A regional daily has launched a new project aimed at future historians studying life during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Yorkshire Evening Post has teamed up with Leeds City Council and developer CEG to document life in lockdown in Leeds through the ‘COVID Diaries’ project.

The initiative aims to collect reflections and stories from as many people as possible and place them on public record for future generations.

YEP readers are being encouraged to send in entries via video diary, blogs, photos, artwork, poems and songs.

Leeds Museums and Galleries will also be looking into how they can be used in future displays and exhibitions exploring people’s experiences of the pandemic.

YEP editor Laura Collins said: “The YEP has been there through some seminal moments in our city’s history – two world wars and the first man on the moon being among them.

“Now we are living and breathing this pandemic, it’s really important that we capture this moment in history on public record.

“I would urge everyone to get involved and share their experiences and make sure this moment in our lives is documented forever.”

Judith Blake, leader of Leeds City Council, added: “There’s no doubt this has been an incredibly challenging time for our city and its communities and we have all had to adapt to so many extraordinary changes to every aspect of our daily lives.

“But even in the face of such upheaval and uncertainty, we have seen some truly remarkable displays of compassion, creativity and civic pride from the people of Leeds.

“This imaginative project will give us an opportunity to document and share some of those uplifting and emotional stories and create a lasting record of this unique chapter in the city’s history.”

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