Just forty minutes drive from Leeds is the world's highest indoor bungee jump - and according to reviews, it's an adrenaline-packed experience you won't forget.
If you're stuck with what to do with the kids now that the heatwave has ended (for now., anyway) and the heavens have opened then we reckon this indoor bungee jump could be just the ticket.
Set in an old steelworks with a 150ft plunge, it's certainly not for the faint of heart - prefaced with a climb up to the platform that you commence in semi-darkness amidst flashing light effects.
The free fall drop at The Abyss / Video: Uk Bungee Club
As you make your way through up to the tunnel, dry ice is pumped out at you out from the darkness and flashing screens appear at intervals to hype you up for what is to come, with a musical soundtrack to set the atmosphere.
And that's not all. As well as an epic bungee jumping experience, the Abyss at Magna also utilise the breathtaking structures of the former steelworks to host zip wire, abseil, and 'drop free-fall' experiences - where you literally step off a platform and experience falling almost completely unaided.
A real-life leap of faith, whilst you are fully kitted out in a safety harness and attached to a thin safety chord you will still plummet to the ground at speed, slowing only at the last second to touch your feet onto the ground.
A couple trying their hand at the adrenaline-packed Abyss experience / Image: devs6
Run by the UK Bungee Club, the Abyss at Magna first opened in 2005 and has been used for a number of film and TV filming projects since.
TIckets for experiences start at just £20 for the drop free fall, rising to £69 for what they call the 'awesome foursome experience' which combines all four activities so you can try a bit of everything whilst you're down at the site in Rotherham.
To find out more and grab tickets, head over to the Abyss's website here.
Leeds Bradford Airport is set for a standstill as almost 130 workers are set to take industrial action over pay.
If you're planning on catching a flight from Leeds Bradford Airport, then you may want to double check the date.
The Unite members planning on going on strike are a mixture of air traffic control workers, customer experience staff, security staff and cleaners.
The workers involved in the dispute have recently come out of a four-year pay deal, with some of the departments having fallen behind other airports in equivalent roles.
Pay talks have been happening since December 2025, with the airport's formal offer not going far enough to address the lack of pay parity.
Strikes will take place from 03:00 Friday 16 October to 06:00 Sunday 18 October for hourly paid staff and from 06:00 Friday 16 October to 06:00 Sunday 18 October for air traffic control workers.
Strike will mean the entire airport will shut down.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "Leeds Bradford Airport is very profitable and can more than afford to come back to the table with an offer that doesn't fall short of our members' expectations.
"Our hardworking members should not be paid less than those doing the same jobs at other airports. Workers taking action at Leeds Bradford Airport have Unite's full support in their fight for fairer pay."
Unite regional officer Neil Whitaker said: "We know people who have flights planned to and from Leeds Bradford Airport will be concerned to hear of industrial action, however our members have no choice but to strike.
"The airport is profitable, passenger numbers are growing and our members are a major part of its success. They deserve a fair pay rise, and management must come back to the table to deliver this."
Leeds pizza shop hailed ‘exceptional’ and ‘best in the UK’ by major reviewer
Clementine Hall
A Leeds pizza takeaway has received a glowing review from popular review duo.
Edges Pizza opened up their first permanent spot in Leeds back in June this year, after making a name for themselves slinging out pizzas at multiple pop-ups across the city.
Owners Grace and Edge from Harrogate opened Edges Pizza two years ago, taking inspiration from trips to New York over the years.
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Their pizzas are a love letter to the class New York slice, think thin and crispy rather than chewy and floppy. But above all else, think absolutely delicious.
And now, they've caught the attention of a major review page, with Bite Twice Food Reviews (a page with almost 300k followers) paying Edges a visit.
The food review duo of Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany popped up in Holbeck beneath the arches to get their hands on a pizza, and the outcome is brilliant.
In the video, Bite Twice said that the pizza is 'f**cking exceptional' and up there with 'one of the best pizzas in the UK'.
Before even taking a bite, they said: "On aesthetic, I don't think anywhere in the UK is doing pizza like this".
Images: The Hoot Leeds
Then after the first bite, they go on to say: "There are very few pizzas in the UK that create this, I’m a little bit blown away".
As Londoners themselves, they go on to say that Edges is 'easily hitting with the best that we’ve got down south'.
And if that's not high praise enough, they sign off the video saying: "Leeds has got an absolute gem. I give this a stamp so hard my foot went through the pizza. Edges. Don Level."
Georgina Pellant -
28th July 2021 
