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Funding challenges and safety concerns for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority

The chair of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority has warned that “tough decisions” could lie ahead over a lack of government funding. The comments...

A former council office, which has been empty since the Covid pandemic, is likely to be converted into a new seven-bed residential home

A former council office, which has been empty since the Covid pandemic, is likely to be converted into a new seven-bed residential home. Leeds Council’s...

Motorcyclists will be allowed to use bus lanes on a major Leeds road permanently

Motorcyclists will be allowed to use bus lanes on a major Leeds road permanently after a pilot scheme was deemed to have been a...

Teenager sentenced over ‘detailed plan to murder’ Muslims worshipping at mosque while disguised as an armed police officer

A teenage right-wing extremist has been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment after he was convicted of planning to disguise himself as an armed police...

Improvements to be made to Mcard app

Improvements to an app used by West Yorkshire bus and rail passengers will make it easier to buy tickets, according to those behind the...

Controversial Lidl and care home plans for Wetherby to be decided next week

Controversial plans to build a Lidl supermarket and care home on the southern edge of Wetherby could be decided next week. The town’s Mercure Hotel,...

Rothwell residents “betrayed” by decision to auction off civic building

People in Rothwell have been “betrayed” by the decision to auction off the town’s old civic building, the area’s local councillors have claimed. Leeds City...

Tower block residents ‘feel like prisoners’ due to rough sleepers; councillor raises issue

Residents living in some east Leeds tower blocks feel like “prisoners” because of rough sleepers pitching up in communal areas, a meeting has been...

Council settles claim over office left in ‘disrepair’

Leeds City Council will use rent money from its own tenants to settle a substantial legal claim from a former landlord. The council has agreed...

Bradford based Leeds Trinity Associate Professor nominated for Academic Leader of the Year award

Bradford based Associate Professor Syra Shakir, of Leeds Trinity University was nominated for the Forward Ladies 2023 Education/Academic Leader of the Year award last...

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