By Caroline Grandjean
A gym coach who got fit to shake off his “chubby kid” image at school is now working up a sweat to help open White Rose CrossFit – an £80, 000 training centre in Horsforth.
Rakesh Patel, 29, will be head coach at the new gym, working alongside managing director Mike Emery, also 29.Read More »New gym set to open in Horsforth by end of April
by Elizabeth Archer
Leeds Irish Centre will be ‘shook up’ by an Elvis tribute act in support of St. Gemma’s Hospice on Thursday.
Singer Dean Holland, 40, of Seacroft, says the charity holds a special place in his heart: “It’s always been very personal to my family.
“My mum Anne worked at the hospice for three years, and my sister Gemma was named after it.”Read More »The King to grace Leeds Irish Centre for St Gemma’s
By David Mackie
One of the country’s leading organists played a French-themed concert at Leeds Town Hall today, describing coming to the venue as a ‘red letter day’ for him.
Professor Ian Tracey, organist at Liverpool Cathedral, has played in Leeds every year for the last 35 years. He complimented the town hall’s acoustics, ambience and the organ itself, which is the largest of its kind in Europe.Read More »Top organist brings French Fancies to Leeds Town Hall
by Jay Unger
A Leeds woman who suffered a horrific accident just 12 days before her wedding will be putting her dress on again – for the charity that helped saved her life.
Carrie Cheeseman, 41, from Morley, was left with multiple injuries five years ago, after a car hit her and her two children, less than 50 metres away from her front door in 2009.
She smashed her head on the car windscreen before being thrown twenty metres through a fence and landing in a neighbour’s garden, and was airlifted to Leeds General Infirmary by helicopter.
More than 400 cannabis plants were confiscated in North Leeds this week after police raids on two cannabis farms. Officers confiscated 300 plants from a… Read More »Two cannabis farms busted in North Leeds
by Jay Unger
Leeds University students have been dusting off their passports in the hope of hitchhiking across the globe for charity.
Among those wishing to grab a free ride, final year English student Tom King, 21, from north Wales and Zoology undergraduate George Close, 21, from Guildford, are trying raise funds for the French charity – Medecins Sans Frontiere.
Mr King said: “We chose this charity because we think it’s not recognised enough. It directly translates as doctors without boarders, and they’re always one of the first organisations to respond and provide emergency medical care throughout the world, like the Ebola crisis.”
Read More »Leeds students attempt to ‘Jail Break’ across the world for charity.
by Michael Berriman A CYCLIST who broke three vertebra and six ribs in a bike collision last year is about to cycle coast-to-coast… Read More »Back in the saddle for Leeds doctor after major accident ruined his USA dream
By Elizabeth Archer A teenage girl ran into on-coming traffic to escape a man who tried to coax her into into his car on… Read More »UPDATED: Teen’s escape from man who tried to coax her into his car
by Emma Kirwan A council advice centre in Rawdon is moving into a library due to major refurbishment plans. The One Stop Centre offers face… Read More »New page for Yeadon Library
by Jay Unger and Caroline Grandjean Ed Miliband told North Leeds he is ruling out a coalition government with the SNP after the election.… Read More »Miliband ruled out coalition with SNP