Spotlight on environmental issues

The free exhibition, entitled A Greener City, will run from Saturday through to the end of the year, and will see a collection of short films which celebrate green spaces and environmental initiatives in Leeds being shown on the big screens in the museum's central Leeds Arena.

Created by Leeds City Council in partnership with the Yorkshire Film Archive, the films range from an interfaith group tidying and planting flowers in Charlie Cake Park in Armley, and allotment holders working on their plots at Clarkes Field in Beeston to a day at Skelton Grange Environment Centre in Stourton.

In addition to the films, there will also be a display of memorabilia from the biggest annual event of the year in the Leeds district, the Leeds Festival held at Bramham Park in Wetherby each year.

City council executive member for leisure Coun John Procter said the extreme weather put the issue of the environment and climate change at the forefront once again so it was a perfect time to launch the exhibition.