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Global honour for pioneering Leeds sports kit recycling partnership: Sport Positive Awards 2024 - Glenn Holdsworth -Yorkshire Sport Foundation-4

14 Oct 2024

Global honour for pioneering Leeds sports kit recycling partnership

Leeds Equipment and Kit Exchange Partnership triumphs at Sport Positive Awards 2024

Leisure and sport Environment

Eligible Leeds residents urged to protect themselves against viruses with free winter jabs: Winter vaccine

14 Oct 2024

Eligible Leeds residents urged to protect themselves against viruses with free winter jabs

Leeds’s public health boss has issued a plea for all those eligible to take up the offer of a free flu vaccine this winter after worrying uptake levels last year.

Health

Civic reception is a golden occasion for Olympians and Paralympians: Reception 1-3

10 Oct 2024

Civic reception is a golden occasion for Olympians and Paralympians

Leeds rolled out the red carpet last night as it honoured the local stars of the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics with a civic reception.

Leisure and sport

Group scoops top award for building on Smeaton’s legacy: BM-MarshAwards2024-9176

09 Oct 2024

Group scoops top award for building on Smeaton’s legacy

A group of young history lovers, who followed in the footsteps of famed Leeds-born engineer John Smeaton, have scooped a top award.

Known as The Young Smeatonians, they brought past and present together, exploring how the work of pioneering engineers like Smeaton influenced the designs of modern toys like Lego and Meccano.

Leeds Industrial Museum Museums and galleries Arts

Royal British Legion thanks council for “doing the right thing by veterans”: medals 1200px

09 Oct 2024

Royal British Legion thanks council for “doing the right thing by veterans”

Leeds City Council brings military compensation fully into line with civilian awards in benefits means testing

Armed Forces/Remembrance