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Blooming marvellous exhibition explores the beauty of flower power: Lotherton Flowers NOV 20254746

05 Mar 2026

Blooming marvellous exhibition explores the beauty of flower power

Flamboyant floral creations have burst into life this spring in a new exhibition paying tribute to the unique beauty of the natural world.

Botanically Beautiful: Art and Design Inspired by Nature at Lotherton explores how colourful depictions of flowers, fruits, leaves and trees have taken root in the worlds of art, design and fashion, inspiring a vast array of eye-catching works across history.

Lotherton Hall Arts Museums and galleries

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04 Mar 2026

Update on new night-time flying application by Leeds Bradford Airport

Leeds City Council has today announced details of the process it will follow while dealing with an application from Leeds Bradford Airport relating to night-time flying.

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Prestigious Leeds Award presented to the ‘father of the Irish community’: Tom McLoughlin header

04 Mar 2026

Prestigious Leeds Award presented to the ‘father of the Irish community’

Tom McLoughlin MBE, the man described as the ‘father of the Irish Community in Leeds' has been presented with one of the city’s top awards by Leeds City Council.

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Historic exhibition puts city’s heritage in the picture: IMG 5443

04 Mar 2026

Historic exhibition puts city’s heritage in the picture

A trailblazing female wrestler and a famous gorilla are among the enthralling Leeds stories being brought into focus in a picture-perfect new exhibition.

In the Picture at Abbey House Museum features a selection of objects, thought-provoking paintings and photographs drawn from the vast Leeds Museums and Galleries collection.

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Major new £15m sports hub to be given final green light: Holbeck Sports Hub 3

03 Mar 2026

Major new £15m sports hub to be given final green light

Final go-ahead is expected to be given for work to start on a major new £15million sports hub in Holbeck at Leeds City Council’s executive board meeting next week (11 March).

Leisure and sport

New community-designed carved oak bench unveiled in Otley’s Tittybottle Park: School children with oak bench

02 Mar 2026

New community-designed carved oak bench unveiled in Otley’s Tittybottle Park

Leeds City Council today unveil a unique hand-carved oak bench, created from a tree previously located near Otley Bridge, in Tittybottle Park.

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