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Train commuters engaged in conversations on hate crime: Hate Crime Awareness Week group photo 1

14 Oct 2026

Train commuters engaged in conversations on hate crime

Council staff and partners have spoken directly with people passing through Leeds Station about hate crime on 12 October, to launch Hate Crime Awareness Week.

Equality Crime

Help shape plans to improve public transport, walking, cycling, and public space on the eastern side of Leeds city centre: St. Peters Street

13 Oct 2026

Help shape plans to improve public transport, walking, cycling, and public space on the eastern side of Leeds city centre

Leeds City Council is asking people for their views about transport options and public space on the eastern side of Leeds city centre.

Highways Connecting Leeds

Leeds foster carers get to the root of better support for children in care with Afro-textured hair: RevivebySecondChance 1

07 Oct 2026

Leeds foster carers get to the root of better support for children in care with Afro-textured hair

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.

Fostering

The ‘goat’ of lawnmowers introduced at Roundhay grassland: Goats Asket Hill by Louise Gibson

06 Oct 2026

The ‘goat’ of lawnmowers introduced at Roundhay grassland

An unusual new kind of lawnmower has been introduced to a field near Roundhay Park.

To protect and encourage biodiversity the grassland on Asket Hill is now managed by a herd of goats.

Parks and countryside Environment

Lane rental schemes launched in Leeds, Wakefield and Kirklees: Traffic management Rodley to Horsforth A6120 cropped-2

05 Oct 2026

Lane rental schemes launched in Leeds, Wakefield and Kirklees

Three West Yorkshire councils have today (October 5) launched lane rental schemes which will charge companies for carrying out works on their busiest roads during the busiest times.

Highways

Baby bliss as five extremely rare cows born at Temple Newsam: Vaynol calf

01 Oct 2026

Baby bliss as five extremely rare cows born at Temple Newsam

One of the rarest cattle breeds in the UK has had calves at Temple Newsam’s Home Farm. The new arrivals are five of only around 150 animals in the UK.

Temple Newsam Home Farm Parks estates