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March 13, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

Sister Act is back in the habit at Leeds Grand Theatre

Brace yourselves sisters – the habit is returning to Leeds! Direct from London, this eagerly anticipated brand-new production of Sister Act comes to Leeds Grand Theatre in 2023. All your prayers have been answered with a stunning cast, including TV and West End legend Lesley Joseph, Olivier Award-winner and star of Tracy Beaker Clive Rowe, West End sensation and Hairspray favourite Lizzie Bea and Emmerdale and Waitress star Sandra Marvin as Deloris Van Cartier, everyone’s favourite nun on the

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March 13, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

Yorkshire Country Properties' starter homes prove a success

The roll-out of starter homes in West Yorkshire by Yorkshire Country Properties (YCP) is proving a resounding success. Much-needed starter homes are an integral part of YCP’s new developments at Skelmanthorpe and Denby Dale, while they have sold out at Shepley and Netherthong. YCP’s Sam McGregor explained: “We have been both proud and delighted by the success of our starter homes initiative. It is so important to help young people to get on to the property ladder and to experience the joy an

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March 7, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

Ukrainian refugee launches spring fashion range

One year on from escaping the start of the war in Ukraine, Yana Smaglo is launching her second Ukrainian fashion range for the Spring, something she had only dreamed about a year ago. Having only had 15 minutes to throw her possessions in a bag, Yana left Ukraine last year with her laptop and nothing but hope for starting a new career and life in a different country. Travelling through Poland, and then Germany, she eventually reached England, where she has made her home in Leeds. During 2022

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March 7, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

Tony Hadley ex Spandau Ballet plays Holmfirth Picturedrome

Tony Hadley, thought his future lay in medicine until as a young lad he won a holiday singing competition and decided his vocation was to sing. The rest is history! Tony went on to front 80s New Romantic band Spandau Ballet

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March 3, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

Reflections of an Indian Dancer takes audiences on a beautiful journey

Reflections of an Indian Dancer – a bold new solo show that beautifully blends contemporary western dance and classical Indian Kathak – is coming to Leeds Playhouse next month, encouraging audiences to explore their own sense of identity through movement and memories. Sooraj Subramaniam will perform his deeply personal and often poetic reflections on his life journey as a dancer in the Courtyard theatre on 1 April. Reflections of an Indian Dancer is anchored in three exquisite solo pieces in

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March 2, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

One month to go until Springtime Live 2023

Tickets are on sale now for the hugely popular Springtime Live on Saturday April 1, which will celebrate the best of food, farming and countryside. Families can get up close to farm animals including rabbits, goats and sheep thanks to Ian's Mobile Farm which is based in Aberford near Leeds. There’s also Peppa Pig as well as Peter Rabbit who will be making his debut and both will be on stage throughout the day. Diggerland will also be at Springtime Live for the first time. All activities are

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February 21, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

Leeds 2023 opens new hub in Trinity Leeds

A new Leeds 2023 pop-up hub has opened on the ground floor of popular shopping and leisure destination, Trinity Leeds. Free events, activities, exhibitions and a new range of merchandise will be showcased in the heart of the city centre, 7 days a week until the end of the year, as part of the city’s Year of Culture. The first event to be held in the space gives local people the chance to express their individual style and identity. Leeds-based American photographer, Casey Orr, will be deliveri

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February 20, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

Six new stores and centre manager all set for Trinity Walk

A West Yorkshire shopping centre is set to welcome six new stores – and a centre manager – in a successful start to the year. Trinity Walk in Wakefield will play home to Europe’s biggest sports and fitness retailer, Sports Direct, who will take over a prominent space across two floors in a unit at the top of Teal Way. National independent jewellers, Warren James, will add even more sparkle to the centre when they open on the main mall near HMV and Clintons. Trinity Walk is looking even hea

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February 17, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

Robust Christmas for Jo Browns

Joe Browns, the Leeds-based fashion and homes retailer, has announced what it called a ‘robust Christmas’ with sales up +19.5% in the four weeks to 25 December 2022. The strong figures were delivered against a backdrop of external economic factors including the on-going cost of living crisis, which continues to affect consumer confidence. The robust year-on-year growth, which annualised on similarly strong sales figures for Christmas 2022, was delivered across all the retailer’s channels inc

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February 15, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

New Sunny Bank Mills exhibition is a source of joy

A brand-new exhibition, featuring the work of the talented members of the West Yorkshire Print Workshop, has opened at the Sunny Bank Mills Gallery in Farsley near Leeds. The exhibition, which launches the gallery’s 2023 programme, showcases how the artists respond to the word “source” and what it means to them. Source is part of a programme of exhibitions and engagement at the gallery that celebrates textiles and their pivotal place in the West Yorkshire community and economy. Creative dir

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February 9, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

Kebabs by candlelight for Valentines Day

Think Valentine’s Day, think fancy restaurant or home cooked gourmet cuisine, but the team at I am Doner know that’s simply not the reality for the majority of their customers. Between late running Zoom meetings, putting kids to bed and an endless list of domestic chores, the average couple will be lucky to remember the night at all. I am Doner founder, Paul Baron, says “All the added pressures of increased energy bills and everything just being that but more expensive this year, means that we

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February 8, 2023|Fashion and Lifestyle

Fleur Restaurant pledge to donate profits to earthquake relief efforts

In response to the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, Fleur restaurant has pledged to donate all profits made tomorrow, 9th February to earthquake relief in the region. The team, led by Chef, Bobby Geetha, will be donating 100% of their profits to Children’s Charity, UNICEF, who have called for support this week following this natural disaster. As reported across the globe, on Monday the 6th of February, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria. Since then thousands of peo

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