Over in Headingley, there's a stunning period property that you can rent for the ultimate 'staycation' experience.
Advertised on the property rental site Airbnb, the Leeds property is just a hop, skip and a jump away from some of the area's best bars, restaurants, and parks.
It's also had some absolute rave reviews.
Comprised of four bedrooms and bathrooms, three large reception rooms and a former staff quarters, it's absolutely huge giving you so many different options for spaces to relax and take in your surroundings.
Filled with a host of original features including huge bay windows and real, working fireplaces, Albert House has been described as the "most original" Victorian mansion house in Leeds. The host will even leave your own basket of wood to give you that extra authentic country house experience.
It's also got a huge outdoor area, with large gardens to the rear complete with a BBQ, outdoor kitchen and plenty of furniture to recline on.
Inside, a games room boasts its own pool table, whilst elsewhere you'll find a TV room and a sound system and a grand dining table for everyone to eat together around.
Bathrooms, meanwhile, boast a roll-top bath and huge walk-in shower for the ultimate luxury.
Inside Albert House, the stunning Victorian mansion for rent in Headingley. / Image: AirBnB
One person said: "The house is amazing! Great location, perfect for a hen do and the prosecco and breakfast provided was such a great, unexpected bonus!"
A second wrote: "Beautiful large property suitable for a big family. You’ll love the games rooms and vast outdoor spaces.
"Huge bedrooms with comfy beds. We found the place clean and tidy, perfect for a family getaway."
"Lovely house, even bigger than anticipated," a third said.
"Weather was great so it was nice to be able to spend time making the most of the garden."
Another said: "Great location and fantastic house - we really enjoyed our weekend for my wife’s birthday and would recommend to anyone thinking of booking."
The staycation comes with a large garden too. / Images: Airbnb
The tiramisu hype lives on, and this time it's coming to Leeds.
It really does feel like the traditional Italian dessert has taken the world by storm as of late.
Everything from tiramisu cups and tiramisu coffees have been popping up all over our feed, and now tiramisu in drawer form is popping up in the city centre.
Misu Tiramisu is an independent business that began at Manchester's Christmas Markets and quickly became one of the most popular operators, all thanks to its miniature tiramisu ‘drawers’.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
The individually portioned and colourfully packaged desserts quickly became one of town’s top puddings, and owners Aleem and Aishah went on to launch a stand inside the Manchester Arndale too.
And now they’re branching out again in Leeds inside Trinity shopping centre for a two month residency.
You’ll find all their delicious flavours of handmade tiramisu, including classic, pistachio, chocolate, Biscoff, mango, and lemon - they'll also have some gluten-free tiramisu on offer as well, so no one has to miss out.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Misu Tiramisu owners Aleem and Aishah spent a year refining the recipe for their tiramisus after a trip to Milan, first launching with their first market stall in Sale.
Misu Tiramisu is now open inside Trinity shopping centre opposite Boots Opticians and Pop Specs.
They're open every day of the week for you to get your tiramisu fix, from 9am to 8pm Monday to Saturday and from 11am to 5pm on a Sunday.
And trust us Leeds, they're just as delicious as they are adorable.
Fossilised 320-million-year-old fish found in Leeds’ Roundhay Park
Clementine Hall
A prehistoric fish fossil has been unearthed at Roundhay Park in Leeds.
The fascinating prehistoric skull bone of a coelacanth fish was discovered by a geologist at Roundhay Park earlier this year.
It is thought the creature was frozen in time aeons ago, during an era when the park was submerged under a vast tropical lagoon.
The remarkable discovery has now been kindly donated to Leeds Museums and Galleries and added to the natural sciences collection at Leeds Discovery Centre.
Image: Leeds City Council
The Leeds fossil was found by Ru Smith of the Yorkshire Geological Society during a reconnaissance walk he was carrying out ahead of a planned field excursion in the north Leeds park.
Describing the moment he made the discovery, Ru said: “There’s a layer of rock in the park which dates from around 320 million years ago, from a time before the breakup of the continents, when what is now the park would have been situated close the Equator and under the warm waters of a tropical lagoon. West Central Africa would be a good place to find similar environments in the present.
“There’s a bed of freshwater mussels called Carbonicola at one level in the rock, and opening a piece of shale from this bed in my hands I saw something unusual – a distinctive skull bone of a large fish. I knew straight away this was something different and very rare."
The bone was verified byexperts as belonging to a coelacanth older than those found elsewhere in Yorkshire, making it the oldest fossil coelacanth discovered in the region.
Ru added: “Coelacanths are pretty amazing fish and it’s just very cool to think that at one time, you could have been standing in Leeds and watching them swim around above a bed of mussels in Roundhay Park.
“That’s really the wonder of geology, looking at the rock and time travelling in the imagination to what was a very different world.”
Georgina Pellant -
3rd August 2023 
