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The Leeds Innovation Partnership has welcomed news that West Yorkshire is to be home to the country’s third Investment Zone, boosting the city’s ambition to deliver innovation that creates a healthier, greener and inclusive future for Leeds, the region and across the globe.

With over four million brown bins emptied each year from over 218,000 households, Leeds City Council delivers the largest garden waste collection service in the UK.

However, brown bin collections are going into their usual annual winter hibernation after Saturday 2 December, meaning most households will have their last collection in late November.

An innovative programme of work to promote racial equity within Leeds’ mental health services has won a major accolade in this year’s Health Service Journal (HSJ) awards.

Bananarama, Johnny Hates Jazz, Midge Ure and voice of Five Star Denise Pearson have been announced as the special guest artists for the fifth edition of 80s Classical in Millennium Square, Leeds as part of next year’s Summer Series on Saturday 20 July 2024.

Retailers are being warned not to sell nicotine vapes to under-18s as part of a major campaign to reduce the numbers of young people vaping in Leeds.

Leeds City Council has been recognised as one of 119 cities across the globe taking bold leadership on environmental action and transparency—despite the pressures of a challenging global economic situation—in a new list published by renowned international authority the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP).

One of the nation’s last surviving HMT Empire Windrush passengers and the city’s only remaining Caribbean Second World War serviceman will receive a prestigious civic honour, it was confirmed today.

Press release published on behalf of Leeds Federated Housing Association