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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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John Baron

Leeds today: Leeds Rocks, City Square statue injustice and East End Park joy

Good morning, Leeds.

Are you interested in using blogs, text messages, Facebook, Twitter and social media to help a group or organisation that you belong to? The Leeds Social Media Surgery is being held at the Round Foundry tonight and could help, but there are only a couple of places left so you'll have to be quick...

Members of Leeds' digital community are urged to meet and chat about November's Leeds Digital Festival at 6pm tonight at the Cross Keys.


What's making Leeds tick today?

At last, some good news for East End Park and Cross Green! is the title of a blog post about licensing over at Coven.

Leeds Rocks has been created to support, exhibit and expose the local talent that can be found in the city. Find out more about it here.

Shut up and get on with it! is a post by Emma Bearman at The Culture Vulture. A statue in the centre of Leeds stands prominent witness to a 200-year-old injustice. But guest blogger Matt Edgar has a plan to put it right.

Family and friends of Leeds tycoon Jimi Heselden will gather at the heart of his business empire to lay him to rest, reports the YEP.

Experts from Metro will be on hand to answer questions about the proposed Leeds NGT trolleybus network at the city's Low-Emission Vehicle Exhibition and Conference today until 4.45pm.

The Myth of Racist Kids is the next debate up at Leeds Salon.

The YEP reports
that a campaign to win justice for murdered Leeds United fans Chris Loftus and Kevin Speight is gaining growing support at Westminster.

Revised plans to partly demolish a former Headingley cinema and build 12 apartments look set to be approved later today, reports the Yorkshire Post.

Venues across Leeds will be playing host to a range of weird and wonderful events this Friday as the annual Light Night festival takes place, reports Leeds council.

My Life in Leeds features a what's on theatre guide.

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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