The fire at Brigshaw Comprehensive at Allerton Bywater caused extensive damage estimated to be around £1 million. It wrecked 90 per cent of the main building in April 2000. It was also the month Leeds saw The Light, well a model of the proposed shopping centre in the city centre. It was a city looking ahead to new openings - city centre nightspot Tiger Tiger and Morrisons new store in Kirkstall. Enjoy these photo memories, plucked from the YEP archive, charting 30 days in the life of your Leeds. READ MORE: Leeds in April 1999 - Why life was a drag for fundraisers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
7. Leeds in April 2000
Regulars from The Dexter Pub on Wigton Lane took part in a sponsored truck pull to raise money for St. Gemma's Hospice. Photo: Emma Nichols
8. Leeds in April 2000
Two figure sculptures by Toddy Hoare - 'His Grief on Thursday' and 'Her Grief on Friday' were due to on on display at Holy Trinity Church over the Easter period.
9. Leeds in April 2000
This is football player Eric Jarvis who was still playing at 60 years old. Photo: Gary Longbottom
10. Leeds in April 2000
This is Alan Trigg ( left ) and Craig Coleman who were set to go head to head in the Leeds Amateur Snooker Final staged at the Northern Snooker Centre.
11. Leeds in April 2000
Artists Glenn Davidson and Anne Hayes inflate a giant doughnut shaped paper sculpture called a torus for YTV children's programme The Big Bang at the Leeds City Art Gallery.
12. Leeds in April 2000
people crowd around tributes to Leeds United fans Kevin Speight and Christopher Loftus who were murdered in Turkey. Photo: Bruce Rollinson