Salute at The White Swan in Rothwell has gone viral for sharing the story of four polite girls that came into the restaurant.
The award-winning restaurant brings Italian food to locals, with a huge array of pizzas, pastas and antipastos on offer.
Having been a friendly, neighbourhood space to unwind with a hearty meal in its current location since 2006, it's long been known as a space to visit with friends.
Salute at The White Swan often shares online about its customers, both regulars and newcomers, as well as what the staff are up to and ever changing specials - but last week the family-run restaurant found itself going viral for its heartwarming post about four 12 year old girls that visited.
Sharing their 'four new friends' on Facebook, Salute shared the following message:
"Meet : Nola, Evie, Lexie & Izzy - They are all 12 yrs old. Yesterday they came to Salute and asked for a table for drinks only! They then ordered 4 glasses of water and asked for as many breadstick as they were allowed!
"They were so well - mannered, saying 'please' and 'thank you'.
"I am so happy that Salute can provide a safe and fun place for kids to feel and act like adults. Bonus for them it cost them £0.00.
"For us - We made four new friends and who knows -possible future recruits!"
The post has since amassed a whopping 16,000 likes on Facebook alone and has seen a whole string of comments applauding the hospitality of the pub.
One said "Well done to you for letting them sit there even if they didn’t buy anything, shows you care, well done", receiving over 1,000 likes alone".
Another said: "Fantastic! Not having to hang around on the streets...nice place for them to be .. well done team x"
People also shared their own stories from their youth: "When I was 15 until I was 21 I was a regular at a pub with 20+ of friends/people i knew. The reason the landlord let us all in was to keep us out of trouble and out of bad weather instead of being about on the streets. We loved using the jukebox and sat in the pool room playing pool all day and drinking pop. I don't see the issue here with these kids?"
You can see the full post from Salute at The White Swan here.
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Get Baked’s viral ‘Bertha’ cake has a sister on the way – and she sounds just as cheeky
She's big, she's green and she's ready to ruin your figure.
A lot of you will have seen the viral ‘Bertha’ cake by Leeds born beloved sweet treat specialists Get Baked.
They recently opened another site in Manchester's Northern Quarter, where queues literally formed round the block of hungry punters wanting to get their hands on the infamous sugary treats.
And now it's going to happen all over again, as they've recently unveiled their newest flavour which is sure to go down a storm.
We’ll give you a hint: it’s a current food and drink trend that’s about as big as Bertha herself – it’s not matcha, it’s not hot honey (duh), and it’s not Guinness…
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Yes—scratch that; HELL YES!Get Baked is set to welcome Bertha’s equally beautiful twin sister, and she’s officially a pistachio girlie.
Having started out life simply as ‘Bruce’, after taking inspiration from the iconic scene from Matilda, this thing has become a phenomenon in its own right, and who doesn’t like more flavours of a good thing?
Probably one of the biggest foodie crazes going at the minute, thanks to the popularity of pistachio cream, cookies, lattes and the similar social media sensation that is the ‘Dubai Pistachio Bar' people are rather fittingly going nuts for this particular flavour of almost absolutely anything.
With that in mind, the Leeds-born bakery and dessert shop – founded by Rich Myers over in Headingley back in 2011 – have shown no hesitation in hopping on the bandwagon and creating a new twist on their own viral menu item.
Teasing the full details in a post on their Instagram this week, they wrote: “What’s big, green, and is going to destroy your life in a couple of weeks’ time? Pistachio Bertha. Strictly limited to 5,000 slices. Coming oh so soon. GB.”
In case you were wondering just how mad those with a sweet tooth could possibly go for a slice of cake, just look at the recent queues when they finally launched in Manchester city centre:
Speaking on the grand opening here on our turf and his partner Amy’s hometown, Myers said simply: “Manchester, what a launch. Thanks for much for the warm welcome. Stay baked.”
Leeds Tattoo Expo to return to the First Direct Arena for 10th anniversary
Clementine Hall
The tenth annual Leeds Tattoo Expo will showcase some of the best in tattooing both local and internationally.
If you fancy getting yourself a fancy new bit of ink, then look no further than the iconic Leeds Tattoo Expo that will be returning to the First Direct Arena this June.
Taking place on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 June 2025, over 200 tattooists and 70 traders will be flocking to the city to show off their skills.
And not only that, but there’ll also be a whole host of market traders for you to browse as well as live music to have a boogie to.
The artists will be tattooing with options for both pre-booked appointments and walk ups available throughout the weekend.
Image: Leeds Tattoo Expo
There will also be a piercer, tooth gems and a henna artist ready to adorn your body.
Alongside getting tattooed, there’s plenty to do and to see over the whole weekend; there'll be an alternative drawing class, an illustrators market with kids’ workshops provided by Art Gecko, an art fusion event on the main stage, burlesque performances and competitions, a small vintage clothing pop-up, fire breathing and break dancing demonstrations in the square outside the arena.
The annual tattoo competitions will also be taking place each evening, where tattooists showcase their work to a panel of judges, sponsored by Killer Ink!
To celebrate Leeds Tattoo Expo's tenth anniversary, they'll be hosting a Pre-Party at Belgrave Music Hall on Thursday 5 June which is a completely free entry event complete with live music and free pizza.
You can find out more about the event and book your tickets here via the First Direct Arena's website.
Sophie Smith -
16th May 2023 
