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Support and messages reinforced as summer student changeover period begins: Barter it Bank it Bin it poster drum

26 Jun 2026

Support and messages reinforced as summer student changeover period begins

Leeds City Council working with universities, students and landlords to manage end of student year

Bin collections/waste services Universities

New ‘learn to ride’ bike park opens at major attraction: Temple Newsam bike park opening

25 Jun 2026

New ‘learn to ride’ bike park opens at major attraction

Young riders can learn to bike safely as new bike park and playground opens at Temple Newsam’s golf club.

Parks estates Parks and countryside Children

Have your say on the next stages of the Leeds Local Plan: Leeds Aerial View

25 Jun 2026

Have your say on the next stages of the Leeds Local Plan

People and businesses in Leeds are being invited to have their say on the next stages of the Leeds Local Plan.

Planning

Leeds City Council Logo

24 Jun 2026

Leeds communities to benefit from share of £250 million sports funding

Leeds has been announced as one of 27 places across England set to receive a share of new funding from Sport England to tackle inequalities in activity levels.

Leisure and sport Funding

Stage is set for Summer Series' spectacular return: SS-Setup 4

23 Jun 2026

Stage is set for Summer Series' spectacular return

A spectacular outdoor stage has appeared on Millennium Square as the city prepares for the showstopping Summer Series to return this week.

The square is once again getting ready to host a programme of standout live music concerts throughout the summer from June 26 until July 11, 2026.

Millennium Square Events

Final phase of highways works underway on popular route from Headingley to Leeds city centre: A660 Clarendon Road junction

22 Jun 2026

Final phase of highways works underway on popular route from Headingley to Leeds city centre

The A660 is a busy route with pedestrians and cyclists, seeing over 1,000 cyclists using it daily. Regrettably, injury collisions involving these groups are high, with improved infrastructure needed.

Connecting Leeds Highways Transport

Leeds Health and Care Partnership - Response to area SEND inspection report: Leeds Health & Care Partnership Logo Colour

18 Jun 2026

Leeds Health and Care Partnership - Response to area SEND inspection report

Leeds Health and Care Partnership welcomes today's area SEND inspection report from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission. It provides an important, independent assessment of our services and a clear starting point for the next stage of improvement.

Children's services

Leeds will be pitch perfect for cricket fans during Women’s T20 World Cup: WT20WC 1

16 Jun 2026

Leeds will be pitch perfect for cricket fans during Women’s T20 World Cup

Leeds is set to catch yet more international sporting attention as the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup (WT20WC) arrives in the city this week.

Leisure and sport Events

Experts earn their stripes with iconic tiger TLC: image00098

15 Jun 2026

Experts earn their stripes with iconic tiger TLC

It was once one of the animal kingdom’s most impressive apex predators and for generations has been the striped sentinel guarding the entrance to Leeds City Museum.

But an expert clean-up crew has discovered even the famous Leeds Tiger can fall prey to the passage of time and occasionally needs some careful pampering.

Leeds City Museum Museums and galleries Arts

Council congratulates Kevin Sinfield on his knighthood: SW Pix)

12 Jun 2026

Council congratulates Kevin Sinfield on his knighthood

Leeds Rhinos legend and MND campaigner knighted in King's Birthday Honours, while foster carer Linda Harrison-Simcock receives OBE

Leeds Rhinos

Tasty milestone shows Market Kitchen has right ingredients for continued success: Market Kitchen 1

12 Jun 2026

Tasty milestone shows Market Kitchen has right ingredients for continued success

Big smiles were the order of the day at Leeds Kirkgate Market as its Market Kitchen street food hall celebrated a decade of delicious dishes and rave reviews.

Markets