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The Guardian - UK
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John Baron

Leeds today: Corn Exchange, West Yorkshire Playhouse and Armley's looking good

Good morning, Leeds.


What's making Leeds tick today?

Leeds council faces cuts 16 times bigger than local authorities in some of the most wealthy areas of the south, reports the YEP.

North Leeds Life reports that the West Yorkshire Playhouse has been awarded a grant of £241,493 by the Big Lottery Fund to develop a range of activities for young people with learning disabilities.

There's a write up on Radio Poplar - a Bramley-based registered charity internet radio station - over at Kirkstall.org.

Police in North East Leeds are appealing for information after 24 Muslim graves were damaged in Harehills Cemetery.

Enterprise Inns' chief executive has been condemned for taking an "unjustified" 50pc pay increase, by a Leeds MP who is calling on the Government to overhaul the tenanted pub industry, reports The Telegraph.

Leeds Daily Photo blog features photographs on the interior of the Corn Exchange.

Looking Good, Armley reports on a postcards and photo hunt workshop in January.

The prolific Leeds Grub features a guide to the best Christmas dinners at the city's restaurants. Fellow food blogger Stephanie Lloyd enjoys a conversation with the owners of home delivery service Manjit's Kitchen, which has been going down a storm on food blogs and Twitter in recent weeks. Check out The Culture Vulture blog for more.

38 Degrees members In Leeds recently organised a get-together to talk about the NHS. Sign up here to organise another get together.

Leeds Gigs has a diary of the coming week's events here.

Leeds Guide has an interview with actress Gaynor Faye about her love of Leeds.

Do you have news, views or events to share? Feel free add them to the comments below or contact me by email or on Twitter @GdnLeeds.

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