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Leeds City Council now offers green team away days in the city’s parks and green spaces. Teams that book on will spend the day working hands-on in one of Leeds’ beautiful parks, woodlands, cemeteries and nature reserves, doing everything from tree planting to meadow management and habitat restoration.

Leeds City Council now offers green team away days in the city’s parks and green spaces. Teams that book on will spend the day working hands-on in one of Leeds’ beautiful parks, woodlands, cemeteries and nature reserves, doing everything from tree planting to meadow management and habitat restoration.

Leeds City Council now offers green team away days in the city’s parks and green spaces. Teams that book on will spend the day working hands-on in one of Leeds’ beautiful parks, woodlands, cemeteries and nature reserves, doing everything from tree planting to meadow management and habitat restoration.

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A new housing development – named St Andrews Grange – which sits on land once occupied by the Tower Works factory, off Moorfield Road in Armley, Leeds.

The early stages of work on the St Andrews Grange housing development in Armley, Leeds, during the summer of 2024. Credit: Termrim Construction.

Part of a new housing development – named St Andrews Grange – which sits on land once occupied by the Tower Works factory, off Moorfield Road in Armley, Leeds.

Left to right: Jason McGarvey (Termrim Construction managing director), Sian Webster (executive director of growth and assets, Yorkshire Housing), Nick Atkin (Yorkshire Housing chief executive) and Councillor Mary Harland (Leeds City Council's executive member for housing), pictured during a recent visit to the St Andrews Grange housing development in Armley, Leeds.

Consultation on the Briggate Action Plan was carried out earlier this year, asking the public for their views on proposals aimed at tackling a number of concerns they had raised, including the estimated 1,100 bikes travelling up and down Briggate each day. These include heavy bikes used by delivery drivers, some of which can travel up to 45 mph and which represent a serious potential risk to pedestrian safety in the event of a collision.

Consultation on the Briggate Action Plan was carried out earlier this year, asking the public for their views on proposals aimed at tackling a number of concerns they had raised, including the estimated 1,100 bikes travelling up and down Briggate each day. These include heavy bikes used by delivery drivers, some of which can travel up to 45 mph and which represent a serious potential risk to pedestrian safety in the event of a collision.

Consultation on the Briggate Action Plan was carried out earlier this year, asking the public for their views on proposals aimed at tackling a number of concerns they had raised, including the estimated 1,100 bikes travelling up and down Briggate each day. These include heavy bikes used by delivery drivers, some of which can travel up to 45 mph and which represent a serious potential risk to pedestrian safety in the event of a collision.

A view of the signage in Dortmund Square, Leeds, celebrating the relationship between the two cities.