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Plans for new measures to make some of the busiest areas of Leeds city centre safer for pedestrians and shoppers will move to the next stage following overwhelming public support.

Consultation on the Briggate Action Plan asked 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.

The Leader of Leeds City Council, Councillor James Lewis, and the executive member for communities, customer service and community safety, Councillor Asghar Khan, have issued a joint statement to reassure Leeds’ Jewish community following an attack on a synagogue in Michigan yesterday.

The Leader of Leeds City Council and the executive member for communities, customer service, and community safety, have issued a joint statement of reassurance to Leeds Muslims, following an incident where a man was arrested, allegedly carrying an axe, at a mosque in Manchester on Tuesday evening.

A new strategy outlining Leeds’s commitment to strengthening social cohesion across the city is set to be presented to council leaders on 11 February.

Young men from a Leeds youth group, working with the council's youth service team, are speaking up against violence against women and girls for this year’s White Ribbon Day on 25 November.

The campaign, which takes a stand against all forms of discrimination, has been running for the past month with the unifying message of “What makes us different makes us Leeds”.

With posters across the city and social media activity the Leeds City Council campaign has communicated non-tolerance for misogyny, racism, anti-Muslim prejudice, antisemitism, ageism, homophobia, biphobia and transphobia, and disability discrimination.

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.