Debra Coupar

Leeds taxi drivers protested against the minor motoring offences policy ahead of its introduction in the summer of 2022.

Leeds taxi drivers at risk of losing their licences due to new rules

Revelers during the Leeds Festival 2022 at Bramham Park in Leeds. (Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

Leeds Festival must ‘improve’ after tragic death of a teenager

Debra Coupar, Leeds City Council’s deputy leader,.

Quality of school meals in Yorkshire academies criticised

There has been a shock result in the Leeds Council elections.

SDP wins first council seat in Leeds for 34 years in shock result

Leeds City Council, advised by Cushman & Wakefield, has completed the sale of building one and Units 5 to 7 at Logic Leeds for £29.3 million.

Leeds City Council hails 'triple win' as it completes £29.3m property sale

A protest held in Holbeck in 2018 in opposition to the Managed Approach to on-street sex work. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Was Leeds legal red light zone a failure? Here's what a leading councillor said

Coun Debra Coupar, deputy leader of Leeds City Council, stressed the Managed Approach would not be relocated to another part of the city. Picture: Tony Johnson

Leeds red light zone closure: Council to end Managed Approach in Holbeck

Low-income homeowners in Leeds can now apply for free solar panels and insulation, thanks to the Government's Green Homes Grant scheme, and working with Better Homes Yorkshire. Photo credit: JPIMedia

Leeds families urged to apply for green homes grant to help fight climate change

Voice of Holbeck has published its Listening Well Report about the impact of the city council's Managed Approach to on-street sex work. Picture: Simon Hulme

'Community in crisis' - New Leeds red light zone report

The East Lodge at Temple Newsam.

Covid-19 pandemic ‘an excuse’ to get rid of Temple Newsam east lodge, councillor...

The site was formerly known as City Reach.

New residential site on Kirkstall Road in Leeds snapped up

Lewis died after going swimming in a stretch of the River Aire off Redcote Lane in Kirkstall, police confirmed.

'We are devastated': Tributes paid to Leeds teacher who died after swimming in K...

Street sex workers were temporarily banned fromtradingin Leeds' managed approach zone when the lockdown was announced. Picture: Adobe Stock Images

Leeds' sex workers will "continue to be supported" throughout the lockdown, coun...

PIC: James Hardisty

Trojan Bus crackdown tackles stone throwing incidents in Leeds

Landlord fined for 'overcrowding' after 11 people were squeezed into Leeds prope...

The aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster

Sheffield tower blocks will get sprinkler systems

Rose Gibson, the manager of Leeds Central Library, with the donated copy of Finland's beloved book, Kalevala. Picture by Tony Johnson.

Special Nordic delivery for Leeds Central Library

Librarian Hayley Goddard with the copy of 'The Siege of Troy' borrowed from Armley Library 110 years ago. Picture: Bruce Rollinson

Here's your library book back - sorry it's 100 years late

Homelessness at 10-year-high down to dramatically rising rents

Fresh bid to tackle extremism and unite Leeds communities

Wellington Stores, in Holdforth Place, had become a magnet for crime and anti-social behaviour.

Leeds '˜crime magnet' shop ordered to close after mob attacked police
A shop which was at the centre of violent disorder on a Leeds housing estate last week has been ordered to close.

Exotic birds escape from Tropical World in Leeds

Syrian refugee Imad pictured with his son Reda, aged 3, at City Square, Leeds. Picture by Simon Hulme.

First Syrian refugee family says ‘Thank you, Leeds’

The spectacle attracted thousands of people to bonfire night celebrations in Roundhay Park, Leeds. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe.

Thousands shun drizzle for a spectacular Bonfire Night

Four meerkats at Tropical World tunnelled to freedom - before they were caught. Graphic: Graeme Bandeira

Watch my back, Orlov: Leeds meerkats in Great-Escape bid for freedom - simples!

Author Jane Elson at the Leeds Book Awards.

The top reads of Leeds schoolchildren are revealed

Main parties hold on across Yorkshire