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Leeds City Council
18th October 2017
1 min read

Pledge your support to recycle more glass as part of new campaign

Residents in Leeds are being asked to pledge to recycle their glass at their nearest bottle banks rather than throwing it into their household bins as part of a drive to increase the city’s recycling rates. The average Leeds household throws away 500 glass bottles and jars each year which contributes to over 15,000…
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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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Leeds, Leeds Star
13th October 2017
3 mins read

Leeds comes together to take a stand against hate crime

Leeds City Council, Safer Leeds, West Yorkshire Police, and West Yorkshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner are standing together to reassure members of the public that hate crime in any form will not be tolerated. As part of National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2017, a number of events will be held across the city next week to…
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Leeds Jewish Community
13th October 2017
1 min read

Council leader’s support for Jewish community after anti-Semitic grafitti

Leeds City Council Leader Councillor Judith Blake has written to the leaders of the Etz Chaim synagogue on Harrogate Road expressing her shock at anti-Semitic grafitti there and offering the council’s full support. Police were informed after the grafitti was found daubed there earlier this week and In a letter to Rabbi Shalom Kupperman and Rabbi…
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Noddle Logo
12th October 2017
2 mins read

First financial health hub launches in Leeds

Leeds residents will soon be able to start improving their financial health during a visit to town, thanks to a new partnership between Noddle and Leeds City Council. Noddle – the free for life credit report and score service – will launch a new ‘financial health hub’ in Leeds next week, to help educate…
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Leeds Art Gallery
12th October 2017
4 mins read

Leeds Art Gallery reopens tomorrow after a period of closure

Newly uncovered exhibition space and transformed Central Court Gallery. • Major ARTIST ROOMS: Joseph Beuys exhibition – with works by Beuys showing in Leeds for the first time in over 30 years. • New presentation of the collection featuring recent acquisitions including work by Martine Syms gifted through the Valeria Napoleone XX Contemporary Art…
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Lord Filkin, Bill Rollinson, Cllr Rebecca Charlwood
11th October 2017
4 mins read

Five-year partnership to improve quality of later life for people in Leeds Lord Geoffrey Filkin, Bill Rollinson MBE and Cllr Rebecca Charlwood celebrate signing the memorandum of understanding

A new partnership that will bring fresh thinking to the challenges and opportunities for older residents in Leeds was announced today (Wednesday, 11th October). Like the rest of the UK, people in Leeds are living longer. It is estimated that by 2021 the number of people in Leeds aged 50 and over will increase…
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First West Yorkshire
11th October 2017
3 mins read

Leeds welcomes electric double decker bus trial

Following a successful trial in York, First Leeds has this week launched its trial of a new fully electric double decker bus. The “Metrodecker EV” is being trialled by local bus operator First Leeds and will be seen serving the park & ride sites at Elland Road and Temple Green. The zero-emission and fully…
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Kirkstall Abbey
11th October 2017
1 min read

Enjoy some mindful moments at beautiful Kirkstall Abbey

Centuries ago, it was a tranquil sanctuary where Cistercian monks would spend hours in peaceful contemplation. And this week Kirkstall Abbey will be giving people in Leeds a chance to follow in their footsteps and enjoy some mindful moments during series of drop-in sessions to support World Mental Health Day. The abbey’s visitor’s centre will be…
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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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Skeletons Our Buried Bones
9th October 2017
1 min read

2023 case study- Skeletons: Our Buried Bones

It’s one of the most stunning, bold and thought-provoking exhibitions Leeds has ever seen. Now one of the curators behind Leeds City Museum’s incredible new Skeletons: Our Buried Bones has backed the city’s bid to become European Capital of Culture in 2023. Ruth Martin, the museum’s curator of exhibitions, has worked with colleagues from…
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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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