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The Woman Turning a Lifetime of Pain Into Strength

A woman who has spent nearly her entire life in the grip of sickle cell disease has opened up about the relentless pain that

April 17, 2026

Editor's Picks·Health·Healthcare·Literature

Crossgates star turns grief into record breaking mission

An East Leeds athlete who rose to fame as the fastest person to run dressed as wrestler John Cena is now chasing another world

April 1, 2026

Crossgates·East Leeds·Editor's Picks·Fitness·Health·Mental Health and Well Being·Sports

Young women challenge health inequality in powerful new Leeds exhibition

A new exhibition at the Thackray Museum of Medicine is handing the microphone to young people who say healthcare has too often ignored voices

April 1, 2026

Art·Arts & Culture·Culture·East Leeds·Editor's Picks·Harehills

How East Street Arts Changed the Face of Leeds

Sometimes the biggest cultural shifts start quietly. Long before East Street Arts became a home for hundreds of creatives, its founders Jon Wakeman and

March 19, 2026

Art·Arts & Culture·Burmantofts·Culture·Editor's Picks

Providence Pastures: A Garden Where Strangers Become Friends

In East Leeds, an allotment site is quietly transforming lives, friendships and the natural world and its impact is growing as fast as the

December 8, 2025

Community Organisations·Community Spaces·East Leeds·Editor's Picks·Environment·Garforth·Garforth·Health·Local Parks and Green Spaces·Mental Health and Well Being·Wildlife

Getting Clean: How a bar of soap became a lifeline for others

After decades of being addicted to drugs and alcohol, one man’s search for meaning has grown into a movement helping others trapped in the

December 2, 2025

Community·Editor's Picks·Health

The Pub That Held a Village Together: Micklefield Misses the Blands Arms

For years, the Blands Arms stood as more than just a public house in Micklefield, Leeds – It was the village’s living room, a

November 7, 2025

Community·Community Spaces·Editor's Picks·History & Heritage·Micklefield

What is Neurodiversity?

John Tudor is a city councillor for the Killingbeck and Seacroft ward in East Leeds and the council’s first neurodiversity champion. He is both

September 22, 2025

East Leeds·Editor's Picks·Killingbeck·Mental Health and Well Being·Seacroft

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The Woman Turning a Lifetime of Pain Into Strength

Crossgates star turns grief into record breaking mission

Young women challenge health inequality in powerful new Leeds exhibition

How East Street Arts Changed the Face of Leeds

Providence Pastures: A Garden Where Strangers Become Friends

The Pub That Held a Village Together: Micklefield Misses the Blands Arms

What is Neurodiversity?

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Garforth’s Spiky Saviours – How Local Heroes Save Our Hedgehogs

How a raised bed helped Garforth neighbours become a community

More than £1,500 raised after 26-mile walk through the Dales

New event to spotlight growing heat risks in Harehills

Aberford Summer Fair Returns This July

NORMANDY FALLS SILENT AS THE NATION REMEMBERS THE 82nd D-DAY ANNIVERSARY

Community Celebration Coming to Burmantofts

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