Lifestyle Running routes, you need to try in the UK. This time last year, we hated running. Then the pandemic hit, and lockdown changed outdoor activities into a luxury with many people turning to jogging during the crisis, just to be outside. On 13 October, the UK Government announced that the UK would be placed into a set of local By The Editor • 5 min read
Lifestyle Leeds Heritage Theatres welcomes Government funding Leeds Heritage Theatres is thrilled to announce that their application to receive a grant of £1,545,163 from the Government and Arts Council England’s Culture Recovery Fund has been successful. The grant is part of a £1.57 billion rescue package announced by the government in July 2020, By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Yorkshire Sculpture Park announces the reopening of its award-winning gallery, restaurant and shop, ‘The Weston’ Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) announces the reopening of its award-winning building The Weston, comprising a gallery, restaurant and shop. Following a period of closure due to the COVID-19 outbreak, YSP is pleased to welcome visitors back to The Weston from Tuesday 10 November 2020. The Weston will offer an especially By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Keeping hospitality alive in Ilkley Ilkley hospitality business, The Ticket Office has been adapting its products & services to fit the ever-changing rules and guidelines, to save jobs and to help keep the industry alive. The venue which invested heavily in extra safety measures after re-opening in July, including thermal imaging temperature checking and regular By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Yorkshire’s big night out - stays in for Digital White Rose Awards It’s been confirmed that the Welcome to Yorkshire 2020 White Rose Awards will be held online for the first time in the event’s history. The UK’s biggest tourism awards ceremony usually sees a thousand people celebrating the very best of the county’s tourism industry at a By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle New album for Paloma Faith From gaining number one album success, through to battling her way to becoming a mother, Paloma Faith’s remarkable career continues in setting her sights on a return to the charts with her ambitious new album. Amid a global pandemic, this year has been one to forget for many, but By The Editor • 6 min read
Lifestyle Let’s support our cinemas By Anna Mason. Sympathy is not usually dished out for global corporations with huge turnovers, but you’ve got to feel for Cineworld. The big chain only opened its new York cinema last December, a few months before the pandemic hit. Situated at the community stadium next to Vangarde Shopping By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Opera North and Northern Ballet set to return to The Grand Theatre Leeds Heritage Theatres is thrilled to announce that resident, Leeds-based companies, Opera North and Northern Ballet, will make a welcome return to Leeds Grand Theatre in 2021, almost a year after the theatre was forced to close due to the pandemic. The only venue outside of London to house both By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle The Piece Hall announces 2020 festive programme for all the family Safely bringing the Christmas cheer to Halifax again for 2020, The Piece Hall Trust has announced some of the exciting festive events and activities that will take place at the iconic Halifax landmark this winter season. Following careful planning, The Piece Hall’s Christmas season will take place from Saturday By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle Bus routes return to serve The Headrow in Leeds A £20million+ city centre improvement scheme has reached the next exciting phase of delivery. From 4 October, buses will return to serve the Headrow in both directions. This means that the temporary bus stops on Calverley Street, Great George Street and Merrion Street will be taken out of use and By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle Christmas IS coming to Yorkshire this year Popular family attraction, Lotherton has announced that Santa IS heading for the heart of Yorkshire this year, for a very special fifth anniversary of the sell-out Christmas Experience. From 27 November 2020 to 3 January 2021, The Christmas Experience will return for its fifth fantastic year, and the elves have By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Music and moorland combined in groundbreaking digital project from Marsden Jazz Festival Marsden Jazz Festival is taking world-renowned musicians out onto the wild moorland above Marsden and recording them playing live for online audiences to enjoy! Marsden Jazz Festival, one of the UK’s longest running jazz festivals, has found a way to entertain their audiences by bringing music into their homes, By The Editor • 2 min read
