Good morning, Leeds!
Hope you had a good weekend.
Today I'll be looking at the call for more carriages on the region's railways, detailed plans for an ecologically friendly new £10 million school for Leeds and the Imam at Makkah Mosque in Hyde Park writes a terrific guest blog for us on Ramadan.
Here's what's making Leeds tick today
"This summer has been a positive summer for the future of Leeds ... work has begun on the Leeds Arena and Trinity Leeds, while planning progress has been made on Eastgate Quarter and Wellington Place. These developments are a testament to the vision in our region – a vision which needs to be matched by our Local Enterprise Partnership."
- Gary Williams, chief executive of Leeds, York and North Yorkshire Chamber of Commerce, blogs on how LEP needs to create confidence and optimism in Leeds City Region.
Leeds Council, facing cuts and searching for savings, has just spent more than £21,000 on office alterations for the main political groups, reports the YEP.
On Saturday, 4 September, Test Space: Kitchen will be hosting a one-off contemporary Victorian banquet at Temple Works. Find out more on the event's Facebook page. By the way, found a terrific picture of Temple Works' canteen posted by fotofacade on Flickr.
Parents are taking advantage of lower house prices in Leeds to buy property for their children to live in at university, the Financial Times reports.
The No2Incinerator campaign in East Leeds blogs on last week's Tockwith waste facilities explosion - and asks: how safe are we?
Supporters of the Royal Park Community Consortium's bid to transform the abandoned Royal Park School in Hyde Park into a community facility are calling for more volunteers to help their bid.
Campaigners are urging the owners of Otley's former Bridge End cattle market site to respect the "desire of the town" and restore the site to nature with the end of a long-running battle in sight, reports the Wharfedale Observer.
Organic vegetables, smoothies, cheese, bread, free-range eggs, baked goods, jams, honey, fish and meat will be at the next Headingley Farmers' Market on September 11, reports Headingley.org.
"Fresh pork sausages from Kirkgate Market, fried in tonnes of onions, eaten whilst still hot with a jar of mustard for dipping. A robust, malt-led beer to accompany - Bevan's Bitter from Rhymney Brewery. That's it. Thank You."
- Leigh at Leeds' longest-running beer blog The Good Stuff posts on his idea of heaven.
The new issue of Kirkstall Matters newsletter, featuring the latest news and views for the area, is now available on Kirkstall Online.
Golden Acre Park in Bramhope with a Pickles & Potter picnic bag is a post on The Good Dr blog.
The Yorkshire Post reports the number of in-patient beds at a community rehabilitation unit at St Mary's Hospital in Armley could be cut.
Resisting the Anointing is the title of a post on Chris Johnston's Social Change blog on activism and social change, with a focus on global justice issues and Leeds.
Leeds Council will have to pay developers' costs after losing an appeal over housing at Boston Spa, reports the Wetherby News.
Leeds is featured in the latest issue of Jamie Oliver's magazine.
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