Leeds – Reader

Why winter cold spells are getting milder

Remember the Beast from the East? Hold on to that memory. Leeds researcher Weronika Osmolska finds winter cold spells across the northern hemisphere are getting rarer, milder and shorter, and not in the way scientists predicted.

September 27, 2026Leeds

Featured Theatre West Yorkshire

Strictly’s live tour waltzes into Leeds in February

Shirley Ballas, Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood reunite on the judging panel, with tickets on sale from 9am on Friday 25 September.

September 24, 2026Leeds

Featured Life West Yorkshire

Grand Theft Auto: players are voting, debating, protesting and making political decisions

Car theft, gunfights and a surprisingly well-run democracy. As GTA VI heads for release in November, a Leeds researcher explains why players keep inventing politics the game never asked for.

September 24, 2026Leeds

Featured Wellbeing West Yorkshire

Leeds hospital’s Wellbeing Garden marks first birthday with mosaic and chai

A year after opening behind Gledhow Wing at St James's, the White Rose Wellbeing Garden marked its anniversary with a mosaic-making session run by the Royal Horticultural Society, as staff and patients describe a green space that's become part of both everyday relief and recovery at the hospital.

September 18, 2026Leeds

Featured North Yorkshire Society

Selby Park’s 30-year-old crazy golf makes way for £353,000 heritage course

Diggers have moved into Selby Park as North Yorkshire Council begins a £353,000 revamp that will replace the town's much-loved but ageing crazy golf course with a nine-hole adventure trail tracing Selby's history from Viking settlers to the railway age.

September 18, 2026Leeds

Featured Wellbeing West Yorkshire

£20m expansion planned for Seacroft Community Diagnostic Centre

A £20 million expansion of Seacroft's Community Diagnostic Centre has been unveiled, adding two MRI scanners and more treatment rooms, with construction starting in 2027 and the upgraded centre opening in spring/summer 2028.

September 17, 2026Leeds

Rob Wilson outside the new home for Angels of Freedom

Featured Society West Yorkshire

Angels of Freedom founder reflects on belonging ahead of new Leeds home

Rob Wilson of LGBTQ+ community organisation Angels of Freedom reflects on what belonging means to him, drawing on his own recovery from alcohol dependency, ahead of the group's move into Woodhouse Community Centre.

September 17, 2026Leeds

Art Featured West Yorkshire

Leeds Arts Centre opens new season with cardboard-built monster spectacle

Leeds Arts Centre opens its 2026/27 season with She Kills Monsters, running 14 to 17 October, featuring ten hand-built cardboard monsters created by the company's "Monster Squad" over just three days.

September 17, 2026Leeds

Featured Transport West Yorkshire

Full cast announced for Leeds Playhouse’s Grinch musical this Christmas

Leeds Playhouse has announced the full cast for Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, led by West End star Joel Montague, running in the Quarry Theatre from 19 November to 16 January.

September 17, 2026Leeds

Featured Sport West Yorkshire

£9.6m Woodhall Sports Hub opens to players in Calverley, Leeds

A new £9.6 million community sports facility, Woodhall Sports Hub, has opened in Calverley, backed by Leeds City Council and the Football Foundation, with two further Leeds hubs planned at Holbeck and Green Park.

September 17, 2026Leeds