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Plans for new council housing on a site in Leeds currently occupied by dozens of empty run-down flats have taken a significant step forward.

The Leeds Armed Forces Festival is back for a second year with an extravaganza of themed activities taking place leading up to Armed Forces Day itself at the end of next month.

From gnomes galore at Abbey House Museum to Woolfest at Leeds Industrial Museum - check out our highlighted free and low-cost things to do in Leeds with your family over the May half term break.

A foster carer has praised the ‘invaluable’ help provided by a series of nurturing networks which have just celebrated 10 years of supporting families in Leeds.

German dignitaries attending UKREiiF have visited Dortmund Square to see how Leeds City Council plans to continue celebrating its twinning relationship with the North Rhine-Westphalia city. 

A meerkat surprised staff at the Leeds zoo with two little babies last month and keepers are saying mum is keen to show them off to the world.

A captivating new exhibition in Leeds has brought together work by generations of artists from around the world.

To Improvise A Mountain opens at Leeds Art Gallery this week and has been curated by leading contemporary artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

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A beautiful ancient Saxon pendant buried for more than 1,200 years in a Leeds field is giving experts a fascinating glimpse into life in early medieval Yorkshire.

Believed to date from the eighth century, the gilded pectoral cross may have once been a badge of office for an important church leader or official and was unearthed last year by a metal detectorist.

Final preparations are under way for this year’s Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon and the wonderful mix of athletic endeavour and community spirit it brings to the city’s streets.