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Health & Wellbeing Leeds' Biggest Gym Opens

New gym launches with day of fitness and fundraising on Saturday 18th February

A gym which will be Leeds’ biggest is set to open in the city on Friday 24^th February, with a fund-raising activities day on Saturday 18th. Affordable Yorkshire gym operator Xercise4less is inviting Leeds residents to ‘high five their hearts’ on the 18^th with a day of free, five minute power classes in support of the British Heart Foundation and Leeds Children’s Hospital.

Running from 12pm – 2pm there will be a range of free 5 minute power classes taking place in the new studio, incorporating activities from Zumba to kick boxing, spinning, to step. Set within the 40,000 sq…

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Feature Leeds Therapy Awards

A new celebration of Leeds' thriving therapy industry. We need your votes before 13th February

At the end of 2011 the Leeds Retail Awards celebrated Leeds as a great city of shopping and now it is time to recognise our favourite companies and individuals in Leeds’ extensive therapy industry.

The first Leeds Therapy Awards is to be held on 19^th Februarywhen the winners from each of the 15 categories will be announced at a lavish ceremony held in The Hiltonin Leeds. The Therapy Awards will recognise those that the general public feel are exceptional at providing health, beauty and therapy services in Leeds.

Leeds is a city that likes to keep well groomed…

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Preview The Leeds Therapy Awards 2012

A brand new award ceremony for the city following the success of the Retail Awards

The voting is open for a brand new award ceremony in Leeds, The Leeds Therapy Awards. Following the success of the sixth annual Leeds Retail Awards, The Leeds Therapy Awards is an offshoot to celebrate all the great therapy businesses in Leeds, from salons to opticians.

The nominees will soon be attending a grand soiree during which the winners will be announced. Attendees are treated to a three course meal accompanied by a generous helping of wine. This year’s event on 19^th February is set to be an exciting one following the success of The Leeds Retail Awards back in…

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Gadget Reviews Ride in Dalek

This month, Murphy Simmonds is raising a generation of killing machines

Kids these days, eh? You feed them. You water them. You move to the nice part of town to make sure they don’t become crackheads. You do damn near everything for the little blighters, but when the time comes to send them out on an assassination mission, what do they do?

Cry and go to their room, is what. Bam – you lose out on a lucrative £30,000 contract and the Queen of Bolivia, or whoever your target may be, escapes with her brains and skull frustratingly intact.

It was far easier in the olden days. Back then, children had…

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Games Reviews Mario Kart 7, Sonic Generations, Assassin's Creed Revelations

We cast our eyes over the latest video game releases

It’s January, which means the great gaming drought has begun. So we’re taking a look at a couple of big titles from the end of 2011 that we didn’t have space for, because the only new games out this month are things like Cross Channel Ferry Manager and Super Binman.

First up is the best version of Mario Kart for 15 years. Mario Kart 7 (5 stars, 3DS, Nintendo) brings everyone’s favourite knockabout racing series to Nintendo’s 3DS handheld. Why so good? It boasts a wealth of superbly designed tracks (16 new, 16 cribbed from the prequels), it offers a…

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Shop Profile The Kooples' First Yorkshire Store

The Parisian brand moves into York's designer outlet. Suffice to say, we're excited

There is excitement in the fashion camp up here in the north of England following the opening of ultra-chic Parisian brand The Kooples’ first ever outlet store at Yorkshire’s McArthurGlen York Designer Outlet.

The Kooples is the place to go for oh-so-Parisian sharp, chic, vintage-inspired fashion for both men and women. It has only been going for four years, but brothers Alexander, Laurent and Raphael Elicha (sexy, eh?) have already opened 194 stores across Europe (with 27 in the UK alone) and they don’t show signs of slowing down as they make their debut in Yorkshire.

The Kooples says:…

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