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Pudsey Leisure Centre’s car park is set to close temporarily over the February half term.

State-of-the-art fitness equipment installed across three sites

Lengthy waiting lists for child swimming lessons in Leeds have been partly blamed on a shortage of qualified teachers.

CHIPPINDALE pool is due to close from Monday, March 14 for a period of eight weeks.

CHIPPINDALE pool is due to close from Monday, March 14 for a period of eight weeks.

AN URGENT appeal for foster carers has been issued in Leeds because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Foster4Leeds, Leeds City Council’s fostering service, is seeking to increase the number of foster carers available to care for children and young people throughout the city. The number of families fostering with Foster4Leeds has grown substantially during the last decade and is currently at the highest it’s ever been. But the number of children and young people needing foster placements conti...

AN OTLEY councillor is calling on Otley residents to act fast to save the town’s swimming pool. Chippindale Pool has been earmarked for closure under wider cost-cutting plans by Leeds City Council as it tries to balance its budget, and plug a multi-million pound gap, for the year ahead. Although not owned by the council the pool, which is based at Prince Henry’s Grammar School, is supported by the local authority. The council says that ending that arrangement would save it £37,000 in...