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Barbie is voted as the best movie of 2023 for challenging stereotypes

A petition to save the old Crossgates Library has passed 1,100 signatures. Picture by Google

Petition to save old Leeds library passes 1,100 signatures

Councillor Caroline Gruen pays tribute to ‘fantastic community’ as she prepares to stand down after 12 years. Picture by Leeds City Council

Leeds councillor Caroline Gruen pays tribute to ‘fantastic community’

Nikki and Moe at the Halton Convenience Store and Post Office grand opening on Friday October 13. Picture by National World

Leeds locals gather for grand opening of 'heart of the community' Post Office

Firefighters work on the site of a bus accident on 3 October in Mestre, near Venice (Photo: MARCO SABADIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Bus crash in Venice kills 21 and leaves dozens injured

Neils book Leveling Up: Forging Leodis Games Success, tells the story of the games shop from its foundation, through the pandemic and beyond. Picture by Jonathan Gawthorpe

Meet the Leeds games store owner who wrote a number one bestselling book

Nazra Alam co-managed to Sanquhar Post Office since 2015 (SWNS)

World's oldest Post Office is saved

Hannah Lumley, 42, moved into her detached three-bedroom redbrick town house, in Northstowe, Cambs eight months ago and is the town's only child minder.

Why mum in UK’s most soulless town ‘wouldn’t live anywhere else’

Being a part of a team can improve your mental health

Roundhay Park is one of the parks named among the best in the country.

7 Leeds parks rewarded Green Flags and named among the best in UK

UK LGBTQ+ community share the top 25 ways they feel accepted by loved ones

The top 25 ways the LGBTQ+ community have felt accepted by loved ones

Tewkesbury school stabbing: Victim locally named as student arrested

Desantis Peaky Blinders: Cillian Murphy & BBC cast denounce ‘homophobic’ video shared by Republican candidate

Cillian Murphy & Peaky Blinders hit out at ‘homophobic’ video

Tourists in Castle Combe, Wiltshire.

Inside UK beauty spot being ‘ruined’ by drones and Airbnbs

Mariko Aoki phenomenon: TikTok revives incredible Japanese urban legend about pooping in bookshops

Mariko Aoki phenomenon: Why does shopping induce the urge to poo?

Blue Light Card holders will be able to get exclusive offers this weekend

Blue Light Weekend launches with huge offers - how to claim

Titanic director James Cameron says ‘OceanGate were warned’ and likens ‘ironic’ events to ill-fated voyage

Titanic director James Cameron says ‘OceanGate were warned’

The Essex pub previously owned by The Prodigy frontman Keith Flint could become a community pub

Prodigy singer’s old pub to be bought by local community

New lighting and signage welcomes customers to the Royal Oak. Picture: Gerard Binks

First look inside Castleford pub reopened after £335,000 investment

Brand new homes worth £20m set to be demolished after issues found

Green Party’s only MP to stand down at next election

Here’s everything you need to know about Pride Month this June

Everything you need to know about Pride Month

Community cooking experty, Chris Sim, shares tips for the perfect dinner party

5 tips for the perfect dinner party - by cooking expert Chris Sim

Mystery as every vehicle in station car park given parking tickets - ‘baffled’ drivers search for explanation

Baffled drivers confused as every vehicle in car park given ticket

I Kissed a Boy will air on BBC Three next month

Dating show I Kissed A Boy drops a day early on iPlayer - how to watch

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‘Gimp man’ arrested after ‘crawling’ on ground in quiet village

Big Help Out: Prince Louis joins Prince George and Princess Charlotte for day of volunteering for coronation

Big Help Out: Royal youngsters join day of volunteering for coronation

Teen, 17, found dead in River Thames is named as Jake Smith, as friends and family pay tribute

Tributes paid to teenager who died after entering river

Woman whose accusation led to lynching of black teenager dies

Sinn Fein vice president Michelle O'Neill

Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill confirms she will attend coronation

Rothwell newsagents Anne and Jim Webster were retiring after 23 years. Pictured in September 1998.

37 photo memories from Rothwell in the 1990s

Imgur is making a change to its rules and regulations so users can no longer post explicit content

Reddit image hosting site bans explicit content as rules set to change

Paul O'Grady at Battersea Cats and Dogs Home with Peggy a Newfoundland dog (Credit: ITV/Multistory Media)

Battersea dogs to form guard of honour at Paul O’Grady’s funeral

Paul O’Grady’s widow has invited his local community to mourn the star and thanked them for support

Paul O’Grady’s widow invites local community to pay respects to star

Liam Richards (third from left) and Michael Cummins (second from right) with the DIY SOS team

BBC’s DIY SOS looking for their next big project - how to apply

Disneyland Paris Pride returns with live concert - how to get tickets

Jasmine Parker, 13, has delivered over 4000 Easter eggs to children hospitals since 2016

13-year-old girl delivers over 4,000 Easter eggs to kids in hospital

King Charles III (Photo by Jonathan Brady - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Guest list revealed for King Charles III’s coronation

Marcia Grant, 60, has been described by her family as “warm, loving and a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend”. (Photo: South Yorkshire Police)

12 year-old boy charged with murder of 60 year-old woman

Here’s when all the major supermarkets will be open in Leeds over Easter

Easter supermarket opening times in Leeds including Tesco

Only Fans star Amber O’Donnel at Tesco after shopping for her food parcel donations - Credit: SWNS

Mum uses first OnlyFans paycheque to fill a foodbank