Fashion and Lifestyle Tracy-Ann Oberman reprises her role as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice 1936 This February, Leeds Playhouse welcomes the critically acclaimed production The Merchant of Venice 1936 starring Tracy-Ann Oberman (EastEnders, Doctor Who, Friday Night Dinner) as the first British actress to play Shylock. A new date has just been added during Leeds Playhouse’s Quarry Theatre run from 18 – 22 Feb due By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Cafe Residence announces new opening in North Leeds Leeds café and bar brand Residence has announced plans to expand with a new outlet in Moortown, North Leeds and a new day-to-night concept. This will be the third location for the popular eatery which already operates thriving cafés in Headingley and Cookridge. Residence Moortown aims to blend the comfort By The Editor • 1 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Cloud Nine appoint Stephanie Mason as part of growth plans in Australia and New Zealand CLOUD NINE is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephanie Mason in an advisory role, supporting ambitious growth plans for the brand in Australia and New Zealand in 2025. Over the last 15 years, CLOUD NINE has established itself as a leading hair electrical brand and is currently stocked in By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle INDIE-ROCK LEGENDS SNOW PATROL ANNOUNCE HEADLINE SHOW FOR SCARBOROUGH Indie-rock pioneers Snow Patrol will bring their signature anthemic sound to the Yorkshire coast this summer when they headline TK Maxx presents Scarborough Open Air Theatre. The Ivor Novello Award winners will headline the UK’s biggest open-air concert arena on Friday June 27. Tickets go on sale at 9am By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing Change the way you clean your home in 2025 People are now more conscious of the products that make it into their home – in terms of what they put into their body, on their skin AND what they clean their home with. The approach to cleaning our homes and businesses has changed hugely over the past couple of years. By The Editor • 2 min read
Business What do Defra’s simpler recycling plans mean for businesses in Yorkshire? The new Simpler Recycling rules affect any business with 10 or more full-time employees and arrangements to comply with them must be in place by 31 March 2025. Businesses that fit under this category must arrange separate collections of food waste, paper and cardboard (can be combined), and other dry By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Yorkshire Sculpture Park's new exhibition set to open Keepers of Time by Wakefield-based artist Tony Wade celebrates the majesty of trees, time beyond our lifespans, mindfulness and nature connectedness, inviting us to notice the beauty in our local environment. It presents a series of 10 intricate digital drawings of the oldest trees at YSP, created over the last By The Editor • 2 min read
Health & Wellbeing MP Katie White opens the £12m elective care Hub at Wharfedale Hospital The new £12million Elective Care Unit at Wharfedale Hospital – which reduces the time patients wait for surgery and provides protected space for planned operations to take place – has been officially opened by Katie White, MP for North West Leeds. Katie joined Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s Chair Dame Linda By The Editor • 3 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Russell Wilson: A Spring Table 8 March – 29 June 2025 YSP Centre An exhibition of new nature-inspired paintings by Russell Wilson opens at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) this spring. Installed in the YSP Centre, A Spring Table showcases 48 colourful new paintings by Derbyshire-based artist Russell Wilson. Celebrating the abundance of nature on display in By The Editor • 2 min read
Entrepreneurs Textile manufacturing leader appointed Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Managing director of AW Hainsworth, Amanda McLaren, has been recruited to the position of Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire by the Monarch’s Lord-Lieutenant, Ed Anderson CBE. Amanda will support Ed Anderson CBE, the Monarch's personal representative in West Yorkshire, in representing the Crown, developing closer links among By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Full celebrity and professional dancer line-up announced for Strictly Live tour 2025 Following the captivating Saturday night Strictly final on BBC One, the full line-up of celebrities and professional dancers for this year’s highly anticipated Strictly Come Dancing Live UK Tour are announced. The 30 sparkle-filled shows, which kick off in January 2025, feature seven FAB-U-LOUS couples: Jamie Borthwick and Michelle By The Editor • 2 min read
Fashion and Lifestyle Northern Ballet's new children's ballet premiers in Leeds in February Northern Ballet's new children's ballet Hansel & Gretel premieres next month at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre in Leeds from 15 - 22 February, before embarking on an extensive UK tour from 1 March - 7 June. The show will visit Hull, Middlesbrough, Goole, Doncaster, By The Editor • 3 min read
