Leeds today: Trolleybus petition, curry festival and Ideas That Change Lives

Good morning, Leeds. Residents of Little London are being invited to find out more about the new Leeds Arena project tonight. Little London is the closest neighbourhood to the site on Claypit Lane. The forum will take place tonight at the Little London Community Centre at 7pm. More details here . What's making Leeds tick today? Almost 800 people have signed the petition to convince government not to scrap the Leeds Trolleybus project. Organiser and local resident Stephen Belfield aims to reach 1,000 names. Catch up with the latest on the World Curry Festival which is coming to Leeds. The folks at the No2Incinerator campaign in East Leeds have posted a report on their recent anti-incinerator public meeting. Catch the pictures from Saturday's Twin Peaks event at Temple Works over on this Flickr group. A new initiative called Ideas That Change Lives launches today across Leeds in a bid to unearth and support the City's best and brightest social entrepreneurs. People who have a business idea that could improve the lives of people in Leeds can submit their outline ideas to the initiative and could go on to be awarded a free package of business support and £10,000 of start-up funding to make their idea a reality. Saturday sees the launch of the second installment of the vibrant Seacroft community Expression Arts Festival at the David Young Community Academy, reports Leeds Find Your Talent blog. The website for the Leeds Digital Festival has launched. Could daily doses of a fish oil extract and aspirin help stop pre-cancerous growths from developing in the bowel? That's what a study led by the University of Leeds hopes to find out. People in Leeds are being consulted on their views on whether or not taxi and private hire drivers should need a qualification to gain a licence in Leeds, reports Leeds council. Do you have news, views or events to share? Feel free add them to the comments below or contact me by email or on Twitter @GdnLeeds .