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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

Leeds Armed Forces Festival marches forward as Battle of Britain ‘ace’ honoured: Daisy Belles - Armed Forces Day cropped

10 Jun 2026

Leeds Armed Forces Festival marches forward as Battle of Britain ‘ace’ honoured

Second World War pilot honoured as armed forces themed events take place across the city.

Lord Mayor of Leeds

Full steam ahead for city’s historic loco project after major funding boost: image00063

08 Jun 2026

Full steam ahead for city’s historic loco project after major funding boost

Plans to showcase the city’s historic collection of locomotives are on the right track after being awarded a major funding boost, it was announced today.

The locomotive shed at Leeds Industrial Museum, which houses an incredible array of historic, Leeds-built machines, has been closed since being badly damaged by the Boxing Day Floods of 2015.

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Response to the Southampton Tragedy and Appreciation for Community Support: LCC logo Full colour (1)

05 Jun 2026

Response to the Southampton Tragedy and Appreciation for Community Support

On behalf of the Sikh community of Leeds, we wish to express our deep sorrow and condolences following the tragic murder in Southampton. Our thoughts and prayers are with Henry Nowak's family and friends, and all those affected by this heart-breaking incident.

Community safety

Key milestone for new council housing development in Leeds: Swinnow 1-2

04 Jun 2026

Key milestone for new council housing development in Leeds

Work on a new council housing development – set to deliver dozens of affordable homes in a Leeds community – has reached a key milestone.

Housing

Ancient funeral discoveries bringing the past to life in Leeds: image00043-3

01 Jun 2026

Ancient funeral discoveries bringing the past to life in Leeds

Ancient artefacts discovered inside a Bronze Age burial mound in Leeds are revealing fascinating insights about life and death in some of the city’s earliest communities.

Excavated during archaeological investigations on a modern-day housing project in Drighlington, the rare finds are believed to have been buried as part of funeral rituals carried out by local people around 4,000 years ago.

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