Good morning, Leeds.
Hope you all had a good bank holiday weekend. Bad luck and commiserations to Leeds Rhinos, who lost in the Challenge Cup to Warrington at Wembley. Let's hope the lads can make up for it next year!
I'll shortly be posting a round-up of this weekend's Leeds Festival and also video and slideshow from yesterday's amazing Leeds West Indian Carnival.
Here's what's making Leeds tick today
"It seems there is a lot going on 'underground' in Leeds at the moment... Working groups are being formed, people are connecting and talking, tweets are turning into friendships and it seems everyone is wanting the same thing overall... to make Leeds as great as possible."
- Lee Hicken writes about the first meeting of The Leeds Innovation Lab on his Hebe Media blog. John Popham has also blogged about the event. Want to know what an innovation lab is? There's an explanation over at Mike Chitty's Community Development blog.
The family of late charity fund-raiser Jane Tomlinson has arrived back in Leeds after a 2,500-mile cycle ride from Istanbul, reports the BBC.
Just look at what can be done with education and co-operation, is the latest post on the East Leeds-based No2Incinerator campaign's blog.
The old bear pit off Cardigan Road in Headingley is the subject of a picture and short post over at The Circus No Spin Zone blog.
His work has done much to shape modern-day Leeds but now civic architect John Thorp is preparing to step down from his influential role, reports Dave Marsh at the YEP.
Find out more about the next Headingley Farmers' Market over at Headingley.org.
There's a preview of Leeds Photo Week over at Exposure Leeds. In case you missed it, Jon Eland's Guardian guest post from Friday can be found here.
Armley Mills Museum is hosting a meet Benjamin Gott: Open Day.
"Last week's academic report about the lap-dancing industry will put a lot of people in this uncomfortable position. The preliminary results of a year's study by Dr Teela Sanders and Kate Hardy at the University of Leeds, it showed that many women who work as lap dancers are smart, happy and earning lots of money."
- Katy Guest writes for The Independent.
Detectives hunting bogus callers who have tricked their way into the homes of elderly people in north-west Leeds have renewed their appeal for information following four further incidents. Hyperlocal site Holt Park Today also carries a report.
Leeds City Council is committing to a national scheme to cut down the amount of construction waste sent to landfill sites.
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