Lifestyle Leeds people urged to help city stay out of further restrictions People in Leeds have been asked to do everything they can to help after today’s government announcement that the city will not be subject to further COVID-19 restrictions and will instead receive enhanced support towards managing the rise in infection rates. This means that Leeds will move up one By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle German Christmas Market will not take place in Leeds The organisers of Leeds’s German Christmas market on Millennium Square have confirmed that the event will not take place this year due to ongoing uncertainty around COVID-19. Leeds City Council’s partners at Frankfurt City Council have this week taken the difficult decision to cancel this year’s event By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Music and media stars launch search for song for Yorkshire Welcome to Yorkshire, London North Eastern Railway (LNER) and award-winning classical opera singer Lizzie Jones MBE have launched a brand-new music competition to help celebrate and promote the county as we all adapt to life with COVID-19. The LNER Song for Yorkshire contest is aimed at aspiring singers and songwriters By The Editor • 3 min read
Yorkshire-Kitchen Eat Me Café & Social By Anna Mason Do you have a place you go to eat where you always order the same dish? Mine is Eat Me Café in Scarborough, and that dish is a ramen noodle bowl: a bottomless pit of homemade broth with pak choi, Chinese leaf and a soy half egg, By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Leeds Heritage Theatres receives National Lottery grant Leeds Heritage Theatres has received £119,900 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help address the impact of COVID-19 on its three heritage venues. Since the doors to Leeds Grand Theatre, City Varieties Music Hall and Hyde Park Picture House closed on March 17 2020, the company has lost By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle High hopes for word perfect rooftop restoration project When notoriously shrewd Yorkshire investor Sir Arthur Ingram first commissioned the imposing lettering atop Temple Newsam House almost four centuries ago, he certainly got his money’s worth. Thought to be the wordiest architectural addition of its kind anywhere in Britain, the lengthy statement still spans the rooftop today and By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Girl on Pause Girl on Pause is a new feature for Yorkshire Businesswoman by Beth Brown. In her opening blog, Beth explains why she began what she describes as her 'inner ramblings' during lockdown and will feature regularly here on our website. We hope you are looking forward as much as By The Editor • 3 min read
Lifestyle Nile Rodgers & CHIC + Rebecca Ferguson Live at The Piece Hall, Halifax. Friday 18th June 2021 Disco is coming to the Dale! One of the world's greatest artists comes to Halifax for an unforgettable outdoor show at The Piece Hall. The Live at The Piece Hall Series continues to ascend to new heights for By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Yorkshire Wildlife Park has welcomed an extremely cute and unexpected new arrival The Visayan Warty Piglet is already wowing visitors after stepping out into the reserve for the first time – obediently following mum Trish. He was joined by dad Troy and their five other piglets, who were born in 2018. His arrival on 10th July was a big shock to rangers - By The Editor • 1 min read
Lifestyle XPO Logistics discovers bird power with The Flock The Barnsley based Fulfilment Centre of XPO Logistics, which delivers ASOS fashion and accessories to 90 different countries around the world by plane, train and truck, is now embracing bird power! The Little Houghton-based division of XPO, a leading global provider of transport and logistics solutions, is joining The Flock, By The Editor • 2 min read
Lifestyle Superstar Ronan Keating will be roaring into Yorkshire Wildlife Park The singer and former frontman of Boyzone will headline on Saturday, August 21, as part of stellar line-up for next summer. Keating, whose latest album Twenty Twenty hit the No.2 spot in the charts, has been an international icon for 20 years since bursting onto the pop scene with By The Editor • 1 min read
Travel and Environment A Global Brew By Phillipa Kaye From a Portuguese Princess to India to the world’s most popular brew to somewhat unexpected forays of tourism. The journey of tea might not be quite what you expect! ‘Stick the kettle on,’ must be one of the most used sentences amongst the British population. We By The Editor • 6 min read
