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Jul 25, 2024Business

West Yorkshire leaders approve over £40m for roads and homes

The first meeting of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority since the General Election has seen over £40 million approved for new housebuilding and road improvements. The meeting also saw progress towards a Local Growth Plan, outlining ambitions for deeper devolution and a single funding settlement for West Yorkshire, following a series of productive meetings between the region’s Mayor Tracy Brabin and Government Ministers. Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, said: “This multi-million poun

Jul 25, 2024Business

Nominations now open for Leeds Digital Festival Awards 2024

Nominations for The Leeds Digital Festival Awards, hosted by tech podcast byProduct Live and Leeds-based law firm Ward Hadaway, are now officially open. The awards celebrate the best in digital and tech innovation across Leeds and the wider city area and recognise the talent born and bred in the region and beyond. The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, 26 September, where winners will be announced across 11 categories. Andrew Maeer, owner and host of byProduct Live, said: “The Leed

Jul 25, 2024Fashion and Lifestyle

Ashberry Homes in on Summer at sales launch

Ashberry Homes delivered the perfect summer’s day for new home buyers in Brough in July when it launched its latest East Riding development – Trident Way. The national homebuilder was so determined that summer would arrive in time for the launch of its new, 166 home development that it arranged a summer themed event complete with an ice cream van giving out free ice creams; while potential buyers were able to sit back, relax and enjoy their cooling treat in a giant deckchair! Melanie Smith,

Jul 25, 2024Business

Bellway bowls the perfect delivery for girls cricket

Bellway Homes has maintained its commitment to girls’ cricket in Driffield by sponsoring the girls U13 team at Driffield Town Cricket Club (CC) for the third consecutive season. The national homebuilder, whose Yorkshire division is currently building on the town’s Bridlington Road, first got involved with the team (then U11s) in 2022 and has seen the side blossom to the stage where they now compete in the all-boys East Yorkshire Junior Cricket League and have only lost one game all season. And

Jul 23, 2024Business

Exclusive Lexus Homecharge offer

The only home EV charger fully integrated with your vehicle and the Lexus Link+ App, Lexus HomeCharge makes routine charging easy and fast. With features like remote charging, managing users and tracking charging sessions. From the 3rd April 2024 - 30th September 2024, Lexus are offering retail customers who order a RZ which is registered by 31st December 2024, a Lexus HomeCharge EV charger with standard installation at a cost of only £395. Terms and conditions apply. Contact Lexus Leeds for

Jul 23, 2024Business

Last call to tech community for submissions for Leeds Digital Festival event programme

With less than eight weeks to go until the 2024 Leeds Digital Festival gets underway, organisers are calling for the Leeds tech community to submit their event details. The final deadline for event submissions is 5.00pm Wednesday 24 July. The Festival runs from 16-27 September. Now in its ninth year, Leeds Digital Festival is the UK's largest open platform tech event and the biggest outside London. For this year’s Festival, organisers are aiming to deliver the best possible experience for

Jul 22, 2024Fashion and Lifestyle

Shaun the Sheep celebrates children's Christmas jumper day

To celebrate the woolliest and most festive day of the year on Thursday 12th December, Aardman has colla-baa-rated with Pawprint Family to create a limited-edition Shaun the Sheep enamel pin badge and sew-on patch for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. The pin and patch feature Shaun the Sheep wearing his very own festive knit. Sold via Save the Children’s online shop shop.savethechildren.org.uk from 7th October, the pin baa-dge is £4 and the sew on baa-dge is £3.50 with 100% of the pro

Jul 22, 2024Business

Reminder to plan ahead as major highways work starts in Leeds

Road users are being urged to plan ahead this week as significant disruptive work begins around the Armley Gyratory, Stanningley Bypass (A647), and the Outer Ring Road A6120 Horsforth to Rodley route. The work has been planned to coincide with the reduced levels of traffic over the school summer holidays, which aims to minimise disruption for all road users. The council works hard to prioritise, plan and co-ordinate complex schemes to ensure as least disruption as possible across our busy city

Jul 22, 2024Fashion and Lifestyle

West Indian Carnival returns

Leeds is set to celebrate its rich cultural diversity with the return of the Leeds West Indian Carnival on the August Bank Holiday weekend, this year with a slightly updated route. Leeds West Indian Carnival is Europe’s oldest of its kind, having been going since 1967. It is also the largest outside of London, drawing an estimated 100,000 visitors each year. Taking place on Monday 26 August, the parade will take a different route this year, requiring less road closures, impacting on fewer re

Jul 19, 2024Fashion and Lifestyle

Second paid theatre internship for blind or visually impaired artist

For the second year running Leeds Playhouse will partner with Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) and The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) on their Get Set Progress internship programme, creating new employment opportunities for blind and visually impaired people. The internship offers a nine-month, full-time, paid placement for opportunity for the Theatre Intern to undertake artistic and organisational development opportunities, working with our Playhouse Connect and Audiences teams.

Jul 17, 2024Business

King's Speech - Housing

Following the King's speech today, Northern Housing Consortium chief executive Tracy Harrison said: “The Government’s focus on housing is good news for Northerners. The proposals set out in the King’s Speech to build more homes, including desperately needed social rent homes, are especially welcome. We know there is enough brownfield land in the North to build up to 320,000 new homes, making a significant contribution to tackling the housing crisis. “We’re pleased to see a commitment to make t

Jul 15, 2024Business

Mayor Brabin tells builders to brace for housebuilding boom

Mayor Tracy Brabin has vowed to deliver a “new dawn” for housebuilding across West Yorkshire, by working in lock-step with local housing providers and the new government in Westminster. The West Yorkshire Housing Strategy 2040, the first of its kind for the region, has been unveiled on a visit to Saxton Lane in Leeds, where 204 affordable apartments are being developed by WDH. The strategy identifies untapped potential for new housing across Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefiel

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