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David Spereall | Local Democracy Reporter

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Sexual offences, domestic abuse and knives fuelling crime rise

Sexual offences, domestic abuse and malicious online messages are fuelling an increase in crime across Leeds, one of the city’s top police officers has...

Council being targeted by cyber attacks ‘all the time’

Leeds City Council is being targeted by cyber attacks “all the time”, its leader has said. Councillor James Lewis made the remarks as he justified...

Committee to write to Sport England over 3G pitch ‘concerns’

An influential group of councillors has expressed concerns over the materials used in artificial sports pitches being built across Leeds. Leeds City Council’s climate emergency...

Council defends spending on year of culture

Civic Hall chiefs have defended public spending on Leeds’ 2023 Year of Culture after one critic branded it an “expensive vanity project”. Garforth councillor Mark...

Phone app parking charges would ‘discriminate’ – Tory councillor

Leeds City Council has been told that forcing drivers to pay for parking through an app would “discriminate” against sections of the local public. The...

Car dealers reveal plans to expand onto school grounds in Leeds

A large slice of green space at a Leeds primary school could be lost to a neighbouring car dealers, who want to park vehicles...

A lookback at 2022 for Leeds City Council: Major stories of the year

A bid to host the Eurovision Song Contest, a bitter spat with a Prime Minister about “political correctness” in schools and a row over...

Royal Armouries in Leeds re-applies for licences after shake-up

One of Leeds’ biggest cultural attractions has had to re-apply for its premises licence, after a shake-up in its operations. The Royal Armouries’ commercial arm,...

Taxi union in Leeds threatened with legal action over ‘unacceptable behaviour

Leaders of one of Leeds’ biggest taxi unions have been threatened with legal action by the city council, who’ve accused them of intimidating staff. Members...

‘Vaccine complacency’ warning as new Covid wave predicted

There is rising “complacency” among the general public about vaccines, a senior Leeds health official has warned. Victoria Eaton, the city’s director of public health,...

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