Travel and Environment Library book deliveries go green Library books are on the move across Calderdale in a cleaner, greener way, cutting the carbon footprint of the Home Library Service. Calderdale Council delivers books for free to people who can’t get to a library due to ill health, disability, age or frailty, and to carers. The deliveries By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Wonder-ing what to do this Summer? Yorkshire Sculpture Park unveils inspiring Curiosity & Wonder summer programme of fun Taking inspiration from YSP’s gallery exhibitions, this summer holiday programme of events and pop-up projects is designed to spark creativity, curiosity and shared moments of wonder and delight for all ages; featuring everything from a family rave, By The Editor • 3 min read
Travel and Environment Reclaimed waste mermaids make a splash for World Ocean Day Reclaimed waste mermaids have “washed up” on the shores of Runswick Bay in Yorkshire and Bondi Beach in Sydney to highlight the sheer amount of plastic waste in the sea for World Ocean Day (June 8). Created by Helen Hill and Sally Giblin from Be The Future, which empowers families By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle A very special Lexus event with Harvey Nichols Join Yorkshire Businesswoman partners Lexus Leeds for their Lexus Lounge event at Harvey Nichols Leeds fourth floor bar on 20 June from 10am to 5pm. Complimentary snacks are available and the fabulous all new Electric RZ will be on display in Victoria Quarter. This amazing event is not to be By The Editor • 1 min read
Business Leeds City Council launches host of events for financial wellbeing week Leeds City Council is hosting a week of free online sessions this month offering guidance and support to help with the current cost of living crisis. Leeds Financial Wellbeing Week, which begins on Monday 12 June, is aimed at anyone who works in the city with helpful ways of improving By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle This is Yorkshire Beauty Week The inaugural week saw a calendar of events take place across Yorkshire celebrating and showcasing sustainability, representation in beauty, inclusion and women’s health and wellbeing. With events at Grantley Hall, The Ivy York, Harvey Nichols, The Body Shop, John Lewis, The Everyman Cinema in Harrogate and Koncept Studies, 100s By The Editor • 2 min read
Business Charity Ball supporting young people and orphans Be Happy for Nothing believe that every child/young person should have access to basic resources food,clothing and education without worry or concern. So following the success of their charity ball in 2022, to help support this amazing cause, guests are invited to the 2023 charity ball which promises By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Media, theatre, council & Rollem productions champion Yorkshire writers in memory of Kay Mellor Yorkshire playwrights are being offered the career-boosting opportunity to become the next Kay Mellor Fellow. This ground-breaking investment in new writing was created by Leeds Playhouse and Rollem Productions, the award-winning Leeds writer’s TV and film production company, in 2019, when it was awarded to the inaugural fellow, Bradford By The Editor • 4 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Leeds fashion retailer launch tickets for hospital fundraiser Independent fashion retailer, The Style Attic, have launched tickets for their second, ‘Summer Soiree’ event to raise money for Leeds Teaching Hospitals. The popular Leeds based brand, will be hosting their second annual fundraiser on Saturday the 8th of July at Canary Bar on Leeds Docks. Last year's By The Editor • 1 min read
Entrepreneurs Business born out of lockdown wins West Yorkshire Start Up Award Holmes & Partners Ltd, a Leeds-based Immigration and Visa specialist, has won the West Yorkshire Start Up of the Year Award at the 2023 Start Up Awards. The firm was set up in March 2021 by Michelle Holmes, a South African immigrant. After her redundancy, Michelle chose to embark on By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle June at Leeds Heritage Theatres Summer is officially on its way and with it comes the hottest tickets in town at Leeds Heritage Theatres. Leeds Grand Theatre brings the West End to West Yorkshire with smash-hit musicals and stunning operas, as well as the sold-out Frankie Boyle, while City Varieties promises something for everyone with By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Couple follow lifelong dream of opening a destination for ‘outdoorsy’ travellers A couple are following their lifelong dream of opening a destination for ‘outdoorsy’ travellers, with the launch of five luxury lodges in Marsden. Hannah Byram and Jamie Mawson are set to open phase one of A Place In The Pennines this month, following nine months of construction. Located between the By The Editor • 2 min read