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Leeds toddler crushed by ‘rotting’ flagpole EXCLUSIVE
Council officials were today accused of ignoring warnings about a rotting flagpole – months before it collapsed and crushed a toddler.
Leeds pervert posed as son’s ex-partner
A man posted pictures of his son’s former partner on pornographic websites and invited men around to her home for sex.
Showbiz names back axed Leeds theatre boss
Theatre bosses are facing a showbiz backlash over the ditching of the stalwart general manager of the City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds.
Plea for mum ahead of waste site baby’s funeral EXCLUSIVE
A desperate appeal has been made for the mother of a baby girl, whose body was found dumped on a waste sorting site, to come forward ahead of the child’s funeral.
Burglary plot Leeds brothers set for long jail terms
Three brothers are facing long prison sentences after being convicted of plotting a campaign of burglaries at homes and business premises in Leeds worth £300,000.
Latest News
Video: Mini Leeds musical maestro is a one-boy orchestra video
Mini musical maestro Kieran Ragan has already impressed his family, teachers and schoolfriends with his multiple tuneful talents.
Jail for rapists who ‘passed round’ girl, 15
Two men have been jailed for the rape of a vulnerable 15-year-old girl.
Leeds’s own Strictly Dance Fever star has business skills to match dance moves
She wowed viewers with her fancy footwork during her triumphant run on TV’s Strictly Dance Fever.
History and nostalgia: The men who helped shape Leeds
The role Leeds played in the Industrial Revolution is to become the focus of a series of lectures delivered by historian Ken Biggin.
Leeds United: Sniffer Clarke shows he’s still on the ball video
AVID Leeds United fan Richard Sharp remembers nothing of his first meeting with club legend Allan Clarke.
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Regional News
Weir tragedy wife thanks rescuers
The wife of a man who died with their three-year-old son in a boating accident near Warwick has thanked rescue teams for their efforts to save them.
Unemployment rate drops by 9.1%
Unemployment in Yorkshire fell by 24,000 in the three months to March, official figures have revealed.
Free family fun day in the running
Sheffield families are being invited to have a ball at an Olympic-themed fun day involving a community relay race.
Memories needed for chapel project
Artefacts, memories and stories about a York chapel are being collected to help create a piece of "living history".
£60m tram-train pilot approved
Tram-trains which run on street tracks and railway lines are to be piloted in South Yorkshire in a scheme worth nearly £60 million, the Government has confirmed.
National News
Abu Qatada given bail hearing date
Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada could be freed on bail by the end of the month.
Seven face court on terror charges
Seven people are due to appear in courts across Northern Ireland charged with serious dissident republican offences following an intelligence operation by the police and MI5.
Book reveals 'chillaxing' Cameron
David Cameron has the ability to "switch off" from the pressures of high politics in a way that almost no other MP can, according to a new biography of the Prime Minister.
Suu Kyi to address Parliament in UK
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to make a historic address to both Houses of Parliament as she ventures out of her country for the first time in more than two decades.
Wealthy tenants face crackdown
Ministers are looking to clamp down on wealthy families who benefit from tens of millions of pounds of subsidies for social housing.
Showbiz News
French and Donovan search for Jesus
Dawn French and Jason Donovan have been signed up as judges for Andrew Lloyd Webber's search for the lead in his musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
Will Young set to star in Cabaret
Will Young is heading to the West End to star in the stage show Cabaret.
Barlow pledges Jubilee spectacular
Gary Barlow has revealed the Queen's Jubilee concert is to echo celebrations of a decade ago with another performance from the roof of Buckingham Palace.
Another Voice? It depends on Jessie
Sir Tom Jones has suggested he might return to The Voice only if Jessie J signs up for a further series.
Weird World
Star Wars exhibition lands in Leeds
FANS of sci-fi epic Star Wars are expected to flock to an exhibition in Leeds today
Video and Audio
Video: Mini Leeds musical maestro is a one-boy orchestra video
Mini musical maestro Kieran Ragan has already impressed his family, teachers and schoolfriends with his multiple tuneful talents.
Video: Leeds schoolkids in record dance bid video
Millennium Square in Leeds was transformed into a boogie wonderland as 300 dancing schoolchildren tried to smash a world record.
WINNING POST TV: Horse racing preview programme May 18 video
Check out the latest edition of The Winning Post which looks ahead to this weekend’s national and local horse racing meetings.
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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SIN BIN TV: Super League Round 14 preview video
Check out the latest edition of The Sin Bin as the lads look ahead to round 14 of Super League games.
News Features
Education: Jobs project that’s raising aspirations
Susan Press reports on a unique inner-city after school club and its new £120,000 boost.
Health: Sleeping pill addicts’ wake-up call
New figures show sleeping pills now cost the NHS nearly £50m a year. Katie Baldwin spoke to a Leeds expert about why people turn to medication for insomnia – and the alternatives.
Consumer: UK insurers float flood risk cover
Flood-hit addresses struggle to get affordable insurance, but there could be a solution on its way, writes consumer reporter Sophie Hazan.
Education: Striking right note
Susan Press reports on a multi-milllion pound project funding music education
Consumer: Scams cost us billions
A tide of mass-marketed scams is having a devastating effect on the lives of millions of people, reports Sophie Hazan.
Business News
Jobs D-Day for 2,800 cards staff
employees of beleaguered retailer Clinton Cards could find out today if they will be losing their jobs as around 350 stores across the UK prepare to close.
Getting women into the construction jobs
PINK hard hats are getting across the message to young women that a career in property and construction isn’t just for the boys.
Beer festival is backed by property business
A LEEDS property business has backed next weekend’s inaugural Headingley Beer Festival.
1 commentBiotech firm takes on more space at estate
A BIOTECHNOLOGY company is taking on more than 10,000 sq ft of additional space at the Thorp Arch Estate in Wetherby.
Clinton Cards to shed 2,800 jobs across the UK
EMPLOYEES of beleaguered retailer Clinton Cards could find out tomorrow if they will be losing their jobs as around 350 stores across the UK prepare to close.
YEP Letters
Letter: Shameful waste on tourist bus
So, the Leeds tourist open bus has been scrapped (YEP, May 17) due to “lack of cash”.
1 commentLetter: Gutted to see Peter leave theatre
Peter Sandeman is gutted after having been made redundant as general manager of the Leeds City Varieties and I too am gutted at the action of the Grand Theatre & Opera House.
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.
1 commentLetter: 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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