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Banstead Park in Harehills has received a brand-new mural celebrating the local community and the vibrancy of nature and wildlife.

Leeds Kirkgate Market is celebrating a bumper 2024 and looking ahead to an even better 2025 as it continues to feel the transformative effects of a multi-million pound investment programme.

The old eight-lane running track at Temple Newsam is set for a complete refurbishment after Leeds City Council and the running community of East Leeds receives a £15,000 grant from the Movement Fund.

Leeds City Council is installing temporary traffic signals on Otley Bridge from this Thursday (16 January) reducing it to a single lane to facilitate pedestrians crossing over the River Wharfe.

Building work has begun on a pioneering new residential care home for people with severe learning disabilities and autism in Leeds.

An appeal to find a kidney donor for a 12-year-old boy in Leeds City Council’s care has been met with a ‘phenomenal response’ from across the city and beyond - with hundreds of people coming forward expressing their wish to donate.

Leeds City Council can today confirm that it will continue to maintain all of its crown green bowling facilities until the end of the sport’s 2025 summer season.

After being closed for nearly a week due to the deluge of snow, Lotherton’s Wildlife World will reopen on 11 January in a limited capacity. The estate is offering half price tickets throughout January.

A symbolic baton representing mental wellbeing will be carried through Leeds for the first time later this year as part of a special UK-wide tour to inspire hope through action in suicide prevention.

A vintage Little Bo Peep costume proudly worn by a Leeds girl more than 120 years ago has been restored to its former glory ahead of a new exhibition.

Records show the beautiful, dainty garment was Gladys Redman’s fancy dress outfit when she attended a prestigious chapel concert, held in Leeds in 1900.

Leeds City Council is issuing an urgent plea to find a kidney donor who could help transform the life of a 12-year-old boy in its care.

People in Leeds are being encouraged to have their say on proposals for changes to the city’s crown green bowling facilities.