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UPDATE: Elmie Williams has been found safe and well Police are appealing for the public’s help tracing a missing woman from Leeds. Elmie Williams, aged 77, was last seen on Harrogate Road and was reported missing earlier today (11 August 2020). Elmie is black and has black plaited hair.
Leeds South and East Foodbank has received a donation of more than £19,000 thanks to long-term Trussell Trust supporter Amey. As subsidiaries of Ferrovial, the construction arm in the UK, Ferrovial Construction, and leading public service provider Amey, identified the Trussell Trust as a charity on the front-line of the
Free socially distant one-to-one adult cycle training from the front door is being made available to help people living and working in West Yorkshire to cycle to work or college. The cycle training scheme is being delivered as part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme, which is aimed
The West Yorkshire and Harrogate Local Maternity System has created a series of films in community languages, delivered by clinicians, that aim to raise awareness among pregnant BAME women about risk factors, signs and symptoms of coronavirus infection and how to protect themselves. The films advise women that if they,
Next Saturday (15 August 2020) marks 75 years since Victory in Japan (VJ) Day when the Second World War finally came to an end in Japan. Whilst VE Day (Victory in Europe) marked the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, Japan fought on with both sides suffering
Collaboration brings children’s theatre back to Leeds with day of socially distanced shows Leeds theatre-makers tutti frutti, Wrongsemble, Unlimited Theatre, 154 Collective, Blah Blah Blahs, Alive & Kicking, Interplay, Fidget Theatre and Slung Low have joined forces to bring theatre back to children in the city, delighting them with a live experience on their doorstep.
Northern Monk brewery has released a beer in support of hospitality venues across Leeds city centre. The hospitality sector is one of the hardest hit by Covid-19, due to the enforced closure of all bars and restaurants. Now venues across the city are starting to reopen, Northern Monk has released
A series of real-life short stories by Leeds theatre company The Performance Ensemble will be broadcast on BBC Radio Leeds next week from Monday 10 August to Friday 14 August 2020. The Performance Ensemble is a theatre company made up of people living in Leeds aged over 60. For six
On Thursday 31 July councillors on West Yorkshire Pension Fund’s Joint Advisory Group (JAG) took the unexpected step of voting against the proposed WYPF Funding Strategy Statement. WYPF manages the pensions of local government workers in the five West Yorkshire Councils. The Statement was rejected by a majority of councillors
The second phase of apartments at a £50M residential scheme in Hunslet has sold out. Developer JM Construction (Leeds) Ltd said the sale of the 74 one and two bedroom apartments means all 160 units in the first two phases at Victoria Riverside are now sold, with work currently underway