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Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme aims to protect against repeat of extreme flooding such as Boxing Day 2015

Festive cheer is back in Leeds city centre as the Christmas Markets are officially open, after proving a huge hit last year.

Leeds council officers are taking on a marathon ‘Race the Dark’ alongside founder of White Ribbon, UK's leading charity engaging men and boys to end violence against women and girls. This comes as Leeds City Council receives its reaccreditation as a White Ribbon organisation.

An average of one person every month is killed and more than one seriously injured every day on roads in Leeds, latest figures show.

Construction work is set to start on a scheme that will ease housing pressures in Leeds by providing dozens of affordable council homes.

Brown bin collections in Leeds are going into their usual annual winter hibernation after 30 November.

A new report has highlighted promising results being achieved by work in Leeds to improve people's health through better housing.

A record-breaking local swimmer and a legendary Leeds Paralympian are among the city’s unsung sporting heroes set to be honoured in series of eye-catching new murals.

Doris Storey, who smashed the record for the 220yds breaststroke in 1938, and Kadeena Cox, who has brought home a remarkable string of Paralympic gold medals in sprinting and cycling, have been chosen by a panel of volunteers to be commemorated in the exciting new arts project.

Photographs of three Leeds soldiers killed during the Second World War and laid to rest in a cemetery in The Netherlands have been placed before their graves thanks to librarians in their home city.

Pictures of Lance Corporal Herbert Alan Young, teenager Private John Keddie and Sapper Walter Marshall have been laid at the CWGC Venray War Cemetery as part of a moving commemoration event held by local residents.

Residents in a Leeds community have hailed the positive impact of new court orders designed to help keep three tower blocks free of criminals and other troublemakers.

Have your say on the proposals, between the centre of Leeds and Hyde Park and Woodhouse areas of the city, by Monday 16 December 2024.

Two artists – each with their own Leeds connection - will have their ground-breaking works displayed at the city’s art gallery this week.

November will see Leeds Art Gallery launch Stuart Croft: Eternal Return and Silent Echoes Spoken Truths: Curtis Holder, with the exhibitions opening jointly on November 8.