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29 Oct 2024

New funding aims to boost business innovation and deliver positive change for local communities

New funding is on offer for projects that will help local business innovators make a positive difference to life in Leeds.

Business support

Thousands see Leeds in a new light as city’s dazzling cultural spectacle returns: image00066

25 Oct 2024

Thousands see Leeds in a new light as city’s dazzling cultural spectacle returns

The stunning sights and sounds of Light Night Leeds transformed the city centre last night as the incredible cultural spectacle returned for its 20th edition.

A huge programme of mesmerising illuminated artworks from around the world arrived at well-known buildings and locations in Leeds for the event’s first night, with the stunning show set to continue this evening (Oct 25).

Light Night Events

New film highlights the dangers of school gate parking: West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service staff with one of their service vehicles-2

22 Oct 2024

New film highlights the dangers of school gate parking

School pupils across Leeds are asking parents, carers and the wider community to rethink their travel habits on the school run, with the help of a new short film. 

Highways Schools

Get ready for fun with Leeds’s first ever Festival of Play: FestivalofPlay - Speedwell Dance

21 Oct 2024

Get ready for fun with Leeds’s first ever Festival of Play

A fun-filled week-long celebration of the magic of play is set to sweep Leeds later this month with the launch of the city’s first ever Festival of Play and Creativity.

Child Friendly Leeds Children

Train scan gives inside track on marvellous museum model’s secrets: Model on scanner

21 Oct 2024

Train scan gives inside track on marvellous museum model’s secrets

High-tech 3D scans have revealed the intricate inner workings of the world’s oldest model locomotive for the first time in more than 200 years.

Leeds Industrial Museum’s incredible miniature recreation of a pioneering early steam locomotive recently underwent a detailed CT X-Ray survey using sophisticated equipment at the University of Leeds.

Leeds Industrial Museum Museums and galleries Arts

Leeds parks set to serve up tennis courts refurbishment: Councillor Rafique at Springhead Park

17 Oct 2024

Leeds parks set to serve up tennis courts refurbishment

Leeds City Council and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) have been working over the summer to breathe new life into local park tennis courts across the city.

Parks and countryside Leisure and sport

Global honour for pioneering Leeds sports kit recycling partnership: Sport Positive Awards 2024 - Glenn Holdsworth -Yorkshire Sport Foundation-4

14 Oct 2024

Global honour for pioneering Leeds sports kit recycling partnership

Leeds Equipment and Kit Exchange Partnership triumphs at Sport Positive Awards 2024

Leisure and sport Environment

Eligible Leeds residents urged to protect themselves against viruses with free winter jabs: Winter vaccine

14 Oct 2024

Eligible Leeds residents urged to protect themselves against viruses with free winter jabs

Leeds’s public health boss has issued a plea for all those eligible to take up the offer of a free flu vaccine this winter after worrying uptake levels last year.

Health