Wednesday 20 November 2024
Road Safety Week: Stark figures highlight impact of deaths and serious injuries on district’s roads
An average of one person every month is killed and more than one seriously injured every day on roads in Leeds, latest figures show.
Tuesday 19 November 2024
New homes set to ease housing pressures and give helping hand to local families
Construction work is set to start on a scheme that will ease housing pressures in Leeds by providing dozens of affordable council homes.
Friday 15 November 2024
Garden waste collections to pause for the winter
Brown bin collections in Leeds are going into their usual annual winter hibernation after 30 November.
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Report highlights city’s innovative work to create healthier homes
A new report has highlighted promising results being achieved by work in Leeds to improve people's health through better housing.
Wednesday 13 November 2024
Mural tribute planned for city’s unsung sports stars
A record-breaking local swimmer and a legendary Leeds Paralympian are among the city’s unsung sporting heroes set to be honoured in series of eye-catching new murals.
Doris Storey, who smashed the record for the 220yds breaststroke in 1938, and Kadeena Cox, who has brought home a remarkable string of Paralympic gold medals in sprinting and cycling, have been chosen by a panel of volunteers to be commemorated in the exciting new arts project.
20 Nov 2024
Road Safety Week: Stark figures highlight impact of deaths and serious injuries on district’s roads
An average of one person every month is killed and more than one seriously injured every day on roads in Leeds, latest figures show.
19 Nov 2024
New homes set to ease housing pressures and give helping hand to local families
Construction work is set to start on a scheme that will ease housing pressures in Leeds by providing dozens of affordable council homes.
15 Nov 2024
Garden waste collections to pause for the winter
Brown bin collections in Leeds are going into their usual annual winter hibernation after 30 November.
13 Nov 2024
Report highlights city’s innovative work to create healthier homes
A new report has highlighted promising results being achieved by work in Leeds to improve people's health through better housing.
13 Nov 2024
Mural tribute planned for city’s unsung sports stars
A record-breaking local swimmer and a legendary Leeds Paralympian are among the city’s unsung sporting heroes set to be honoured in series of eye-catching new murals.
Doris Storey, who smashed the record for the 220yds breaststroke in 1938, and Kadeena Cox, who has brought home a remarkable string of Paralympic gold medals in sprinting and cycling, have been chosen by a panel of volunteers to be commemorated in the exciting new arts project.
11 Nov 2024
Honour for fallen Leeds servicemen after library’s historic photo find
Photographs of three Leeds soldiers killed during the Second World War and laid to rest in a cemetery in The Netherlands have been placed before their graves thanks to librarians in their home city.
Pictures of Lance Corporal Herbert Alan Young, teenager Private John Keddie and Sapper Walter Marshall have been laid at the CWGC Venray War Cemetery as part of a moving commemoration event held by local residents.