Leeds has experienced a 1.7 per cent decrease in highstreet footfall.


This is according to data from BRC-SensormaticIQ by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) from September 2025.


Leeds has one of the highest store closure rates in the country, with 620 shops shutting their doors in the city since 2015.


High street shops are facing an uncertain future.


Jade Bowers, managing director at Masato Jones said: “Decreased footfall has hit everyone really hard this year, we are hoping this Ch...

Some businesses in the Corn Exchange say Leeds Heritage Open Days had a “minimal affect” on visitor numbers.


The 19th century building was one of 300 sites involved in the festival which took place between the 12th September and the 21st September.


The national theme of this years Heritage Days was architecture and heritage sites opened their doors to the public for free.


Due to the focus on architecture, Leeds Corn Exchange showcased the 2025 Leeds Architecture Awards shortlist. Visito...

After three years and seven months of fighting, Ukrainians in Leeds feel as though their war has been forgotten about.


Ukrainian refugee and volunteer, Dariia Kovnatska said she gets asked “is war still in Ukraine?”


“We see less news about Ukraine. We don’t see exactly this type of content, like reality,” she said.


“This is why we decided to show it.”


Kovnatska has been living in the UK from September 2022 and volunteers for the charity, The Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain...

The sale of a century-old cinema has been paused after local supporters launched a campaign to buy the building themselves.The Picture House in Keighley, which first opened in 1913, has been owned by Bradford Council since the 1980s and is currently run by a leaseholder.The council had put the site up for auction, but has agreed to halt the process while alternatives are explored.Robert Pearson, who has worked at the cinema for 50 years, said: "To me, this cinema is like another home. We're like...

Eric Fletcher, from Northallerton, was 48 when he went in for surgery on February 24, 1976, to have a valve replacement and received a blood transfusion during the surgery.

His wife and daughters were told his operation was a success, and Mr Fletcher went home as normal.

Two months later, he was rushed to the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton after becoming suddenly unwell.

After two weeks in hospital, he died from Hepatitis B on May 5, 1976.

He was put in a side room, unable to...

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Mark Farrow, from Richmond, has been working with a fundraising group that provides essential supplies to the Ukrainian war effort.

In September 2024 Mr Farrow drove in a convoy to deliver a medevac vehicle to Lviv, Ukraine.

The group that Mark Farrows was part of (Image: MARK FARROWS) Driving Ukraine is a fundraising group which was started in the UK in 2022.

It’s a group of volunteers which focuses on sending ambulances and medical evacuation vehicles to the frontline of the war....