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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
19th December 2016
1 min read

Beeston resident guilty of fly-tipping hit with three-month curfew

A resident of Beeston has been hit with a three-month curfew and a financial penalty after pleading guilty to a number of fly-tipping offences. Mr Yadson Barroso of Westbourne Avenue was ordered to pay £200 towards costs and a surcharge of £60 at Leeds Magistrates Court after pleading guilty this month to four offences…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
16th December 2016
1 min read

Statement in response to announcement that UK cities including Leeds will bid for European Capital of Culture 2023

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has today announced that UK cities, including Leeds, will be bidding to become European Capital of Culture 2023. Councillor Judith Blake, Leader of Leeds City Council said: “Leeds has been ready to bid since 2014 and we are delighted that today the Department for Culture Media and Sport has recognised…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
14th December 2016
5 mins read

Kirkstall Flood Information Centre opens

A public flood information centre officially opened in Kirkstall in Leeds this week to provide information and advice to homeowners and businesses at risk of flooding. The Team Kirkstall Regeneration Hub, at 352-354 Kirkstall Road, has been set up by Phil Marken of Open Source Arts Ltd and Kirkstall Regen Ltd, the Environment Agency, Leeds City Council and…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
14th December 2016
2 mins read

Stepping up taxi safety in Leeds in time for Christmas

Revellers travelling around Leeds this Christmas can feel more secure using taxis and private hire vehicles, thanks to additional security measures introduced by Leeds City Council this month. The council’s taxi and private hire enforcement team are extending their enforcement capabilities to use extra CCTV surveillance networks to monitor the activity of the taxi…
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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
7th December 2016
3 mins read

Safeguarding in taxi and private hire licensing is top of the agenda

Senior councillors will next week discuss how Leeds City Council is keeping people who use taxis and private hire vehicles in the city safe. At the next meeting of the council’s executive board, on Wednesday 14 December, members will hear how work to improve safeguarding measures in taxi and private hire licensing has progressed…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
7th December 2016
4 mins read

Proposals for two new leisure and wellbeing centres and potential new swimming pool in Kippax to be tabled at executive board

A proposal seeking to develop plans for two new leisure and wellbeing centres in Leeds are set to be discussed by senior councillors next week. Featuring in a report setting out the council’s future vision for leisure and wellbeing centres to Leeds City Council’s executive board on 14 December 2016, members have the opportunity to…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
7th December 2016
1 min read

Object of the week- Leeds United ticket

It was a thrilling era when Elland Road became synonymous with a unique brand of exciting, swashbuckling football. Now visitors to Abbey House Museum can relive some of Leeds United’s 90s glory days at an exhibition dedicated to growing up in Leeds. The museum’s Decades of Youth exhibition features objects and memories spanning more…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
7th December 2016
2 mins read

Football project kicks anti-social behaviour to the corner

Young people in Halton Moor are being given the opportunity to take part in a football project with Leeds United Foundation in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour in the area. Housing Leeds is working with the official charity of the Leeds United club to deliver the ‘Premier League Kicks’ project across areas of…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
6th December 2016
3 mins read

Council tax rise to fund growing adult social care pressures

Huge budget pressures have led Leeds City Council to again accept the government’s offer of adding 2% to council tax to contribute to the spiralling costs of caring for rising numbers of older people. A total council tax rise of 3.99% in Leeds for the coming year is proposed as the council deals with…
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Leeds, Leeds Star
6th December 2016
2 mins read

Columbia Threadneedle World Triathlon Leeds General Sale Launches

Columbia Threadneedle World Triathlon Leeds entries are now on general sale, inviting more than 5000 participants to take part in a show-stopping event on 10-11 June 2017. The release follows a week-long priority entry window dedicated to British Triathlon Home Nation members and participants of the 2016 event, during which nearly 1000 spaces were…
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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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Leeds, Leeds Star
5th December 2016
5 mins read

New airport parkway station revealed as part of transformational £270million transport proposals for Leeds

A new parkway rail station connecting to Leeds Bradford Airport forms part of transformational proposals to make £270million of improvements to transport in Leeds. The announcement, along with two other new stations to be created in the city and additional rail network improvements, are the first details to be revealed ahead of an ambitious…
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