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• School closure plan on hold after legal challenge

  15-04-2025 19:12 via bbc.com
  
  Lawyers successfully argue there were flaws in the consultation process to close the Yeadon school.
  
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• New Kirklees dementia care centre to open

  14-05-2025 08:05 via bbc.com
  
  Knowl Park House in Mirfield has four different "zones" to help users keep their independence.
  
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• Brontë country art trail hit by vandals

  14-05-2025 07:18 via bbc.com
  
  Organisers say security has been increased and said the vandalism was "sad and disappointing".
  
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• Leeds fan out of coma after promotion parade fall

  14-05-2025 07:15 via bbc.com
  
  Stacey Barker says her son Ed O'Brien woke from his come on Monday, a week after the incident.
  
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• Thousands of civil servant jobs to leave London

  14-05-2025 03:25 via bbc.com
  Civil servant roles will be created in cities including Leeds, Sheffield and York.
  
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• Hull KR and Leeds Rhinos to meet in Las Vegas

  14-05-2025 02:00 via bbc.com
  Hull KR and Leeds Rhinos are to meet in Las Vegas next year in the second Super League regular-season fixture to be played in the United States.
  
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• 'My life changed forever after motorcycle accident'

  13-05-2025 20:56 via bbc.com
  Anna Cockcroft spent a month in hospital after a car crashed into the bike she was travelling on.
  
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• 'Unduly lenient' sentences for abusers increased

  13-05-2025 19:20 via bbc.com
  The Solicitor General says the case involved "the shocking and hideous abuse" of a teenage girl.
  
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• Attempted murder arrest after double stabbing

  13-05-2025 18:44 via bbc.com
  Police were called to Seymour Street in Bradford over the weekend, with two men left injured.
  
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• Road shut and homes without water after main burst

  13-05-2025 15:54 via bbc.com
  The key route in Rawdon, Leeds, has been closed while engineers repair two bursts in the area.
  
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• Thirty vehicles alight in scrapyard blaze

  13-05-2025 15:10 via bbc.com
  The blaze in Dewsbury spread from 10 vehicles to 30 in two hours, a fire service spokesperson says.
  
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• Crash leaves biker with life-changing injuries

  13-05-2025 14:53 via bbc.com
  The collision, involving a motorbike and a car, happened at Dunnington on Monday, police say.
  
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• Abandoned golf shop to be turned into flats

  13-05-2025 11:55 via bbc.com
  The proposed regeneration of the plot of land in Bradford is "welcomed", planners say.
  
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• Landscape that inspired Brontës to become nature reserve

  13-05-2025 07:20 via bbc.com
  The Bradford Pennine Gateway is part of the King's Series of 25 National Nature Reserves in England.
  
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• Rail line improvement plan gets £1.5m boost

  13-05-2025 07:16 via bbc.com
  Kirklees Council is awarded the cash to develop plans to speed up travel on the Penistone Line.
  
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• Essex hold out for draw against Yorkshire

  12-05-2025 20:51 via bbc.com
  Essex bat through the entire final day to draw their Championship game with Yorkshire, with their last-wicket pair at the crease at the end.
  
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• Leeds announce death of former player Francis

  12-05-2025 18:13 via bbc.com
  Leeds United have announced the death of Gerry Francis, the first black player to to play for the club.
  
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• Leeds must put everything into summer recruitment

  12-05-2025 16:54 via bbc.com
  Leeds United fan Adonis Storr believes the club must spend as much as they can in the summer to ensure Premier League safety next season.
  
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• 🎧 Preparing for the Premier League

  12-05-2025 15:20 via bbc.com
  BBC Radio Leeds' podcast team reflect on Leeds United's victory parade and discuss which players should be offered new contracts.
  
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• Weaver Network is 'new era' for public transport

  12-05-2025 12:43 via bbc.com
  The new brand is officially unveiled by Mayor Tracy Brabin and West Yorkshire council leaders in Leeds.
  
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• Crossbow suspect died from gunshot, inquest hears

  12-05-2025 12:01 via bbc.com
  Owen Lawrence, who lived in Headingley, died two days after the attack on two women, inquest hears.
  
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• Luxury homes plan for green space to be examined

  12-05-2025 11:59 via bbc.com
  One objector says green belt land would be "wasted on properties the area does not need or want".
  
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• Man seriously injured as two stabbed on street

  12-05-2025 10:32 via bbc.com
  The two men were taken to hospital, with one man's injuries described as "serious", say police.
  
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• Flats plan paused due to lack of affordable rentals

  12-05-2025 09:18 via bbc.com
  Developers say they are also unable to provide affordable housing in the development in Leeds.
  
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• Tip closure blamed for rubbish-dumping spike

  12-05-2025 07:12 via bbc.com
  Conservative Joshua Sheard says the street is "Birstall's new DFS" because so many sofas are dumped.
  
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• Firefighters tackle countryside blaze

  11-05-2025 21:33 via bbc.com
  People living near the blaze in Halifax are being urged to keep their windows and doors closed.
  
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• Pulse beat Mavericks in derby to go top of Super League

  11-05-2025 20:35 via bbc.com
  London Pulse move back to the top of the Netball Super League with a 63-53 derby win against the London Mavericks at the Wembley Arena.
  
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• Thousands of runners turn out in Rob Burrow's memory

  11-05-2025 17:01 via bbc.com
  The annual event is the first one to take place since the Leeds Rhinos star's death last year.
  
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• Fly-tippers dump piles of rubbish at playground

  11-05-2025 15:58 via bbc.com
  Yew Hills Road play area in Huddersfield has been strewn with bin bags since March.
  
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• Wigan demolish Leeds to reach first Challenge Cup final

  10-05-2025 15:24 via bbc.com
  Wigan Warriors reach the Women's Challenge Cup final for the first time as they demolish two-time winners Leeds Rhinos in York.
  
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