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Jail for Leeds conman who fleeced elderly

A conman extorted thousands of pounds from vulnerable pensioners for work on their homes which was never done.

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Murder probe launched in Wakefield after man found with stab wounds

DETECTIVES have launched a murder investigation after a man’s body was discovered in flats in Wakefield.

HEARTBREAK: Eva Rose Martin-Mitchell.

Tragic Leeds baby who left gift of life

A baby girl who died from a rare condition at just nine days-old has left a life-saving legacy.

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Leeds councillors call for an anti-smoking tsar

An anti-smoking ‘tsar’ should be appointed for Leeds, councillors have recommended.

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Alert over Leeds City Council house sales

a SCHEME that will triple a ‘right to buy’ discount for Leeds council tenants has received reluctant backing from senior councillors.

Sport rss

Pompey's Joel Ward battles with United's Adam Clayton.

Leeds United: Warnock facing opposition in bid to land Pompey defender LATEST

Leeds United’s attempt to sign Joel Ward was in the balance today with the Portsmouth defender set to hold talks with two more clubs over the weekend.

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Leeds United: Warnock sees a wasted year for Michael Owen LATEST

Michael Owen wasted the last year of his career at Manchester United - and with it a place in the England squad for the European Championships.

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Leeds United: McCormack set to reject new Whites deal

Ross McCormack is poised to reject Leeds United’s offer of a new contract, casting doubt over his future at Elland Road.

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Football transfer gossip (May 18): Wolves, Reading, Leicester City

Check out latest football transfer gossip around the leagues. Is your favourite player tipped for a move?

Brent Webb.

Leeds Rhinos: Webb to go but Kylie’s staying

Superman full-back Brent Webb is to leave Leeds Rhinos at the end of the season – but prop Kylie Leuluai has back-tracked on plans to retire.

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Video: ‘Recycled teenagers’ take over Leeds shopping centre in dancing protest video

MORE than 60 “recycled teenagers” took over a Leeds shopping quarter in a dancing protest.

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Lifestyle rss

BEGUILING: Liza Minelli in Cabaret.

Oliver Cross: Wilkommen, bienvenue Woodhouse

Woodhouse, Leeds, is in a bit of a flap at the moment, in preparation for the annual Woodhouse Festival, which, E&OE, will take place from June 24 to June 30.

Jeff Crabtree presents a cheque to Sally Conner of The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, while young farmers from across Yorkshire look on

Leeds property news: The Show must go on!

ESTATE agent Dacre, Son & Hartley will once again be a key sponsor of this year’s Otley Show.

Gig review: Happy Mondays

May 17 @ O2 Academy Leeds

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Restaurant review: Ask Italian, North Lane, Headingley

The arrival of Ask Italian at the bow of what was the Titanic-esque former Lounge cinema building brings the prospect of a mini-revival for that part of Headingley.

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Restaurant review: Sebby’s, Otley Road, Leeds

LITTERED along Otley Road are hundreds of restaurants, takeaways and run-of-the-mill eateries.

Community rss

Letter: Let’s reclaim text speak for Leeds

“LOL” should not be allowed to become the preserve of the Bullington Bonkers, or the Brookers Bouncers but should be reclaimed immediately for: Love Our Leeds. Yorkshire should also register VSOP – Very Substantial Outdoor Pursuits.

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Letter: Obesity and our sporting decline

ON the subject of obesity, it is hardly surprising that, unlike in the past, so many children seem to have become ‘junk food obese’ after eating the wrong kind of foods and lacking exercise.

Letter: Unfortunate sign of austere times

ON reading that nearly 100 jobs are to go at Leeds City College (YEP, May 8), I noticed it has 57,000 students, a ratio of 25 per staff employes (2,300), before reducing staff numbers, which does not seem excessive.

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Letter: Inequalities that must be tackled

THERE has been a fair bit of discussion in your newspaper over whether Leeds should have an elected mayor. The voters, correctly in my opinion, have come down against the idea.

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Letter: Here’s to a man with vision

GRAHAM Branston’s mockery of Mr Bovington’s aspirations for a mayor, increased electoral turn-out and an integrated transport system (“...go elsewhere to make your dreams come true”, YEP, May 11) reflect the mind-set that would impede our city’s further progress, being complacent, unimaginative, averse to flair and The Grand Idea.

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