27 April 2012
Leeds Mencap, which provides vital support to families with learning disabilities, has received the windfall of £50,000 from Jimbo’s Fund, named after local philanthropist Jimi Heselden, who died in September 2010. This is the fourth year Jimbo’s Fund has committed such a generous donation and it will be ploughed into services at the Hawthorn Centre [...]
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26 April 2012
BBC3 documentary wants to hear from people who doubt the official version of events. Do you think it’s strange that no public inquiry was held after the bombings? Or perhaps you think that the video footage of the bombers was doctored? Or do you find it hard to believe that just four men were able [...]
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26 April 2012
Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre (HEART) Assistant Centre Manager (full time). £16-£18k pa depending upon experience Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced person to join our small team in Headingley as an Assistant Centre Manager. You will be responsible for central administration of HEART which includes answering queries, booking [...]
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25 April 2012
“Get Your Hi-Life Membership Today for the special discounted rate of £29.95 normal RRP £69.99” With the Hi-Life “2 for 1” Dining Card you can save thousands of £££’s every year on your restaurant bills. With over 200,000 happy members, and over 4,000 restaurants to choose from, Hi-Life is one of the best ways to [...]
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25 April 2012
Snowdrop, the white donkey foal who captured our hearts earlier this year when she was born at Temple Newsam Home Farm, is now something of a star! She will be making a special appearance at the Leeds City Council’s parks and countryside open day at Red Hall nursery this weekend. From 9am to 3pm on [...]
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24 April 2012
More than 5,000 homes in Leeds have been empty for six months or more, while thousands of families in the city don’t have adequate housing. To try to address this growing problem, Social Business Brokers, a Leeds-based social enterprise run by entrepreneurs Rob Greenland and Gill Coupland, are launching a pioneering new initiative. A ‘Call [...]
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23 April 2012
Want to find out about which renewable and low carbon technologies you can install on your house? How to reduce your electricity and gas bills and make your house more efficient? Would you like the opportunity to have a look around 10 green Roundhay houses? Green Day is being run by the Roundhay Environmental Action [...]
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23 April 2012
Greg Mulholland completed the gruelling Jane Tomlinson 10th Anniversary Challenge yesterday with a time of 3 hours 42 minutes in the London Marathon. Greg joined Mike and Rebecca Tomlinson, and a team including four-time Ironman champion, Chrissie Wellington, in the eight day challenge. He completed the Paris marathon in 3 hours 31 minutes, before [...]
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20 April 2012
What a striking exhibition! We went to the opening of The White Cloth Gallery – a brand new photography and film gallery on Aire Street, just next to Leeds Station – last night and WOW! They opened with an exhibition of photographs by internationally acclaimed photographer Jocelyn Bain Hogg, featuring the lives of London gangsters. [...]
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17 April 2012
Summer is coming early to Bradford this year! Following their smash hit Billy Elliot the Musical in 2011, Upstagers are back at the Alhambra Theatre with the hippest show of the season, Summer Holiday! In 1963 Beatlemania was born, Ronnie Biggs, Buster Edwards and co. snatched £2.6 million in cash from the London to Glasgow [...]
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