 2020
1 min read

Estate takes visitors on a journey to Japan

A new exhibition will take visitors to Lotherton on a journey to Japan thanks to fascinating links forged decades ago by a Leeds diplomat and his family. Making Japan, which opens on March 1, will see the Aberford estate bridge a gap of more than 5,000 miles to explore three centuries of the island…
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Arts@Leeds
21st February 2020
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Arts grants help give city’s economy multi-million pound boost

An innovative grants scheme has helped cultural organisations in Leeds generate more than £56m for the local economy in just one year, new figures have revealed.   The Arts@Leeds project, run by Leeds City Council, gives arts organisations across the city financial support to create exciting events and activities in venues and communities. Now…
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Child Friendly Leeds Awards
15th February 2020
4 mins read

Child Friendly Leeds champions announced

The winners of the seventh Child Friendly Leeds awards have been announced in a star-studded ‘Space’ themed ceremony at Leeds City Varieties. The awards, which are organised, planned and delivered by young people, celebrate some of the people, places and organisations working to make Leeds a child friendly city. A significant number of nominations…
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Leeds Health Wellbeing and Adults
15th February 2020
1 min read

Residents urged to look after their hearts

Residents across Leeds are being targeted with a major new campaign to reduce coronary heart disease and stroke. The initiative comes just months after stark warnings that our region has the highest death rate in England attributed to coronary heart disease. Every month, around 1,100 people in Yorkshire are killed by heart and circulatory…
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Leeds Ice Cube
31st January 2020
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Glide into the new decade as Ice Cube turns 20

The city will once again be getting its skates on when Leeds’s coolest wintertime attraction returns to Millennium Square to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Open until Sunday, February 23, Ice Cube will once again give visitors a chance to whizz around the ice under a specially covered outdoor real ice rink complete with a…
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Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair
31st January 2020
1 min read

The north’s largest apprenticeship recruitment fair returns to Leeds for 2020

The largest apprenticeship recruitment fair in the north returns to the Leeds early next month. Taking place at the first direct arena from 4-8pm on Monday 3 February, the Leeds Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair will feature more than 100 organisations exhibiting apprenticeship vacancies available now. The list of employers taking part includes Channel 4 Television,…
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Below the Salt
31st January 2020
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Spectacular salt patterns rediscover mansion’s rich history

Stunningly intricate patterns made using millions of grains of salt have transformed the great hall of Temple Newsam House for a new exhibition celebrating the mansion’s history. Artist Catherine Bertola has reinterpreted the story of the stunning Tudor Jacobean building’s unique architecture and its generations of residents as she brings Below the Salt to…
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Leeds City Council
24th January 2020
2 mins read

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. The work on buildings, public realm and highway improvements is part of Leeds City Council’s Local Centres Programme to support businesses and enhance the urban environment of important local shopping and services. Since the…
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Holocaust Memorial Day 2020
24th January 2020
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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 Hall from 2pm. 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…
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17th January 2020
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Leeds to host finale as routes for 2020 Tour de Yorkshire announced

The full routes for the 2020 Tour de Yorkshire and Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women’s Race have been unveiled at Leeds Civic Hall. Both routes will be the toughest in the history of the race and feature more climbing than ever before, including the Côtes de Buttertubs and Grinton Moor – both making their…
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Garforth Leisure Centre
17th January 2020
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Opening hours of Garforth Leisure Centre extended due to demand

The opening hours of a popular outer east Leeds leisure centre have been significantly extended from this week. As part of the new schedule, service users will now be able to use all of the facilities at Garforth Leisure Centre from 6am-10pm on Monday-Friday. Previously, the opening hours at the facility from Monday-Friday were…
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