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Kate Peace (formerly Russell), led the creation of the original Leeds Tapestry which involved over 2,000 people and is made up of 1,500 individual embroideries.

The new panel was inspired by reflections on what freedom means today, 80 years after the end of the Second World War.

Details of the new panel. The project at Leeds Central Library was part of the national campaign Our Freedom: Then and Now, inviting the people of Leeds to reflect on what freedom means today, 80 years after the end of the Second World War.

Many people that have put their mark on Leeds are honoured on the tapestry.

Many people that have put their mark on Leeds are honoured on the tapestry.

The 16-panel Leeds Tapestry was created between 1992 and 2002, and celebrates the city and its history.

Over 600 square metres of rooftop solar panels have been installed at the council-run plant nursery and garden centre The Arium, expecting to cut its energy consumption by 39 per cent.

Over 600 square metres of rooftop solar panels have been installed at the council-run plant nursery and garden centre The Arium, expecting to cut its energy consumption by 39 per cent.

Alex Pearson, archives assistant with West Yorkshire Archive Service with the copy of the Leeds Charter and a second ornate charter, granted decades later in 1661 by Charles II. The granting of the prestigious charter changed the course of the city’s history, laying the foundations of modern-day Leeds by incorporating it as a “free borough” and a “body corporate and politic.”