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People in recovery help shape new action plan to tackle drug and alcohol harm in Leeds: Drug and alcohol strategy 1

12 Mar 2025

People in recovery help shape new action plan to tackle drug and alcohol harm in Leeds

A dad-of-three who turned his life around with the help of Leeds’s drug treatment programmes is among those who have helped shape a major new five-year plan to tackle substance use harm in the city.

Health

Funding boost for Leeds as more smokers access support to quit: Stop Smoking

11 Mar 2025

Funding boost for Leeds as more smokers access support to quit

Record-breaking numbers of people are accessing Leeds Stop Smoking services for support as health leaders step up efforts to encourage more people to quit.

Health

Postal voters in Leeds to receive important information about renewing their details: Oct 2023 Postal Proxy Twitter Organic 4

11 Mar 2025

Postal voters in Leeds to receive important information about renewing their details

Messages being sent from today advising voters of need to carry out process before January 2026 deadline

Elections

Lord Mayor and High Sheriff host Iftar at Leeds Civic Hall: Iftar2025

07 Mar 2025

Lord Mayor and High Sheriff host Iftar at Leeds Civic Hall

Over two hundred guests joined the Lord Mayor of Leeds and the High Sheriff of West Yorkshire, at Leeds Civic Hall’s Banqueting Suite for a fast-breaking iftar meal on Wednesday 5 March.

Lord Mayor of Leeds

Five giant tortoises find shell-ter in Leeds: Sulcata tortoises

05 Mar 2025

Five giant tortoises find shell-ter in Leeds

A Leeds zoo has welcomed five giant tortoises this week after they grew too big for their previous home.

Tropical World

Connecting Leeds Transport Strategy marks major achievements over last three years – and outlines new action plan up to 2027: Connecting Leeds cityscape

04 Mar 2025

Connecting Leeds Transport Strategy marks major achievements over last three years – and outlines new action plan up to 2027

A report to senior councillors outlines the good progress being made on the council’s ambitious Connecting Leeds transport strategy, but highlights that more needs to be done and more funding allocated to meet its aims. 

Connecting Leeds Transport

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04 Mar 2025

Consultation set to progress to next stage over future of Queensway Primary School

Discussions over the future of a primary school in Leeds will continue next week as the authority seeks approval to progress to the next stage of consultation on its possible closure.

Schools

Appeal for more volunteers as new city-wide scheme launches: VoluteerTeamLeeds landscape

04 Mar 2025

Appeal for more volunteers as new city-wide scheme launches

Meet the volunteers urging more people to sign up as Leeds City Council launches its new volunteering scheme.

Volunteering Events

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03 Mar 2025

Update on proposed changes to crown green bowling provision in Leeds

New proposals have been announced that aim to put crown green bowling provision in Leeds on a more secure financial footing and safeguard the long-term local future of the sport.

Leeds City Council

Just One Day success: 1-513

03 Mar 2025

Just One Day success

The Lord Mayor of Leeds Charity Appeal ‘Just One Day’ has been hailed a 'great success', after returning last Thursday (27 February) with the theme of ‘one day to play’.

Lord Mayor of Leeds

Council housing scheme opens door to local green space improvements: Brooklands 1-2

03 Mar 2025

Council housing scheme opens door to local green space improvements

Green space in a Leeds community has been given a new and attractive lease of life thanks to a local council housing development.

Housing Parks and countryside