Jeremy Morton

A New York-style pizza business can open its first takeaway in the city after plans were agreed with the council. Edges Pizza applied to convert a vacant railway arch at Fourth Court on Bridge Road in Holbeck. Pizzas will be pre-ordered online from the collection-only shop after Leeds City Council continue reading

Political control of the city council is set to be confirmed after Labour lost its overall majority in the local elections. The city’s 99 councillors are due to meet at the Civic Hall on Wednesday (20 May 2026) for the authority’s annual meeting. Labour remains by far the city’s biggest continue reading

Hold Fast Bookshop wins Penguin children’s book grant

Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 18 May 2026. Click on the description to see the full application: Alterations and conversion of detached outbuilding continue reading

Ofsted published the report of their latest inspection of Hugh Gaitskell Primary School in Beeston on Friday (22 May 2026) downgrading their view of the school’s performance. Ofsted no longer publish single overall judgements of schools, but grade schools against seven criteria. Hugh Gaitskell met the ‘expected standard’ for inclusion continue reading

A controversial planning application to build supported housing for people at risk of homelessness in Beeston will be discussed at a meeting on Monday (1 June 2026). St George’s Crypt, which has run a city centre homeless shelter for many years, has submitted a planning application to build 34 self-contained continue reading

A new community wellbeing group is launching at Hunslet Community Hub & Library next month. The new Men’s Self-Help Group is a structured, men’s-only peer support group facilitated by Tony Boncordo, Mental Health & Social Care Practitioner, and is aimed at men who live in Leeds aged 18+ who are looking continue reading

Padel tennis will be played at a new sports centre after plans were agreed with the city council. Part of a former film studio on Whitehall Road in Leeds will be converted into racket sport courts after Leeds City Council granted planning permission. Eight padel courts will be created at continue reading

Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 25 May 2026. Click on the description to see the full application: Hazardous Substances Consent for containers holding continue reading

Hold Fast Bookshop at Leeds Dock is hosting three events as part of Leeds Literary Festival 2026. ‘Arathi Menon: Illegal to be Gay?’ will see the author in conversation with Isabelle Kenyon from Fly On The Wall Press. Memon’s latest book is set in an Indian metropolis in 2013, ‘Da’ continue reading