Heart of the City: Work to repair granite paving in flagship city centre development to take up to two months

www.thestar.co.uk— Work is underway to re-lay new granite paving in a flagship city centre development - but it could take two months. Workers are replacing a swathe of asphalt on Wellington, Cambridge and Charles streets that appeared after cobbles were torn up to run pipes to a new food hall on Cambridge Street. Readers voiced dismay at how it was left in October. In March, Sean McClean, director of regeneration and development at Sheffield Council, said he shared people’s frustrations at the six-month wait to...

www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk—Leeds city centre: 15 photos take you back to St Johns Shopping Centre in the 1990s. They showcase the best of what the St Johns Shopping Centre had to offer during the 1990s, a decade when shoppers spent hours looking around the shops for bargains. The photos take you up and down the escalator to put the shops you (prpbably) visited back in the day into focus. The images are a mix from the YEP archive and others published courtesy of photographic archive Leodis, which is run by Leeds Library & Information Service. They also run heritage blog The Secret Library Leeds, which...

www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com—City of Edinburgh Council considering options to keep city centre visitor centre open. Edinburgh Council is exploring options to keep the Royal Mile’s tourist information open after its closure was announced by VisitScotland. The organisation plans to shut its 25 ‘iCentres’ across the country due to “significant” changes in the tourism landscape. The Edinburgh branch, located at 249 High Street adjacent to the City Chambers, operates within a leased space provided by the council and shares facilities with its customer hub. It’s winding-up is part of a phased two-year closure...

dublinlive—Spanish 'savoury safari' to take over Dublin city centre. Food lovers will have the chance to sample great-value pints, delicious pintxos, and good vibes