Don Mort, Local Democracy Reporter
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Leeds City Council will make the final decision on the planning application. Photo: Simon Hulme.

Derelict railway arches could be transformed into food outlets

Almost £13m will be spent on energy efficiency improvements to 350 back-to-back houses in Armley and Holbeck. Picture by Bruce Rollinson/Asadour Guzelian

Homes in two Leeds neighbourhoods set for £13m upgrade project

Traffic problems could be eased under a scheme to charge utility companies more for carrying out roadworks on the city’s busiest highways.

New scheme could charge utility companies for carrying out roadworks

Plans to build more than 370 homes is set to be given the green light by Leeds City Council, despite concerns they could harm a rare industrial heritage site. Photo: Simon Hulme.

Plans to build more than 370 homes set for approval despite concerns

Latest figures have revealed that rising prices hit Leeds' lowest-earning workers the hardest as they faced a six per cent fall in their weekly income. Photo: Simon Hulme.

Rising prices hit lowest-earning workers hardest, new figures reveal

A 28-storey block of flats is set to form part of the plans to transform the former Tetley Brewery site in Leeds with hundreds new homes and a city centre park. Photo: James Hardisty.

28-storey tower block included in plans to transform city centre site

Acts like Joe Lycett and Michael McIntyre perform at Glee Club, which is opening a new venue in Leeds. Pictures: Getty, left, and PA.

City's 'only dedicated comedy club' to open

Founder Owen Wilson, pictured at Against the Grain, Swinnow Grange Mills, Stanningley Road, Leeds.

Bar granted permission to open second 'community pub'

Leeds Bradford Airport, pictured in 2017.

Investigation finds LBA breached limit for night time flying

Rise in scabies infection cases revealed amid shortage of medication

Leeds City Council has granted a licence for alcohol sales to Eden Supermarket, on Dewsbury Road, Beeston. Photo: Simon Hulme.

Supermarket granted permission to sell alcohol despite concerns

A CGI image showing what 'City One Square' - part of the planned City One development in Holbeck - could look like. Picture published via Leeds City Council.

'Exciting' plans for homes, 45-storey skyscrapers and hotel

Reports of potholes have risen by 60 per cent in Leeds.

Pothole 'safety hazard' reports rise by 60 per cent

An artist's impression of what the new development replacing The Core shopping centre, on The Headrow, could look like. Picture: Fusion Group/Corstorphine & Wright published by Leeds City Council.

Leeds shopping centre to be demolished after nearly 40 years

Complaints have been made to Leeds City Council about taxi drivers in Leeds.

700 complaints made to council about taxi drivers

Plans to demolish shopping centre look set for approval

The Three Legs pub, on The Headrow, Leeds. Picture: James Hardisty.

City centre pub keeps licence after police investigate 'stabbing'

Ash Road, in Headingley, Leeds, where the Nisa application had been made for. Picture: Google.

Shop refused permission to open 24/7 over 'crime and disorder' in area

The council has approved the closure of Knowle Manor Care Home, parking charges at Roundhay Park, ending its lease at Thwaite Watermill museum and hundreds of job cuts (Photo by National World)

Job losses, building closures and parking charges approved by council

Community centre earmarked for closure used by 50,000 residents

National World

Council finances update as dramatic cost-saving measures loom

Booze 4 U, on 220 Roundhay Road, Harehills, which has had its licence revoked. Picture: Google

Shop has licence revoked as illicit cigarettes sold

A meeting in Leeds has heard hundreds of people are now on a specialist waiting list for obesity problems.

Hundreds on waiting list for specialist obesity weight loss treatment

An artist's impression of what the new Whinmoor Fields development in Leeds could look like. Picture: Persimmon Homes/Leeds City Council.

407-flats development approved after 'vast improvement' to design

BK Store, in Harehills, Leeds has had its premises licence revoked by Leeds City Council.

Shop loses licence after being caught selling alcohol to teenager

Bus operators in Leeds say they are upgrading software to tackle 'ghost buses' in the city. (Photo by James Hardisty/National World).

Bus operators upgrading technology to cut number of 'ghost buses'