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Homes in Holbeck are set to receive upgrades as part of a major scheme that is to get underway in January 2026, as part of the first scheme in the Heart of Holbeck regeneration programme.

Homes in Holbeck are set to receive upgrades as part of a major scheme that is to get underway in January 2026, as part of the first scheme in the Heart of Holbeck regeneration programme.

Homes in Holbeck are set to receive upgrades as part of a major scheme that is to get underway in January 2026, as part of the first scheme in the Heart of Holbeck regeneration programme.

Cllr Mohammed Rafique at the new Podback recycling facilities at Kirkstall Household Waste Recycling Centre in Leeds

Cllr Mohammed Rafique (left) with recycling site assistant Reece Armstrong (right) ready to recycle coffee pods at the new facilities at Kirkstall Household Waste Recycling Centre

Spanning more than six thousand years of the city’s history, the remarkable archive includes a beautifully preserved prehistoric arrowhead, a Bronze Age axe, medieval pottery and a 300-year-old pair of nutcrackers. Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology is shown here with the finds.

Spanning more than six thousand years of the city’s history, the remarkable archive includes a beautifully preserved prehistoric arrowhead, a Bronze Age axe, medieval pottery and a 300-year-old pair of nutcrackers.

Spanning more than six thousand years of the city’s history, the remarkable archive includes a beautifully preserved prehistoric arrowhead, a Bronze Age axe, medieval pottery and a 300-year-old pair of nutcrackers.

Among the oldest discoveries they made was an Early Neolithic, leaf-shaped arrowhead. Carefully shaped from flint around 6,000 years ago, each individual knapping mark, the ancient process used to shape and sharpen stone, is still clearly visible along its keen edges.

Among the oldest discoveries they made was an Early Neolithic, leaf-shaped arrowhead. Carefully shaped from flint around 6,000 years ago, each individual knapping mark, the ancient process used to shape and sharpen stone, is still clearly visible along its keen edges. Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology is shown here with the find.

Among the oldest discoveries they made was an Early Neolithic, leaf-shaped arrowhead. Carefully shaped from flint around 6,000 years ago, each individual knapping mark, the ancient process used to shape and sharpen stone, is still clearly visible along its keen edges. Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology is shown here with the find.

Among the discoveries was a bronze alloy flat axe head, believed to be more than 4,000 years old. Kat Baxter, Leeds Museums and Galleries' curator of archaeology is shown here with the find.