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Leeds Health and Care Partnership - Response to area SEND inspection report: Leeds Health & Care Partnership Logo Colour

18 Jun 2026

Leeds Health and Care Partnership - Response to area SEND inspection report

Leeds Health and Care Partnership welcomes today's area SEND inspection report from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission. It provides an important, independent assessment of our services and a clear starting point for the next stage of improvement.

Children's services

Leeds will be pitch perfect for cricket fans during Women’s T20 World Cup: WT20WC 1

16 Jun 2026

Leeds will be pitch perfect for cricket fans during Women’s T20 World Cup

Leeds is set to catch yet more international sporting attention as the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup (WT20WC) arrives in the city this week.

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Experts earn their stripes with iconic tiger TLC: image00098

15 Jun 2026

Experts earn their stripes with iconic tiger TLC

It was once one of the animal kingdom’s most impressive apex predators and for generations has been the striped sentinel guarding the entrance to Leeds City Museum.

But an expert clean-up crew has discovered even the famous Leeds Tiger can fall prey to the passage of time and occasionally needs some careful pampering.

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Council congratulates Kevin Sinfield on his knighthood: SW Pix)

12 Jun 2026

Council congratulates Kevin Sinfield on his knighthood

Leeds Rhinos legend and MND campaigner knighted in King's Birthday Honours, while foster carer Linda Harrison-Simcock receives OBE

Leeds Rhinos

Tasty milestone shows Market Kitchen has right ingredients for continued success: Market Kitchen 1

12 Jun 2026

Tasty milestone shows Market Kitchen has right ingredients for continued success

Big smiles were the order of the day at Leeds Kirkgate Market as its Market Kitchen street food hall celebrated a decade of delicious dishes and rave reviews.

Markets

City’s heroes of ’66 remembered as World Cup stars warm up: 20061030 162225

11 Jun 2026

City’s heroes of ’66 remembered as World Cup stars warm up

Leeds United’s World Cup winning heroes are being remembered by the city’s librarians as England's current crop prepare to kick off their bid for glory this summer.

An inspirational photograph of 1966 legends including Jack Charlton and Norman Hunter being welcomed back to Leeds after The Three Lions’ historic triumph is going on display at Leeds Central Library alongside a book featuring their signatures alongside other Elland Road icons.

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