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Samaritans is encouraging Leeds to have ‘a cuppa and a catch-up’ this Blue Monday
To ensure nobody struggles alone, on Brew Monday or any other day, Samaritans is reminding everyone to check in on friends, family, colleagues on 17 January.
The Leeds bottomless brunch with unlimited Argentine steak, pudding and endless cocktails
With unlimited food AND drink, Argentinian steakhouse Gaucho has one of the best bottomless brunch deals in Leeds
M&S rebrands Midget Gems after campaigner claims the name is ‘hate speech’
It comes after a disability academic raised concerns about the use of the word “midget” having roots in Victorian freak shows.
Leeds’ Revolution Electric Press is getting a huge £300k ‘vodka land’ fairground makeover
The pandemic might have prevented the bar from celebrating its landmark 15th birthday, but that will all be made up for this month as it undergoes its transformation.
You can ‘pay the year you’re born’ at this Leeds restaurant- but only if you’re born in January
Need an example? Let’s say, if you were born in 1993, then you’ll only pay £19.93 each, instead of the usual cost of £30 per person.
Asymptomatic people with positive lateral flow results won’t need a PCR to confirm from today
The UKHSA said that the change will only be in place whilst COVID rates remain high.
What are the new travel rules that have now been introduced in the UK?
The Prime Minister said relaxing travel measures is a way to “live with COVID without letting our guard down”.
Starbucks is now offering all milk alternatives for free in the UK
For the first time ever, customers can now get any milk alternative they like for free in their coffee
Follow-up PCR tests scrapped for people who test positive on lateral flows
This change will take effect from 11 January.
Visiting suspended at Leeds hospitals as Omicron threatens to overwhelm NHS
“With the Omicron variant circulating, we are responding to a significant increase in numbers of patients in our hospitals with Covid-19."