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This year’s annual Christmas market will return to City Square with a brand-new look on November 19, bringing the city to life and celebrating the season with a host of local food, drink, music and entertainment. And the hugely popular Ice Cube at Christmas will also be back on Millennium Square, Victoria Gardens, and Cookridge Street with advance tickets for the ice rink now on sale. Picture credit Tom Arber.

This year’s annual Christmas market will return to City Square with a brand-new look on November 19, bringing the city to life and celebrating the season with a host of local food, drink, music and entertainment. And the hugely popular Ice Cube at Christmas will also be back on Millennium Square, Victoria Gardens, and Cookridge Street with advance tickets for the ice rink now on sale.

New regulations restricting the use of bikes and some street trading activities are set to be introduced in parts of Leeds city centre. Proposals for the Briggate Action Plan, aimed at making some of the city centre’s busiest areas safer for everyone, received overwhelming support during a public consultation last year.

New regulations restricting the use of bikes and some street trading activities are set to be introduced in parts of Leeds city centre. Proposals for the Briggate Action Plan, aimed at making some of the city centre’s busiest areas safer for everyone, received overwhelming support during a public consultation last year.

New regulations restricting the use of bikes and some street trading activities are set to be introduced in parts of Leeds city centre. Proposals for the Briggate Action Plan, aimed at making some of the city centre’s busiest areas safer for everyone, received overwhelming support during a public consultation last year.

Leeds City Council leader Councillor James Lewis, left, and Councillor Tom Hinchcliffe, the council’s executive member for transport and planning, visit new homes that have been built in the Ambertons area of Gipton through Leeds's Council Housing Growth Programme.

Pictured left to right: Councillor James Lewis (leader of Leeds City Council), Councillor Tom Hinchcliffe (Leeds City Council's executive member for transport and planning) and Sean Eames (head of external affairs at Persimmon PLC) at the Morwick Green housing development in Leeds.

Part of the Morwick Green housing development in Leeds.

Homes at the Morwick Green housing development in Leeds.

Leeds City Council leader Councillor James Lewis, left, and Councillor Tom Hinchcliffe, the council’s executive member for transport and planning, visit the Morwick Green housing development.

An image (from November 2023) of Gascoigne House, a 60-apartment extra care facility in Middleton delivered through Leeds City Council's Council Housing Growth Programme. Also shown are some of the family homes and wheelchair-accessible bungalows that form part of the wider development.

An image showing plans for the Middlecross extra care housing scheme in Armley, Leeds.