It was a year when some of the first guided bus lanes were installed - on the A64 York Road.
Leeds United fought for glory in the Champions League, and stunning pictures showed a large-scale demolition that took place at a block of flats in east Leeds.
Enjoy these photo memories from Leeds in 2001, plucked from YEP's own archives.
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7. Leeds city centre
Auditions for Blind Date at the Crown Plaza on Wellington Street in January 2001. Pictured is Kathy Jones, 76, of Beeston, who had been interviewed as a potential contestant for Blind Date. | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty
8. Killingbeck
Staff at Asda were helping people who are partially sighted to label their products with the store's new handheld braille gun. Pictured, from left, are Jo Carroll from Asda and Harjinder, eight, a pupil at Talbot Primary School | James Hardisty Photo: James Hardisty
9. Burmanfofts
Prince Charles meets children taking part in a sponsored silence at The Robert Ogden Macmillan Cancer Information Centre in February 2001. | Justin Lloyd Photo: Justin Lloyd
10. Leeds city centre
Pupils at Mount St Marys RC High, test their skills with a first go on the ice. The school won a competition sponsored by British Gas for tickets to go skating at the rink in Millenium Square in February 2001. | Claire Lim Photo: Claire Lim
11. Hyde Park
Housing Minister Nick Raynsford addressing a meeting at Royal Park Primary School in February 2001. | Mel Hulme Photo: Mel Hulme
12. Leeds Bradford Airport
Leeds United midfielder Olivier Dacourt talks to the press at Leeds Bradford Airport in February 2001 before departing to Belgium to face Anderlecht in the Champions League. | Mark Bickerdike Photo: Mark Bickerdike