Posts by yorkshire reporter

Dine Alfresco This National Picnic Month!

−−− BY LINZI DAVIES −−− Us British love nothing more than a bit of sun – because let’s face it, we don’t get an awful lot of it! As soon as the warmer weather arrives we are in the garden releasing the patio furniture from its winter hibernation so we…

Stockeld Park Launches Playhive

Stockeld Park, the Wetherby based adventure park has launched their latest creation, the £3.5m Playhive set to open to the public from 23rd July with tickets on sale now. The Playhive, is the brain child of Stockeld Park owners Peter and Susie Grant – who wanted to create an all-weather…

Free City Beach Returns

Local News
Following last year’s success, The Light in Leeds is returning with its free ‘City Beach’ event this summer, bringing the seaside to the city centre for the second year running. The event will run every day from the 23rd of July through till the 5th of September and will be…

Abbey House Museum
New Exhibition – Kirkstall  Lives

One of the city’s very first chippies is among the fascinating tales featured in a new exhibition exploring the people and places that helped forge a Leeds community. Hardisty’s Fisheries became one of the earliest places for locals to grab a tasty chippy tea when it opened its doors on…

Mayor of West Yorkshire Launches New Safer Travel Feedback Tool

Local News
West Yorkshire Combined Authority is piloting a new service to encourage passengers to report their experiences of safety on the region’s bus network. Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, has put keeping women and girls safe at the heart of her Police and Crime Plan and the new Bus Safety…
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