2 October 2025 - Leeds Now - Real Journalism by Leeds Hacks

Leeds climbing centre raising funds after burglary

The indoor climbing wall is at a huge shortfall after a burglary last month.

Northern trials app for improved passenger experience

A busy indoor train station featuring two stationary trains at adjacent platforms. The train on the left is a modern Northern Class 331 electric unit, numbered 331009, with a sleek blue and yellow design. Next to it on the right is an older Northern Class 158 diesel unit, numbered 158757, with a more classic shape and similar blue and yellow livery. The station has a high, arched roof with exposed beams and industrial lighting. Passengers are visible on the platform and escalator, and a digital clock displays the time as 16:16:35. Overhead signs direct travellers to various platforms, and daylight is visible through the far end of the station.

Passengers using Northern trains between Harrogate and Leeds have been selected to take part in the trial of a new app

Leeds Digital Festival celebrates its tenth year

A person stands presenting in front of a screen displaying Channel 4 Served, with colourful lights in the background and an image of a man cooking on the screen.

Leeds Digital Festival has returned to the city for a tenth time. The two-week festival started 22 September and is set to continue until Friday 3 October.

Armley’s £80k counterfeit bust’s impact on the community

Boxes of cigarettes and packets of nicotine on a table as a result of the counterfeit goods raid

£83,000 worth of counterfeit goods have been seized, with the community now being put in a strange position.

Leeds council to put grassroots at the heart of tackling poverty

A residential street with brick houses, parked cars, greenery, utility poles, and bins under a clear blue sky.

From classroom to cadet hall, the hidden front line in Leeds’ fight against inequality.

Nursery set to charge 25% extra on fees for parents

Signs for Little Owls Nursery placed on a fence outside of the nursery

Little Owls Nursery bill prices are set to rise following privatisation

Book that ‘inspired’ Romeo and Juliet potion on display in Leeds

image of old book against a blue background in a glass cupboard. The book has illustrations of various plants with details about the what each plant is called and where it grows.

A copy of the book has made its way into Leeds Central library.

Shipley performers take to the skies for the first time

The image shows a number of acrobats performing in the sky attached to a crane

Over 7,000 people saw the show over the weekend

Vinyl music is ‘ritualistic for people’

A group of people browse through vinyl records at a busy record fair. The image shows several plastic crates labeled with handwritten black signs indicating music genres and categories, including "IRON MAIDEN," "SYNTH / ELECTRONIC," "PROG ROCK," "MISC Q–T," "PUNK," and "GRUNGE / ALT ROCK." A man in the center wearing a white "Blue Flowers" t-shirt and navy hoodie is examining a record. To his right, an older man in an AC/DC t-shirt and with a tattooed arm is also browsing. The setting appears lively and crowded with music enthusiasts.

A record fair in Leeds is taking place at the end of the month till the end of the year in Leeds Corn Exchange, Emma Haresign reports.

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