The government has finally approved plans for the UK’s first modern trolleybus system – the £250 million New Generation Transport (NGT) network, ending Leeds’ 30-year long wait for green transport scheme. The NGT network will link park-and-ride sites at the north and south edge of Leeds with the city centre. The Transport Secretary Justine Greening said she expected it to create 4,000 jobs and boost the local economy. However it…

Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver a lecture to West Yorkshire business leaders as he begins his tour of the UK. Thubten Samdup, representative of the Dalai Lama, proclaimed the speech will be “a wonderful opportunity for Yorkshire’s business leaders to hear a distinctive message of ethics and morality from one of the world’s most revered spiritual leaders”. The Nobel Peace Prize…