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Work starts on Seacroft water mains replacement

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Prestigious British Muslim Award for Harehills after-school club

A Harehills-based after-school club, Raising Explorers, has been crowned "Business of the Year 2025" at the prestigious British Muslim Awards 2025. The award recognises the organisation's outstanding contribution to the...

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Prestigious British Muslim Award for Harehills after-school club

A Harehills-based after-school club, Raising Explorers, has been crowned “Business of the Year 2025” at the prestigious British Muslim Awards 2025. The award recognises the organisation’s outstanding contribution to the local community and

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Temple Newsam: Couple’s historic wedding day is picture perfect

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Trapped at home: The hidden horrors of cuckooing

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Getaway Girls launches Harehills redevelopment project to empower young women

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Harehills event tackles THC vaping myths

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New lease of life for Seacroft green space

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East Leeds planning applications: 15 May 2025

May 15, 2025

We regularly publish a list of the latest planning applications related to the seven council wards in East Leeds. The following applications were published

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Old Red Lion Whinmoor: McDonald’s plans refused – again

May 14, 2025

Fast food giant McDonald’s has been refused permission to convert a former East Leeds pub into a drive-through restaurant. The company failed to convince

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Plans submitted for Garforth dog day care centre

May 14, 2025

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Photos capture VE Day at St James’s University Hospital

May 14, 2025

Community events have marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day – with some of the patients on J33 and J34 wards at St James’s

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Prestigious British Muslim Award for Harehills after-school club

May 14, 2025

A Harehills-based after-school club, Raising Explorers, has been crowned “Business of the Year 2025” at the prestigious British Muslim Awards 2025. The award recognises

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East Leeds School Sparks Revolution in Learning Through Nature

May 10, 2025

In the heart of East End Park, something remarkable is taking root. Co-op Brierley, a brand-new specialist school on Cross Green Lane, is not

Harehills·Health·What's On

Let’s Talk Sickle Cell – Food, Facts & Free Support

May 10, 2025

Do you live with Sickle Cell Anaemia or Thalassaemia — or simply want to learn more about these conditions that impact thousands in our

General News·Whinmoor

Potting robot brings colour to streets of Leeds

May 7, 2025

Two million spring and summer plants are being potted by a state-of-the-art robot at Whinmoor’s The Arium, in preparation for being planted across Leeds.

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East Leeds Event Explores Community-Driven Safety Models

October 14, 2024

East Leeds Event Explores Community-Driven Safety Models Activists and local leaders from across East Leeds gathered at the Thackray Museum of Medicine to discuss

Community·Community Organisations·Community Safety·Community Spaces·Editor's Picks

Activists Lead Event to Rethink Community Safety in East Leeds

September 24, 2024

As debates around police reform intensify, a new event aims to offer community-driven alternatives to public safety. The Community Safety Reimagined event will take

Community·Community Safety·Crime·General News·Harehills

After the Harehills riots: Beyond the Rage and other emotions

August 15, 2024

Reflections on the recent riots in Harehills, by Mohammed Aslam, Harehills resident and Heritage researcher I’m angry, disappointed and emotionally exhausted from the events

Community·Community Safety·General News·Harehills

Bookmarked: ‘Amidst the chaos, we’ve also seen the very best of Harehills’

August 4, 2024

The past few weeks have seen a disturbing surge of violence and unrest across our nation. From Southport to Sunderland, and from Liverpool to

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Football Tournament Builds Bridges After Unrest

September 30, 2024

Football Tournament Builds Bridges After Unrest In the wake of the unrest that shook Harehills earlier this summer, a community football tournament aimed at

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Grassroots Journalism Takes the Spotlight at Community Late Event

September 27, 2024

In a celebration of grassroots media, the Thackray Medical Museum became a hub for emerging citizen journalists to share the untold stories of their

Crime·Editor's Picks

Campaign to target loan sharks preying on migrant communities

September 25, 2024

Posters and leaflets in 20 different languages have been produced by the England Illegal Money Lending Team as it strives to target previously unreached

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Activists Lead Event to Rethink Community Safety in East Leeds

September 24, 2024

As debates around police reform intensify, a new event aims to offer community-driven alternatives to public safety. The Community Safety Reimagined event will take

East Leeds·Editor's Picks·General News·Politics

Leeds East MP Richard Burgon votes against cutting the winter fuel allowance

September 11, 2024

Leeds East MP Richard Burgon has spoken out after voting against Labour’s cuts to the winter fuel allowance. The Labour government yesterday held off a

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