By Hayley Longster
A group of 11-16 year olds from Leeds has set up an arts festival which will provide free workshops and performances for young people at the start of the summer holidays.
The Breeze Arts Festival will run from the 18th to the 25th July and includes everything from DJ workshops, illustration classes, flashmobs and live performances.
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By David Mackie A community is in shock after a 77-year-old woman was tied up and threatened by three men in her home on Bingley… Read More »UPDATE: Menston pensioner tied up and threatened by robbers
By Caroline Grandjean
Hailed as the “biggest live theatre sensation of all time”, Dirty Dancing will come to the Bradford Alhambra Theatre tomorrow (Tuesday).
The show is currently touring the UK and stops for the first time in Bradford until July 25th.
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By Mike Best
Postgraduate journalism students at Leeds Trinity University are counting down to the start of the award-winning Yorkshire Voice production.
From today (Monday July 6th) the nine students will be producing a live web page, and each week day from Monday July 20th to Friday July 31st they will also be producing a rolling TV news bulletin and a fifteen-minute news magazine programme called Yorkshire Voice.
By David Mackie Chapeltown Arts Festival will kick off tonight with a spoken word workshop by poet Saju Iqbal Ahmed at Inkwell, and conclude on Sunday… Read More »TONIGHT: Spoken word workshop kicks off Chapeltown Arts Festival
By Elizabeth Archer
A blaze forced elderly residents in Ilkley out of their homes last night (Monday) after a mobility scooter caught fire in the garage of a block of flats for the over 55s.
Four fire engines, three police vans and two ambulances attended the fire at Leconfield House on Springs Lane after numerous calls to the emergency services.
Shocked residents were sheltered by staff at the Tesco supermarket across the road, while firefighters used to hose reels and breathing apparatus to extinguish the fire.
Major fire at a block of flats in #Ilkley. Elderly evacuees sitting with blankets outside Tesco…
— Damon Bowles (@chimneydog) June 29, 2015
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by Elizabeth Archer An armed robber threatened cash delivery staff with a handgun yesterday after riding into a supermarket car park on a motorbike. Security… Read More »Motorbike-riding robber threatens supermarket cash delivery
Kids in Morley were rewarded with a visit from Leeds Rhinos stars after swapping junk food for healthy snacks. Data published last year by Public… Read More »Healthy Eaters Meet Leeds Rhinos Stars
by Mike Berriman A victim of honour abuse has been nominated for a top Yorkshire award for campaigning for the rights of Asian… Read More »Campaigner for Leeds victims of honour abuse nominated for top Yorkshire award
by Caroline Grandjean Life on the canal will be explored during a series of boat trips in West Leeds. ‘All hands on Deck’ will run… Read More »West Leeds is getting on board for community news