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Computer-generated image showing how part of the housing development proposed for the former Kingsdale Court site in Seacroft

Plans submitted for 79 new council homes at former Kingsdale Court site in Seacroft

Leeds City Council has submitted a planning application for 79 affordable homes on the site of the former Kingsdale Court flats in the Boggart Hill area of Seacroft, after demolishing the…

August 3, 2026Leeds

Society West Yorkshire

The 100km day: a Leeds inspector’s charity run for police mental health

A Leeds police inspector completed a 100km run between every police station across the Leeds district in a single day last week, in aid of a charity supporting mental health in…

August 3, 2026Leeds

Art Featured West Yorkshire

Two silversmiths reveal work inspired by Temple Newsam’s birds and gardens

Two newly commissioned silver artworks, inspired by the history and grounds of Temple Newsam, will go on public display for the first time when Reflections in Silver opens at the house…

August 3, 2026Leeds

Featured Theatre West Yorkshire

Sir David Jason joins Leeds Grand Theatre’s August line-up

Leeds Heritage Theatres are closed for essential maintenance this August. Somebody forgot to tell the programme, though, which carries on regardless and is headlined by an evening with Sir David Jason.

August 3, 2026Leeds

Featured History West Yorkshire

Half a millennium in the making: the charity older than Leeds’ own charter

In 1530, Thomas Wade left money in his will to mend roads in Leeds. At the time, this was for the benefit of a market town of fewer than 3,000 people…

August 2, 2026Leeds

Art Featured West Yorkshire

Final month to see Jim Moir’s Neo Fauna at Cartwright Hall

Jim Moir, better known to most as Vic Reeves, closes his exhibition of watercolours, pencils and charcoals on 31 August. There's nowhere else lined up to see it.

August 1, 2026Bradford

Art Featured West Yorkshire

Harewood acquires Lela Harris’s portrait of Miss Lambe

Exactly a year after contemporary artist Lela Harris unveiled her portrait of Miss Lambe, Jane Austen's only character of African descent, Harewood House Trust has acquired the work into its permanent…

July 31, 2026

Comedy Featured West Yorkshire

Richard Ayoade heads to Leeds Grand Theatre this December, pistachios and all

Richard Ayoade is bringing his new book, and evidently some very strong feelings about stubborn pistachios, to Leeds Grand Theatre this December, as part of a fresh wave of shows announced through to summer 2027.

July 31, 2026Leeds

Food & Drink West Yorkshire

Turns out Euro summer doesn’t need a passport anymore

Long lunches in the sunshine, leisurely afternoons dining outdoors and sharing good food with friends and family have become the defining ingredients of a modern Euro summer, according to new research…

July 30, 2026Leeds

Featured Sport West Yorkshire

Leeds marks one year to go until it makes Tour de France history

Cycling took over Leeds on 30 July as the year-long countdown to the Grand Départ of the 2027 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift got under way, with an eye-catching pop-up…

July 30, 2026Leeds