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Parents pay tribute to 'the most joyful boy you could ever wish to meet' after toddler drowns in Leeds pool

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Leeds pub car park murder accused denies intending to cause his friend serious injury

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Joshua Martin.

Burglar tried to attack victim with hammer in crack-cocaine-fulled crimewave

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Here's where to find the best comfort food in Leeds

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Caught on camera in Leeds: Can you help police identify these people?

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10 of the finest tea rooms in Yorkshire

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Nearly 1,000 Leeds school spaces to help tackle city-wide shortfall

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Day-by-day forecast: What does next week's weather look like in Leeds?

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Revealed: The worst anti-social behaviour hotspots in east Leeds

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YEP Says: Bringing streets to a standstill is not good for Leeds

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Chelsea Wany was jailed when she appeared at Kirklees Magistrates' Court.

Woman jailed after using "vile and offensive" language towards victim in Huddersfield town centre

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This Volkswagen Scirocco was stolen when burglars broke into a house in Elland.

Distinctive Volkswagen Scirocco was stolen during burglary in Elland

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Police are seeking witnesses to a collision on the M62 near Hartshead Moor services.

Police seek witnesses to serious crash on M62 near Hartshead Moor services

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Britain’s Most Wanted list: sexual crimes

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West Yorkshire Police has released this picture.

Police appeal after alleyway 'serious sexual assault' in Bradford

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Police have released this e-fit of the robber.

'Dirty hair' robber punches woman and steals bike in Ferrybridge

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The 'gun' found in the man's bag (which turned out to be a child's toy)

Police called to reports of man with gun in Bradford and find 'cowboy'

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Police searching for these men after robbery and assault in Leeds city centre

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LISTED: The legal limits for various illegal drugs and prescription medicines while driving

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Cannabis campaigners gather in Leeds after council fails with bid to block pro-legalisation rally

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Drug driver 'had three times the legal cocaine limit' in system when stopped - Leeds Court

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The changing face of a city: Is this the Leeds City Station you remember?

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Virgin's new Azuma train.

New Japan-inspired Virgin Azuma train visits Leeds

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UPDATE: Victim airlifted to hospital after crash on M1 near Leeds

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People hurt in multi-vehicle crash on the M1 tonight

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Woman, 52, freed from car by firefighters in Hookstone Road crash

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Fast and furious: Half of drivers think speeding is acceptable, poll finds

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How the Smart motorway cameras on the M1 work - and how to avoid a fine

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Delays on motorway in West Yorkshire for tonight's commuters

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The changing face of a city: Is this the Leeds City Station you remember?

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BOOM: Projects such as Temple Works led by Jonathan Kenny and CEG are making Leeds a hotspot.

A network of Leeds property professionals

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LEADING THE WAY: Harrison Spinks, led by MD Simon Spinks, won two Queen's Awards for Enterprise.

Double win for Leeds’s bed-maker

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What's behind Martin Lewis' legal battle and how you can spot a scam

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Virgin's new Azuma train.

New Japan-inspired Virgin Azuma train visits Leeds

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More than 60% of Harrogate residents would vote to remain in Europe again

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Why you should check your account if you bank with TSB in Leeds

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Why you should check your account if you bank with TSB in Leeds

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Windrush scandal: Yorkshire ex-Minister Baroness Warsi blasts Government’s “unhealthy obsession with numbers”

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Harrison Spinks leads the way in Queen’s Awards

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Lord Newby interview: ‘Broad coalition’ of Lords fighting May’s Brexit plan

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More than 60% of Harrogate residents would vote to remain in Europe again

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Police in protective suits at the shopping centre in Salisbury where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found critically ill,

Pauline Neville-Jones: Give substance to the phrase ‘Global Britain’

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Theresa May leaves an EU summit in Brussels last month.

Nearly half of YEP readers think UK will suffer economically outside of EU, according to Google survey

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4 April 2018...... Baroness Sayeeda Warsi at her family's bed manufacturers in Ravensthorpoe near Dewsbury. Pictures: Tony Johnson.

Windrush scandal: Yorkshire ex-Minister Baroness Warsi blasts Government’s “unhealthy obsession with numbers”

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Lord Newby interview: ‘Broad coalition’ of Lords fighting May’s Brexit plan

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Will local election ballot battle transform Leeds’s political map?

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Leeds City Council gets £7.3m tax rebate

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Leeds charter to create careers education 'entitlement'

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Health More Health >>

Stephanie Hirst

BBC Radio Leeds DJ speaks of "utter hell" before undergoing gender reassignment

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There are plenty of tea blends to try which have a range of health boosting benefits

Brews with benefits: the health-boosting perks of a good cuppa

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Adorable five-year-old Bobbi has an incredible family behind her. Picture: Katie Gordon

Harrogate family's 'Herculean' effort for five-year-old born with rare condition

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Sunshine in Leeds

Experts warn of 'toxic plume' ahead of hottest April day for nearly 70 years

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Leeds hairdresser Matt Turner going the extra mile in memory of bone cancer victim Jude

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Jayne Upperton, matron at St Gemma's Hospice chats with patient Brian Harrison. PIC: Tony Johnson

Leeds hospices ‘go extra mile’ for patients

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YouTuber Hannah Witton is pictured with girls at The Co-Operative School, Leeds, talking about sanitary pads, which Asda have donated over 3000 to the school. Picture by Simon Hulme

School gets frank to end period poverty

Health

Measles: Everything you need to know about the disease, how to spot it and how to treat it

Health

Inquest into dad’s hospital death

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Harrogate mental health organisations invited to network in a bid to improve services

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Education More Education >>

A RESPONSE TO LOCAL NEEDS: How Dixons Trinity Chapeltown could look if plans are approved.

Nearly 1,000 Leeds school spaces to help tackle city-wide shortfall

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Big turnaround for Bruntcliffe Academy

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New schools could provide nearly 1,000 Leeds pupil places

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Police in protective suits at the shopping centre in Salisbury where former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were found critically ill,

Pauline Neville-Jones: Give substance to the phrase ‘Global Britain’

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Body worn cameras like this will be given to officers across West Yorkshire as part of a phased roll out.

Chief Superintendent Paul Money: Attacks on police are not in the line of duty

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Celtic's Tom Rogic. PIC: PA

Rob Atkinson: Leeds United should look north for next season

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Charlie Stayt and Louise Minchin on the BBC Breakfast red sofa, where they welcome a selection of experts to give insight into current affairs. From next year the aim is that the gender balance of experts on the BBC will be 50-50 male:female.

Stephanie Smith: Men have not found positive discrimination demeaning. They simply got on with it

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YEP Says More YEP Says >>

PICTURED: Dramatic images of spectacular lightning over Leeds

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YEP says: Leeds cannabis rally legal row a lot of hot air

YEP Says

YEP says: Let Leeds have its day in the sun

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YEP says: Time for talking is over - let’s see action in Holbeck

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Advice was issued in the 1980s about steps people should take in the event of a nuclear attack.

Nuclear threat: How Yorkshire residents were told to protect themselves in the 1980s

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Advice was issued in the 1980s about steps people should take in the event of a nuclear attack.

Nuclear threat: How Yorkshire residents were told to protect themselves in the 1980s

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PIC: Barry Hirst

Is this the most unusual place to park a pram in Leeds?

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RSPCA photo of miniature Yorkshire Terrier puppy Ringo Starr, who was rescued by RSPCA inspector Anthony Joynes in Birkenhead, Wirral, after getting his head stuck in a television cabinet.

Miniature Yorkshire terrier rescued after getting stuck in TV cabinet

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