Tag: Leeds
Reach for the sitars: Leeds Musician targets debut album with £30,000...
Jasdeep Singh Degun has always had a passion for classical Indian music.
Since the age of just seven, the distinct noises of the sitar, mandolin...
£70,000 pledged at charity dinner: Give a Gift on target for...
A charitable initiative, set up in Leeds three years ago to bring Muslim communities together in aid of local charities , is preparing to...
Standing Together: Faiths unite in face of hate crimes
Religious leaders from across Leeds came together for a unique interfaith event in the city last weekend as they denounced violence and hate crimes.
Christians,...
Harpinder is your new Miss Leeds: Swapping airport runways for fashion...
All hail your new beauty queen! A stunning air hostess from Leeds has managed to pluck the crown from the hopeful hands of 13...
Punching his way to the podium
Beeston boxer has eyes on national stage
A boxer’s first year as a senior is so often the defining year for their sporting career. Will...
A cause close to the ‘heart’
Friends turn fundraisers for national charity
They say fundraising comes from the ‘heart’ and for two friends from Leeds, this sentiment could not be truer.
Parmjit...
‘I am the product of Harehills’
Young Leeds councillor aims to find strength in diversity
As the votes were counted earlier this month and the political embodiment of Leeds City Council...
Safa’s ‘belting’ performance
Title winning kickboxer has the world at her feet
A nine-year-old Muay Thai kickboxing prodigy from Leeds says she already has ambitions of becoming world...
‘What do you do when the world changes?’
Leeds academic discusses Muslims in the 21st century
As stories of racism, extremism and fundamentalism continue to consume media outlets throughout the country,...
ISON HARRISON SOLICITORS: Leeds’ licensing specialists
Ison Harrison Solicitors have been a stalwart of the West Yorkshire legal scene for almost 40 years and in the last 10 years have...
Leeds doctor shares a secret spy’s insight into life on the...
999’s answer to 007
After last week’s demonstrations in Leeds against NHS reforms, one of the biggest protests the city has seen in years, thousands...
West Yorkshire: Hundreds of helpers pitch in for community projects
Spark something good in West Yorkshire
Over 573 M&S customers and employees have come together to donate more than 160 hours of their time to...
JR AUTOBODIES: Leeds customisation team sets the standard in independent...
Turbocharged
A family team with over a dozen experienced engineers and mechanics have been setting the standards in adding, modifying and completely face-lifting the look...
Tributes to a ‘one in a million father’
Family man suffers shock fatal heart attack at the age of 35
A loving dad, who, despite being in full health died suddenly whilst caring...
Leeds’ flavourite chicken and chips at Shahjahan
A lot has changed in Leeds over the past 25 years, from the landscape of the city to the opening and closing of hundreds...
Indian filmmaker who studied at Leeds Beckett wins prestigious prize
Leeds graduate filmmaker wins gong
Mumbai-born Nishad Choughule, a graduate filmmaker from Leeds Beckett University has won the Alumni of the Year Award in the...
Cabbies are unhAPPy with Uber: Taxi drivers protest over ‘unliveable’ wages
Around one hundred private hire drivers gathered outside Leeds Town Hall on Friday afternoon to protest against the popular international taxi app Uber.
The firm...
Restaurant serves up a taste of luxury via Clarence Dock
Curry and Caviar...only at Mumtaz Leeds
Food aficionadas in Leeds will soon be able to experience a taste which Gordon Ramsey himself called ‘the Mediterranean’s...
Young opera star from Leeds makes her television debut
Opera’s pre-teen powerhouse
A twelve-year-old opera star in the making from Leeds, who has performed in front of hundreds at Leeds Grand Theatre, and thousands...
Two pillars of the community travel from Leeds to the Vatican
Spreading hope with the Pope
A pair of community activists from Leeds ventured over the sea to Rome to meet one of the world's most powerful...
