Executive director, David Neel, told your News Channel the last day for regular hours will be July 7th. After that date, everything will be sold off. Neel announced in a press release on Monday that economic realities forced the board to make the difficult decision to close. The museum's board tried for several years to find a sustainable path to keep the museum open and part of the community.
A police cordon is in place on Kirkgate in the city centre this afternoon (Friday) following the incident. A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: “Police are currently at the scene of a derelict building which has collapsed in Kirkgate in Leeds. Sign up for our free newsletters today “Road closures are currently in place and people are asked to avoid the area at this time.” We will provide all updates to this developing story as and when we get them in the live blog below:
A new cafe is set to open on a busy Edinburgh street following the sad closure of a much-loved Chinese restaurant. Chef Chi, on Portobello High Street, shut its doors on April 1 after its owners announced their retirement. Now, work is underway to trasnform the space ahead of the opening of Rising Tide, a licensed cafe with a seasonally changing menu. A sign in the window of the premises, which is at the east end of the street, reads: “Chef Chi has closed down following the well deserved...
Earlier this year, Stonegate Pub Company announced that its parent company TDR Capital was seeking to refinance a £2.5bn black hole. The business is one of the largest pub companies in the country, now behind more than 4,500 sites including chains Be At One and Slug and Lettuce. Back in January, GMB Union warned that the pubs the company operates, including dozens in Leeds, could be “at risk”. And this week, the Guardian reported that Stonegate was “struggling” to pay off the remaining debt...
PUNTERS have been left devastated as an award-winning brewery announced its closure after just seven years in business. Cellar Head Brewing Company and Tap Room has slipped into administration afte
Kitsu Go, which will serve office workers in nearby developments, will be based on St Paul’s Street. Signs for the new eatery appeared on the unit, a short walk from Park Square, earlier this week. Work is currently underway ahead of the new restaurant’s opening. Sing Wong, the venue’s owner, told the YEP that he anticipates it will open next month. Sign up to our free newsletters today Kitsu Go’s Instagram advertises it as a “contemporary Japanese grab and go”, serving sushi, curry and tempura....
A MAJOR coffee chain with 2,000 UK stores is set to close another city centre site within weeks. The chain has already shut the doors to dozens of its sites in recent months. Coffee giant
Councillors said that anti-social behaviour and drug dealing were common on Ormond Place.
ST. MARYS (KSNT) - The St. Marys Police Department is asking its residents to remain vigilant as door-to-door sellers have been reported in the area. St. Marys Police Chief Derek Cid says in a press release there have been multiple reports of door-to-door sellers in the area. The city currently does not have an ordinance []
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...
At a meeting of Derry city and Strabane District Council’s Environment and Regeneration Committee on Wednesday, April 17, DfC’s North West Development Officer, Paul Mc Naught, said the £5.1 million project would “transform a number of streets adjacent with the historic City Walls”. He added: “It is the Department’s largest investment in public realm project since the completion of the Guildhall Square and Waterloo Place scheme in 2010. “Initial considerations for this project actually started in...
A popular Sheffield pub is set to re-open next month - after a refurbishment is completed. The Prince of Wales, on Derbyshire Lane, Norton Lees, has closed temporarily, while a programme of work is carried out at the venue, which is to return as a ‘Craft Union’ pub. It closed at the end of last week for the work to get underway. The pub company Stonegate, which runs the venue, has issued a statement confirming the re-opening plans. It stated: “We are pleased to confirm The Prince of Wales pub in...