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Council may use “last resort” powers to regenerate tired estate

Local housing bosses may use “last resort” special powers to force through a redevelopment of a rundown east Leeds estate. The eight medium-rise blocks on...
Leeds

Ageing and ‘tiny’ leisure centre to get new investment as council targets new members

A leisure centre derided for its “awful state” is getting a six-figure investment, in the hope it will draw 200 new members every year. Wetherby...
Leeds

Lib Dems claim Labour ‘isn’t listening’ ahead of local elections

This piece is part of a series of interviews with local party leaders across Leeds ahead of the local elections on 4 May.  Leeds’ Liberal...
Bradford & Keighley

Abusive husband jailed for murder of pregnant wife at Edinburgh landmark

An abusive husband has been found guilty of murdering his wife, whose dying words revealed "Don't let my husband near me, he pushed me"...
Leeds

Households can’t afford internet

The cost-of-living crisis is forcing some Leeds households to stop using the internet, it has emerged. Families are facing a stark choice between renewing a...
Leeds

‘We’re not London, we’re Leeds’: ‘Dystopian’ co-living spaces attacked

Co-living spaces, which may soon spring up across Leeds as a new form accommodation for young professionals, have been branded “dystopian” by one city...
Leeds

Local election candidates announced

The names of all the local election candidates standing in Leeds this year have been published. Voters across the city will head to the polls...
Leeds

Cricket pitch appeal dismissed

The owner of a former sports ground has lost his bid to scrap a legal clause which dictates it can’t be used for anything...
Leeds

11 council jobs to be axed

Eleven jobs within a Leeds City Council department are set to be axed as the cash-strapped local authority tries to cut costs. The posts, which...
Leeds

Bailiffs sent to man’s home after council failed to change address records

Leeds City Council has apologised after it sent bailiffs to a man’s home over an unpaid debt, because they’d failed to update his records. A...
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