A stunning 350-year-old fan depicting a legendary scene from the Trojan War is among a spectacular array of vintage accessories being conserved by experts in Leeds.

Crafted in around the 1680s, the beautiful folding hand fan, complete with sticks carved from antique ivory, captures The Judgement of Paris, a fateful mythical moment which saw the Trojan prince choose which of three ancient goddesses- Hera, Athena, or Aphrodite- was the most beautiful.

His decision to anoint Aphrodite “the fairest” by giving her a golden apple led to the infamous abduction of Helen, which sparked the fabled decade-long war immortalised in poems, books and films for thousands of years.

A planning application has been submitted for a council housing development that would breathe new life into a vacant brownfield site in a Leeds community.

Pudsey Market is looking ahead to a positive future after its special place in the local community’s affections was confirmed by a major public consultation exercise.

A thought-provoking new exhibition bringing the worlds of protest and photography into focus will open in Leeds this November.

Leeds Art Gallery will present Steve McQueen: Resistance – How Protest Shaped Britain and Photography Shaped Protest, an exhibition conceived by renowned artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen and curated in collaboration with Clarrie Wallis and Emma Lewis of Turner Contemporary. The exhibition will open later this year, it was announced today.

Young people across Leeds are today receiving their much-anticipated GCSE results – helping them prepare to move on to further education or training.  

Essential maintenance works on retaining walls along the Leeds Inner Ring Road will begin next month, as part of a long-term programme to protect and maintain one of the city's most important transport routes.