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RENOWNED DUBAI RESTAURANT BRAND INDIA BISTRO MAKES ITS UK DEBUT WITH FLAGSHIP OPENING IN LEEDS

A much-loved Dubai dining brand is coming to the UK for the first time with a flagship restaurant in Leeds.

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13 November 2025

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KIRKSTALL BREWERY AND WHITELOCK’S SHARE UPDATE ON ‘THE VICTORIA’ RE-OPENING

LEGENDARY CITY CENTRE PUB WILL RE-OPEN BEFORE CHRISTMAS The Victoria – A legendary Leeds pub, reborn

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12 November 2025

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Skate, eat and celebrate as Ice Cube returns to Leeds City Centre

Leeds is set to sparkle this holiday season as the much-loved Ice Cube at Christmas returns to Millennium Square, Victoria Gardens, and Cookridge Street from 21 November 2025. A highlight of the city’s festive calendar, the even

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7 November 2025

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FIRST LOOK: Harewood reveals images of its opulent Bridgerton-inspired Christmas 

Harewood House Trust has been working with TV interior designer Siobhan Murphy to finalise the install for the stately home’s much-anticipated Christmas experience, A Glittering Invitation: Harewood

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6 November 2025

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BELOVED NEIGHBOURHOOD CAFÉ HOUSE OF KOKO EXPANDS INTO LEEDS CITY CENTRE

The much-loved independent café brand, House of Koko is coming to Leeds city centre this autumn with the opening of its third venue. House of Koko has been a fixture of Leeds’ café culture since 2015. Known for its Middle Eastern–in

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4 November 2025

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The Good Food Guide defies doom and gloom of Britain’s pubs demise with its launch of 100 Best Pubs, featuring Leeds’ Highland Laddie in top spot

The Good Food Guide, Britain’s authority on eating out since 1951, has published its inaugural list of 100 Best Pubs in Britain, in partnership with Timothy Taylor’s Landlord and supported by Tracklements and Koffmann’s Potatoes. Taki

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29 October 2025

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Trinity Leeds and White Rose seek accessibility feedback this Purple Tuesday

Trinity Leeds and White Rose shopping centres will mark Purple Tuesday on 4th November, raising awareness of the challenges that disabled shoppers can face as well as engaging with guests to

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29 October 2025

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NEW EXHIBITION FINDS THE BEAUTY IN EVERYDAY OBJECTS AT SUNNY BANK MILLS IN LEEDS

Broken//Makeshift is an exhibition that celebrates contemporary craft by finding the beauty in everyday objects. It explores how our emotional attachment to them can survive a break, fracture or tear. The s

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29 October 2025

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JASON MANFORD, DARA Ó BRIAIN, LUCY BEAUMONT & MORE ANNOUNCED FOR KIRKSTALL ABBEY COMEDY FESTIVAL

HUGE ONE DAY COMEDY EVENT RETURNS IN JULY 2026 KIRKSTALL ABBEY COMEDY FESTIVAL

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25 October 2025

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Planning Approved for Dishoom’s New Leeds Restaurant

Major Bombay-inspired dining destination set to further enhance Leeds’ premium retail and leisure district  

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24 October 2025

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