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Leeds City Council is supporting investment in four local green spaces to boost biodiversity by improving wildlife habitats across the city. This comes after a successful pilot project funded by developers delivered improvements to local habitats including grasslands, woodlands and a wetland.

Council-run museums and galleries in Leeds are launching a new donation scheme enabling visitors to support some of the city’s most popular cultural gems.

From June 17, four of the council’s eight sites will introduce “Give What You Can” donation points, where visitors can choose to make a contribution to boost the ongoing care and conservation of the city’s remarkable venues and collections.

Leeds City Council has launched a consultation on refreshed planning guidance for the future regeneration of land surrounding the Elland Road football stadium, which could deliver a multi-billion pound boost to the city’s economy including potentially up to 2,000 new homes along with major leisure and commercial opportunities.

Leeds City Council’s leader has given his response to the UK Government’s newly-published Spending Review 2025.

A new report has set out the impressive results being achieved by Leeds’s Council Housing Growth Programme (CHGP) – and the plans that mean the city is perfectly placed to keep building on that success.

Leeds City Council has underlined its commitment to fairness and opportunity for all by making some impressive new additions to its fleet of accessible minibuses.

A gigantic jungle plant which has been growing in Leeds for more than half a century has found the perfect new home after a monster move to Roundhay’s Tropical World.

The huge monstera, popularly known as a cheese plant, has been a resident in a stairwell at Leeds General Infirmary’s medical school since the 1970s, where staff affectionately named her Audrey.

Leeds City Council is launching a new campaign taking a stand against all forms of discrimination.

This comes as the council is preparing a new Stronger Leeds Strategy 2025-30, outlining the council’s commitment to strengthening social cohesion across the city. It includes plans for addressing issues that impact on people’s sense of belonging and celebrating the city’s vibrant diversity.

More people are invited to sign up for green space volunteering opportunities this summer, to mark National Volunteers’ Week (2-8 June).

Court action and partnership working have made a positive difference to life in a Leeds community where crime and anti-social behaviour issues were causing concern for residents.

Shopkeepers across Leeds have been advised to act now in preparation for the disposable vapes ban which comes into force on June 1.

Leeds City Council is to begin the latest stage of its £10.4m improvement works along the A660, improving safety for pedestrians and cyclists and helping speed up bus journeys between Headingley and the city centre.