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Hough Lane Centre, Bramley

Grade-II listed former school to be auctioned off by cash-strapped council

Leeds Council is having to make huge savings over the next five years

Leeds Council must make £270m of savings over next five years

Leeds Bradford Airport is the largest airport in Yorkshire. Picture: James Hardisty

Leeds Bradford Airport announces investment of £200m and 5,500 new jobs

Glass bottles can now be recycled in green household bins in Leeds for the first time. Photo: Leeds City Council

Glass bottles can now go in Leeds household recycling bins

Sir Tony Robinson

Sir Tony Robinson: Playing the clown and why Alfred is Great

Emma's is one of only four Leeds venues to receive a zero food and hygiene rating in the last two years.

Leeds cafe given zero star hygiene rating as customers complain of mouldy food

“In response to feedback received from parents and carers on the proposals put forward following the review of Little Owls provision, a decision has been taken to delay the implementation of any proposed closures, should they be agreed, until August at the earliest.

Little Owls Nurseries: Council to delay proposed closures

Little Owls nurseries provide the highest number of of nursery places of any operator in Leeds across 24 centres.

Little Owls: Anger as council announces plans to close nurseries across Leeds

Clare Brown, Leeds Museums and Galleries’ curator of natural sciences, is in charge of  winged insects housed at Leeds Discovery Centre which include hundreds of species from across the planet, many of them collected by explorers and scientists more than a century ago.

Colourful kaleidoscope of some of the world’s rarest butterflies on display

Some children have been sent to live in barges

Children sent to live in boats and caravans as care system ‘is overwhelmed’

A number of councils have placed children in caravans, boats and tents, as they struggle with the soaring cost of securing places at privately run children’s homes.

Yorkshire council sent child in care to live in a caravan

People walk past the MIPIM international real estate event for professionals at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, southeastern France, on March 14, 2023. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP) (Photo by VALERY HACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

Leeds Council drops out of MIPIM property conference in Cannes

The damage caused to Kelly Feaviour's house as a result of an electrical fire

Yorkshire family 'lost everything' after tumble dryer caused house fire

Most of the referrals related to fears a vulnerable adult was either being neglected, physically abused or financially exploited.. Picture from Danie Franco/Unsplash

Adult safeguarding referrals reach new record levels in Yorkshire city

The number of safeguarding concerns raised about vulnerable adults in Leeds has risen to new record levels.

David Spereall

Bungalow, Beeston St Francis of Assisi School

Rundown caretaker's bungalow at Yorkshire school to be sold off by council

Leeds Council said almost 700 hectares of land is being safeguarded for the project and some of it is “valuable brownfield land” worth more than £8m per hectare.

'Valuable' land kept for HS2 in Leeds over 10 years will be sold off

Leeds aerial shot. Credit Benjamin Elliot/Unsplash

Leeds Council ruled out introducing London-style ultra-low emission zone

Civic Hall in Leeds.

Support system for special needs pupils ‘broken’ as families ‘let down’

Head gardener Mick Jakeman waters the national collection of coleus in the hothouse at Temple Newsam's Walled Garden in Leeds photographed for the Yorkshire Post by Tony Johnson. 20th June 2023

Yorkshire's hidden horticultural gem growing exotic plants for 230 years

Malcolm Simpson of Instaplanta wants the council to settle the case.

Leeds Council facing potential £1m bill from 'unfair competition' case

“Leeds City Council understands the public concerns which have been raised regarding night-time flight movements and have investigated this matter thoroughly, in accordance with our established procedures.

Leeds Bradford Airport CEO apologises after more than 700 extra night flights

The East Leeds Orbital Route during construction last year

One of Yorkshire's newest dual carriageways becoming a 'race track' for bikers

Date: 3rd January 2022. Picture James Hardisty. Weather Picture........A runner crosses over one of the lock gates of the Aire & Calder Navigation at Woodlesdford Lock, Leeds.

Specialist weevils deployed in Yorkshire waterways to tackle invasive plant

Kay Sloane, 50, and her husband Eric, 46, own Superview Window Cleaning in Leeds.

Business owner slams Leeds council after cancelling all city centre contracts

Leeds Council boss among speakers at Yorkshire Data and Digital Conference

Leeds City Council chief executive Tom Riordan will be among the speakers at the first-ever Yorkshire Data and Digital Conference next week.

Chris Burn

Sir Ken Morrison

East Riding report exposes Town Hall tactics to hide the truth – David Behrens

Plans to transform Leeds landmark inMayfair Group Investment Ltd to high-end restaurant and nightclub approved PIC: Mayfair Group Investment Ltd

Plan to transform Leeds landmark into high-end restaurant and nightclub approved

A farmer using an agriculture tractor ploughing a field near Garforth, West Yorkshire. Picture: James Hardisty

'Lack of interest' in new rural forum from local leaders, claims councillor

Josh Warrington lost for the first time against Mauricio Lara (Picture: Mark Robinson)

Josh Warrington to fight Mauricio Lara at Emerald Headingley Stadium

Numerous children in care still don't have EU settled status.

Children’s charity warns Leeds Council to secure settled status for EU looked-af...

Josh Warrington at Emerald Headingley where he hopes to fight (Picture: Luke Holroyd)

Josh Warrington’s plea to Leeds Council to let him fight Lara at Headingley

The Leeds Bradford Airport redevelopment continues to prompt much debate and discussion.

Hypocrisy of Leeds Council’s ‘planes first’ approach to transport – Yorkshire Po...

Leeds Bradford Airport.

Airport campaigners call on council leader to speak out against expansion plans

Leeds City Council planning councillors have backed the redevelopment of Leeds Bradford Airport.

Don’t let Leeds Bradford Airport luddites halt expansion – Yorkshire Post Letter...

Baroness Judith Blake will step down as leader of Leeds City Council on February 24

Judith Blake confirms date she will hand over Leeds Council leadership

An artist's impression of the proposed new terminal.

Pro Leeds Bradford Airport campaigners welcome council report backing expansion

An artist's impression of the proposed new Leeds Bradford Airport terminal.

Leeds Council recommends Leeds Bradford Airport for approval

Rudi Leavor, aged 94, was awarded the British Empire Medal for his work with the local Jewish Community and in interfaith and community relations (photo: SWNS)

The story of a Bradford Jewish community leader who fled from Berlin before war

The leader of Leeds City Council, Judith Blake, expressed her disappointment but said that she understands the decision.

Leeds Council 'disappointed' with Government decision to remain in Tier 3

Lotherton Hall. Picture: Bruce Rollinson.

These Leeds heritage sites could have their opening days reduced

Outdoor bowls in Leeds

This unfairness at the heart of new regulations - David Behrens

Yorkshire Greenspace Alliance protest against the loss of Greenbelt at the roundabout in Horsforth in 2017.

Leeds Council to remove ALL 37 greenbelt sites from long term building plans

Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa has been speaking out over the return of football fans to games.

Marcelo Bielsa not the only one asking why Leeds is in Tier 3: YP Letters

Leeds is in Tier 3

Leeds to be in Tier 3 from December 2

Bowling greens in Leeds could be cut by half, according to a council document.

Leeds Council plans to close half of its bowling greens in Leeds

Leeds City Council's administration of litter fines is being called into question.

My litter regret after being caught throwing orange peel out of my car – Yorkshi...

Local authorities across Yorkshire will receive mass coronavirus testing (photo: Peter Byrne, PA)

Mass Covid testing in these Yorkshire areas

Remembrance Sunday Commemorations 2020

No remembrance Sunday event at Victoria Gardens due to Covid restrictions

HS2 could mean a revamped station for Leeds.

Metro a better option for Leeds than HS2 line - Yorkshire Post Letters

Health Secretary Matt Hancock arrives at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, for a Cabinet meeting held at the FCO last week. Photo: PA

Hospitality in local lockdown areas faces 'worst of both worlds', leaders warns

Leeds City Council has announced that Leeds will be placed under local lockdown restrictions.

New Leeds lockdown restrictions in full issued by Leeds Council

Expansion plans for Leeds Bradford Airport continue to divide political and public opinion.

Why Leeds Bradford Airport expansion plan ‘passes green test’ – Yorkshire Post L...

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Welcome to Yorkshire 'has long-term future', board meeting told

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