Day: 23 July 2026

Students urged to get protected against meningitis

Health and care partners across West Yorkshire are encouraging eligible young people to take up a new, time-limited NHS vaccination offer to help protect against meningococcal B (MenB), a serious bacterial infection that can cause meningitis and septicaemia. The one-off programme is aimed at young people identified as being at

Learning disabled artists in Leeds rally to protect their charity

Holbeck-based arts organisation, Pyramid, has launched a crowdfunder with help from its members to secure its future amidst rising costs and funding cuts. For over 35 years, Pyramid has been supporting people with learning disabilities and autism to discover the arts and develop as artists. Growing from an art group that used

Widower praises power of community groups for giving him new lease of life

A widower has hailed the “life-changing” impact of community groups for helping him emerge from years of loneliness and solitude to find his voice as a singer in one of Leeds’s best-known choirs. Colin Clark, 64, of Middleton, now performs sell-out shows to audiences of several hundred as a member