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Talent and tenacity is celebrated in champion style at 2025 Leeds Sports Awards: Awards 1-2

16 May 2025

Talent and tenacity is celebrated in champion style at 2025 Leeds Sports Awards

Famous names and unsung heroes took centre stage last night at the 22nd annual Leeds Sports Awards ceremony.

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New gallery show explores work of internationally renowned artists: (FULL SIZE 300dpi) To Improvise a Mountain - Leeds Art Gallery (MAY 2025) ©Rob Battersby 10

16 May 2025

New gallery show explores work of internationally renowned artists

A captivating new exhibition in Leeds has brought together work by generations of artists from around the world.

To Improvise A Mountain opens at Leeds Art Gallery this week and has been curated by leading contemporary artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

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12 May 2025

Joint statement on India-Pakistan conflict

Comment issued by civic and faith leaders in Leeds

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Letters issued to Leeds postal voters of important need to renew their details: Oct 2023 Postal voting visual

12 May 2025

Letters issued to Leeds postal voters of important need to renew their details

Deadline of January 2026 for voters to update their details, or have their postal vote option cancelled

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12 May 2025

City’s tiny Saxon treasure has a big story to tell

A beautiful ancient Saxon pendant buried for more than 1,200 years in a Leeds field is giving experts a fascinating glimpse into life in early medieval Yorkshire.

Believed to date from the eighth century, the gilded pectoral cross may have once been a badge of office for an important church leader or official and was unearthed last year by a metal detectorist.

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