Good morning, Leeds!
Today I'll be looking at licensing and safety issues on New Briggate, an unconference which will look at the subject of 'what is Leeds?', a slideshow of pictures of a community clean-up of the towpath outside the Royal Armouries and a charity football match in memory of a Leeds anti-gun and knife campaigner.
MP congratulates Bramhope speed campaigners
Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland has written to residents on Moorland Road and Occupation Lane in Bramhope, welcoming the move to reduce the speed limit to 30mph.
Mulholland, who had helped lead the campaign to have the previous speed limit reduced has congratulated the campaigners on their victory.
The campaign to have the speed limit reduced involved Mulholland at one point replacing the unrestricted speed limit signs in use at the time with special 30mph signs made by local children.
The MP said:
"I wholeheartedly welcome this move to finally replace the unrestricted speed limit on Moorland Road with a far more sensible 30 mph limit. It was simply nonsensical to have an unrestricted speed limit on a residential street where kids were at risk. Now that progress has been made I hope residents will feel safer on the roads in question."
Here's what's making Leeds tick today
"On a busy Saturday morning in the city's Victoria Quarter, it is clear how Leeds has since been reborn: cappuccinos are frothed, designer labels displayed and shoppers enticed by the likes of Ted Baker and Vivienne Westwood."
- David Atkinson's Hit the North blog looks at being On the Heritage Trail in Leeds.
Proposals for a major supermarket are debated over at Leeds West Liberal Democrats.
The latest on the proposed Kirkstall Forge Station is a topic for discussion over at Kirstall.org. Why not join in?
"Last week a group of people gathered to fold. Ten volunteers folded 160 cranes in just a few hours. The people there weren't origami experts or professional artists - they varied from bankers to a couple of tourists on a day trip; and all of them donated their time for free. This is the result..."
- Night of a Thousand Cranes blog writes about Folding For Peace - The Event and yesterday's Hiroshima and Nagasaki memorial service in Park Square.
The YEP reports that a high-speed rail link from London to Leeds will dramatically reduce air travel from West Yorkshire's regional airport, according to a cabinet minister.
Holt Park Leisure Centre will be holding awareness sessions in a bid to keep youngsters safe around water this summer, reports cimmunity site Holt Park Today.
Leeds United's Championship clash with Derby County drew 2.7 million viewers on BBC One, reports Media Guardian.
Catch up with a Meanwood pub update at Reet Good blog. Fellow beer blogger The Good Stuff looks at the Historic Ales of Scotland.
Traders in Rothwell fear one of the town's main shopping streets has become like a ghost town.
Two senior Leeds councillors will be rolling their sleeves up and getting their hands dirty at the Rosebank Millennium Green project this week.
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