Feeling brave? Now you can embark on a ghost hunt around one of the most historical buildings in the city, the Leeds City Museum.
If you’re fascinated by the ethereal and fancy hunting ghosts in the dead of night, this overnight ghost hunt is the perfect event for you.
And the Leeds City Museum is a brilliant place to do it, housing three levels of terror full of many exciting artefacts and ghostly tales.
A former Victorian mechanics institute, the museum is an imposing building with over 200 years of history.
During this time, there's been various reports of unnerving paranormal activity. Lights flicker on and off, ghostly footsteps are heard running down the halls and there have even been sightings of an unknown figure lurking in the shadows of the Albert Hall balcony.
Feeling scared yet? There are also rumours that the restless spirit of the Leeds mummy, named Nesyamun, haunts the museum...keep your eyes peeled for wet footprints leading from his coffin.
Image: UK Ghost Night
Now here's a bit of history for you, when the Leeds Philosophical and Literary society members decided that Leeds was worthy of its museum back in 1819, they could have had no idea how popular it would be today.
It took them a whopping two years to open the museum to the public at the original site on Park Row, and they kept control of the museum for 100 years before the city council took it over in 1921.
Everything ran smoothly until the bombing in WWII damaged most of the exhibits and a lot of the original building. However it was kept open, and this could perhaps explain all the spooky sightings that have been spotted since...
Ghost hunts around the Leeds City Museum run from 9 pm to 2 am, giving those fascinated with the spectral world the chance to see the building’s eerie happenings in the flesh – so to speak.
Paranormal Eye, who organise the hunts, have warned that they’re not for the faint-hearted and we’re happy to take their word for it.
Tickets are on sale now for £49, with dates available in November 2022 and March 2023. Find out more here.
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. ☀️
Clementine Hall -
20th October 2022 
