Friday 26 April 2024
'Plan ahead' message as city prepares for Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon
People in Leeds are being encouraged to plan ahead as the city limbers up for one of its biggest sporting and fundraising events of the year.
Thursday 18 April 2024
Postal voters in Leeds asked to return packs early and be aware of new rules on handing in votes
Postal vote packs now being sent out ahead of May 2 elections
Monday 15 April 2024
Epic transatlantic journey to rediscover historic blast from the past
The American ancestor of a 19th century railway worker has rediscovered a fascinating family connection to a dramatic Leeds explosion with the help of the world’s oldest model locomotive.
Lisa Roger journeyed more than 5,000 miles from her home in Phoenix, Arizona to Leeds Industrial Museum to see the attraction’s remarkably detailed model of Salamanca, made by the city’s famed engineer Matthew Murray.
Monday 15 April 2024
Secrets of city’s ancient Roman coffin to be revealed in new exhibition
An ancient lead coffin which lay buried in a Leeds field for more than 1,600 years is set to be revealed to the public for the first time.
The astonishing discovery, described by experts as a once-in-a-lifetime find, was made during excavation work by West Yorkshire Archaeological Services in a previously unknown site near Garforth.
26 Apr 2024
'Plan ahead' message as city prepares for Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon
People in Leeds are being encouraged to plan ahead as the city limbers up for one of its biggest sporting and fundraising events of the year.
18 Apr 2024
Postal voters in Leeds asked to return packs early and be aware of new rules on handing in votes
Postal vote packs now being sent out ahead of May 2 elections
15 Apr 2024
Epic transatlantic journey to rediscover historic blast from the past
The American ancestor of a 19th century railway worker has rediscovered a fascinating family connection to a dramatic Leeds explosion with the help of the world’s oldest model locomotive.
Lisa Roger journeyed more than 5,000 miles from her home in Phoenix, Arizona to Leeds Industrial Museum to see the attraction’s remarkably detailed model of Salamanca, made by the city’s famed engineer Matthew Murray.
15 Apr 2024
Secrets of city’s ancient Roman coffin to be revealed in new exhibition
An ancient lead coffin which lay buried in a Leeds field for more than 1,600 years is set to be revealed to the public for the first time.
The astonishing discovery, described by experts as a once-in-a-lifetime find, was made during excavation work by West Yorkshire Archaeological Services in a previously unknown site near Garforth.
05 Apr 2024
Candidates for Leeds City Council and Mayor of West Yorkshire elections announced
Voting taking place on Thursday 2 May
