Leeds

From: Sarah Atkin, Driffield.

THE majority of all disabled parking badge prosecutions in England were brought by Leeds City Council and just two other local authorities last year, new figures show.

PLANS to transform a semi-derelict mill and former tannery in north Leeds into a new development of 228 flats look set to be given the green light this week.

LEEDS UNITED head coach Garry Monk last night challenged his side to “do yourselves justice” when one of football’s more evocative and historic rivalries resumes with a place in the League Cup semi-finals at stake.

IN the second extract of a three-part serialisation, Rachel Reeves explores the challenges that pioneering Leeds MP Alice Bacon faced on entering Parliament in 1945.

From: Lorna Field, Menston, Ilkley.

DONATIONS HAVE been pouring in to the fundraising appeal set up to buy a gravestone for the newborn baby who died after being found outside a Leeds church last week.

THE rugby league community is rallying to support a promising teenage player from Leeds who suffered a catalogue of injuries when he was involved in collision with a car.

A man has been remanded in custody following a knife attack on an off-duty police officer at the HMV store in Leeds city centre.

DETECTIVES INVESTIGATING a 24-year-old man’s murder are trying to trace distinctive items found to be missing from his Leeds home.

IT was an interesting weekend of Yorkshire football, for sure - with introspection for some and positivity and relief afforded for others.

LEEDS United is one of a string of football clubs that have been connected to allegations of abuse, according to the chief executive of the Professional Players’ Association.

A Leeds man high on drink and drugs “lost it” when broke into his former partner’s home and discovered she had a new boyfriend, a court heard.

IN the first extract of a three-part serialisation, Rachel Reeves explores the early life of pioneering MP Alice Bacon.

A CROWDFUNDING appeal has been launched to raise cash to help pay for a headstone for newborn baby ‘Peter’ who died after being left outside a Leeds church last week.

Two people have been charged with the murder of a man in Leeds.

A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl thought to be living in Cairo after being taken from her English mother by her Egyptian father nearly five years ago is set to discuss her plight with a High Court judge analysing her case in London via Skype or FaceTime.