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

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Swimming pool where three-year-old Leeds boy drowned issues statement about incident

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Tributes paid to three-year-old boy who drowned in Leeds pool as police investigation continues

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PICTURED: Dramatic images of spectacular lightning over Leeds

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

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Food hygiene: The worst rated places to eat in Headingley

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Five things you probably didn't know about the St George’s Day Festival in Morley

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Hit Channel 4 dating show Naked Attraction looking for Leeds singletons

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

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

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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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Harrison Spinks leads the way in Queen’s Awards

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Political Interview........ Lord Dick Newby, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Lords, at home in Ripon.'13th April 2018.

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

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17 April 2018...... Screen Yorkshire chief executive Sally Joynson photographed with the iconic Leeds Bridge in the background.. Picture Tony Johnson.

Yorkshire’s film renaissance gathers pace

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Updated: Callcredit sold to TransUnion for £1bn

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A survey shows that 50 per cent of UK drivers think it is OK to drive above the speed limit.

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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£350m masterplan for Leeds’s ‘declining’ Holbeck moves closer

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Train passenger's jaw broken in attack on Leeds to Sheffield train

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Traffic light failure in Leeds city centre causing travel disruption, and other problems on the roads

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Major delays on Leeds to London trains after person hit by train

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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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Political Interview........ Lord Dick Newby, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the Lords, at home in Ripon.'13th April 2018.

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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PMQs sketch: May dodges a bullet over Windrush generation but fractious exchanges provide few answers

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May and Corbyn trade blows over Windrush scandal and anti-Semitism at PMQs

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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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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

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

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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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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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INNOVATION: Sainsbury's is introducing packaging which means consumers will not have to touch rawchicken.

Blaise Tapp: Another blow to Millennials’ reputation

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Caroline Verdon: In a cold sweat at thought of shutting down social media

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PICTURED: Dramatic images of spectacular lightning over Leeds

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

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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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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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