The Rt Reverend Stephen Cottrell will be holding a special memorial service to remember the victims of the Peckfield Pit tragedy in Micklefield.
Paying tribute to the 63 boys and men killed in the mining disaster of 30th April, 1986, the commemoration service will be held outside St Mary’s Church next to the victims' memorial at 7.30pm, Friday 30th April.
63 candles will be placed around the memorial and a choir of children from Micklefield Primary School will sing to honour the anniversary.
Lord Mayor of Leeds Coun Eileen Taylor and Leeds City Council leader Coun James Lewis are expected to attend to pay their respects.
They will be joined by representatives from Micklefield Parish Council, the National Union of Mineworkers, and the wider mining community.
The Rt Reverend Stephen Cottrell
Elsewhere around Leeds, two more remembrance services will also be taking place.
At 7 am Friday, the first service will be held at the memorial to mark the time of the explosion - with the name of those who lost their lives in the tragedy read out in commemoration.
Those in attendance will also help to place 63 crosses - each bearing a victim's name - at the memorial border.
Then at 7.20am - the time of the second and most catastrophic explosion - the church bells at St Mary's, Micklefield will chime out 63 times.
Bells will also ring across the neighbouring parishes of Garforth, Kippax, Aberford and Sherburn-in-Elmet this weekend.
There will also be a service at St. Mary's on Sunday 2nd May for those who have lost their lives in the wider mining community.
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Vinyl-only 1970s-inspired cocktail bar coming to Leeds from team behind some of the city’s best bars
A new cocktail bar is coming to Leeds city centre.
If you know a thing or two about cocktails, or just drinks in general, then you're going to be very excited about this news.
The very talented team behind Roland's on Call Lane and The Domino Club, just to name a few, are setting their sites on a brand-new venture.
Introducing Paper Plane, an intimate new cocktail bar that will be taking over the old Casa site in the city's beautiful Grand Arcade.
Paper Plane will be inspired by the glamour of 1970s air travel and will be a vinyl-only listening bar, serving a world-inspired cocktail menu alongside a carefully curated whisky collection.
The space will be lovely and intimate, with around just 40 covers, designed to transport guests somewhere completely different from the minute they step foot through the door.
And what a location too, joining a whole host of fantastic independents in the arcade such as Alfonso's Deli, Stuzzi and Sonder.
For now, we don't know many more details about the project, but we already know it's going to be exceptional cas anything these guys do turns to gold.
Not only has Roland's been consistently one of the busiest bars on Call Lane since they opened back in 2014, but The Domino Club was recently crowned one of the best cocktail bars in the world. Now that is some accolade worth shouting about.
We'll keep you updated with Paper Plane's progress, but Roland's have stated that the site is hoping to open this coming autumn. So we really don't have long to wait.
When Yorkshire is due to get hot as a fourth heatwave of the year hits the UK
Danny Jones
Yes, ANOTHER heatwave is set to hit the UK - the fourth in 2026 so far - and, understandably, Yorkshire residents are already preparing for the latest blast of hot weather and wondering when it arrives.
Yes, in case you missed the news, more high temperatures are set to spread across the UK and Ireland this month and heading into August.
The increase will gradually build throughout this week, with Wednesday tipped to be the hottest day according to various meteorologists.
While Yorkshire thankfully isn't quite slated to get the sweatiest, parts of the Midlands and the usual suspects down south are set to hit the highest numbers, but the thermometers are still on course to reach around the mid-20s over the coming days.
Estimates of 26°C were predicted for this coming Tuesday, with the levels floating in and around 24/25 on the following Wednesday.
The heat is then due to drop off slowly, with top scores of no higher than 21°C on the cards for Thursday and Friday. Although the weekend forecast is less certain at present, one thing that has been announced is reduced rainfall.
Aside from a few more trickles today (Mon, 27 July), the showers or lack thereof cease rather soon, with some of the driest parts of the country already having various effects; for instance, parched parts of Wales have even revealed lost archaeological sites last Friday (24/7/2026).
It would be remiss if we didn't mention the obvious moorland fires across our region, which were sadly exacerbated by hot weather earlier this month.
At least it'll be a bit cooler here than in other parts of the country. ☀️
Georgina Pellant -
29th April 2021 
