Children living in foster care in Leeds will see their artwork go up in lights for a new installation at next week’s Light Night Leeds.

A new major careers and training fair will take place in Leeds next month, bringing together the city’s leading employers, training providers and support organisations in a wide showcase of careers, jobs and skills.

An ancient bear which roamed the UK thousands of years ago is among the fearsome prehistoric predators whose remains are being conserved by experts in Leeds.

Excavated from the depth of an Irish cave in the 1860s, the impressive skull once belonged to a huge type of extinct brown bear and today resides at Leeds Discovery Centre alongside other astonishing megafauna from the Pleistocene era.

Public health leaders in Leeds are urging people to make the most of the free support on offer in the city to quit smoking during Stoptober.

A passionate pair of Leeds foster carers have launched free hair and skincare packs to help fellow carers better support Black and dual-heritage children in care.