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Wallabies bounce into new home at Lotherton Wildlife World: Wallabies at Lotherton

06 Nov 2024

Wallabies bounce into new home at Lotherton Wildlife World

Lotherton has welcomed a hopping troupe of wallabies into the wide range of animals hosted at their popular outdoor zoo.

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Woodhouse Lane Gateway: £20m transformative travel plans unveiled for key city centre route: Parkinson Building visualisation

06 Nov 2024

Woodhouse Lane Gateway: £20m transformative travel plans unveiled for key city centre route

Have your say on the proposals, between the centre of Leeds and Hyde Park and Woodhouse areas of the city, by Monday 16 December 2024.

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Gallery exhibitions put Leeds in the frame: SC-Comma39-Still3

06 Nov 2024

Gallery exhibitions put Leeds in the frame

Two artists – each with their own Leeds connection - will have their ground-breaking works displayed at the city’s art gallery this week.

November will see Leeds Art Gallery launch Stuart Croft: Eternal Return and Silent Echoes Spoken Truths: Curtis Holder, with the exhibitions opening jointly on November 8.

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Honouring the fallen: Lord Mayor to lead Leeds in the act of remembrance: Remembrance Sunday 2023 cropped

06 Nov 2024

Honouring the fallen: Lord Mayor to lead Leeds in the act of remembrance

The Lord Mayor of Leeds Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung warmly invites everyone to join her on Remembrance Sunday as she leads the city’s tribute to servicemen and women who have lost their lives in service of their country.

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Plan ahead for busiest time of year on city centre roads: Traffic management Rodley to Horsforth A6120

05 Nov 2024

Plan ahead for busiest time of year on city centre roads

Motorists travelling into Leeds are being encouraged to plan ahead for what is typically the busiest time of year on the city centre’s roads.

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Intricate model sheds a little light on iconic Smeaton designs: image00002-3

04 Nov 2024

Intricate model sheds a little light on iconic Smeaton designs

An impressive, brick-by-brick recreation of John Smeaton’s famous Eddystone Lighthouse has gone on display in Leeds alongside the 230-year-old designs which inspired it.

Civil Engineer and railway enthusiast Mark Calvert designed the model and then printed each part on a 3D printer, after an illuminating study into the famed Leeds-born engineer’s original masterwork.

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