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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

White Rose Shopping Centre is driving local economic growth

Landsec, owner of one of the UK’s leading retail destination portfolios, has released its annual social and economic impact report revealing how White Rose Shopping Centre and Trinity Leeds are helping to drive local growth, contributing £308,095,816 to the local economy and supporting 6,347 jobs in 2025. Together, White Rose

Caddick welcomes Cockburn students for inspiring careers programme

Caddick Construction welcomed a group of year 8 students from Cockburn Multi-Academy Trust to its SOYO Block D development site in Leeds city centre, as part of Ahead Partnership’s Shaping Our Future programme, which aims to prevent young people from becoming Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET). The four-year

Free horse shows at Royal Armouries Museum

Families are invited on an epic Mongolian adventure this summer (Wednesday 22 July – Monday 31 August) at the Royal Armouries Museum in Hunslet, near Leeds Dock. The Royal Armouries dock-side tiltyard, known for hosting legendary jousts, is being brought to life this summer with daily live Mongolian horse shows.

Residents outraged as planning is approved for new Microsoft Datacentres

A group of 100 Leeds residents have formed an action group to oppose Microsoft’s construction of three Hyperscale AI Datacentre buildings in Stourton. The site is situated next to TCV’s Skelton Grange Environment Centre, just one mile from the largest sustainable development in the UK, Leeds’ Climate Innovation District. South

Line dancing with dogs at Sunday’s Cross Flatts Park Dog Show

Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park is the venue for Sunday’s Dog Show presented by the Friends of Cross Flatts Park and Tailwaggers Dog Display Team (19 July 2026). For  this year’s annual Dog Show the Friends have teamed up with Yorkshire-based Tailwaggers’ canine performance group, known throughout the UK for their Dog