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Tony Smith is still settling into the Hull FC hot seat. (Photo: Hull FC)

Hull FC head coach Tony Smith explains why he is in favour of IMG proposal

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan walks through cannabis plants which are being legally cultivated at a licensed factory in Los Angeles. Picture: Stefan Rousseau.

Why cannabis possession laws should be repealed 100 years on - GP Taylor

Wimbledon has been cancelled this year. Picture: AELTC/Bob Martin

Wimbledon fans can reimagine their own Championships in absence of competition

The site of the fatal crash last year in East Yorkshire

Pilot in fatal aircraft crash in Yorkshire thought 'never to have flown at night...

Daniel Evans (GBR) in action in the third round of the Gentlemen's Singles under the No.1 Court roof. The Championships 2019. Held at The All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon. Day 6 Saturday 06/07/2019. Credit: AELTC/Simon Bruty

The Sheffield firm behind the retractable roof at Wimbledon

How many new homes shlould be built in Leeds?

YP Letters: Right kind of housing in the right places

Premier Farnell Technology Challenge

Construction begins on Premier Farnell distribution centre

Should there be a bigger tax on second homes in the Yorkshire Dales?

YP Letters: Homes tax could flood Dales market

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U-turn on Leeds housing targets as '˜inflated' numbers are slashed by a fifth

Campaigners gather to proitest against plans for 5000 homes to be built on green belt land on the Parlington estate between Aberford and Barwick. Picture Tony Johnson.

Campaigners rally to fight blueprint homes plan on historic estate

Access to Leeds Bradford Airport remains a source of controversy.

YP Letters: Parkway station is the best solution for Leeds Bradford Airport

Will a parkway station improve access to Leeds Bradford Airport?

YP Letters: Why Leeds Bradford Airport parkway station is good value

Summer opening on the cards for Linton Bridge after floods

Transport policy in Leeds remains mired in controversy after the Trolleybus scheme was blocked because of poor planning.

YP Letters: More sticking plaster for Leeds transport system

Gridlock in Leeds.

YP Letters: Out of touch over transport '“ Leeds Council taken to task

Will HS2 benefit Yorkshire?

YP Letters: High speed rail will fuel a brain drain

The Victoria Gate scheme in Leeds masks major fialures over transport policy.

YP Letters: City leaders stuck in a 60s mindset

How will the Leeds Trolleybus money be spent?

YP Letters: Leeds needs proper leadership to solve its transport issues

Fixing nation's potholes will take 14 years, councils warn

An artist's impression of the trolleybus scheme in Leeds which was rejected by the Department for Transport.

Calls to reconsider £173.5m modern mass transport network in Leeds

Children's bus fares in South Yorkshire have risen from 70p to 80p.

New spaces as Leeds Elland Road Park and Ride extension opens
Over 300 new car parking spaces are available to Leeds drivers today as the latest phase of the city's Park and Ride scheme opened.

Greenbelt land sale to fund Headingley Carnegie stadium revamp is opposed

Traffic disruption as rail bridge near Leeds to close

Coun Richard Lewis

Plans for £1.6m flood defence scheme in east Leeds

Coun Stewart Golton, Leader of the Leeds Liberal Democrats

Leeds City Council accused of '˜hypocrisy over Amazon warehouse ownership

Coun Richard Lewis

Leeds Bradford Airport link road proposal up for discussion

A bus lane in Leeds city centre.

YP Letters: Why car drivers must follow the rules on using bus lanes

Linton Bridge. Picture: Peter Langford

VIDEO: How flood-damaged Leeds bridge will return to use

Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com - 20/07/2016 - Cricket - NatWest T20 Blast - Yorkshire Vikings v Durham Jets - Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds, England - A general view of Yorkshire's Headingley stadium as Yorkshire take on Durham in the Natwest T20.

How can Leeds taxpayers afford to give £4million to Headingly cricket stadium? ...

The Boxing Day flood at Kirkstall Road last year. Picture: Bruce Rollinson.

Noise disruption for city centre residents as £45m flood scheme gets under way

Artist's impression of 3 Sovereign Square, Leeds

Council invests in property to boost coffers

First bus company

Appeal for county's bus links to receive overhaul
TRANSPORT BOSSES have issued a rallying call for an overhaul of bus services in West Yorkshire amid shouts of 'what's good enough for London is good enough for us'.

Erosion - seen here at Skipsea - is threatening an embankment at Tunstall, close to the Sand-le-Mere caravan site.

More delays for vital sea defences

When first opened there was only an 'advisory' speed limit of 70 MPH on motorways. This did not appear on signage until later.

How new rules on our roadways put the brakes on Yorkshire drivers 50 years ago t...

A pilots view of Leeds Bradford Airport. Picture by Tony Johnson

Leeds-Bradford airport link road: consultation deadline extended

Patrick McLoughlin Transport Secretary at Kirkstall Forge Station . 7 December 2015. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Minister hails rail stations’ economic boost

Leeds Bradford Airport

Leeds Bradford Airport traffic consultation starts

KPMG moves to striking city headquarters

Options for the A65 to Leeds Bradford Airport

Mapped out: Three new road options for Leeds Bradford Airport

MIRACLE ESCAPE: Philomena O'Brien. PIC: Jonathan Gawthorpe

‘I’m lucky to be alive’ says Leeds gran after car crashes into kitchen

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Land release plan to aid Leeds Bradford Airport gets green light amid protest

Kirkgate Market

Cost of revamping landmark Leeds market hall rises by £1.35m

Mikes Carpets building, at Armley

Final warning given over future of landmark Yorkshire city building

Library picture

‘No end in sight’ for traffic jams in Yorkshire cities

Alice Carr, Lakeisha King (centre) and Sean Meehan

Tales from the Crypt raises a record £64,000

Mark Durham, of Superconnected Leeds Bradford, hopes he will see a flurry of applications from businesses across the whole of West Yorkshire.

Broadband boost as grant scheme extended

Councillor Keith Walker, Leader of Leeds City Councill, with Andy Judson, from BMMJV, near Knostrop Weir

Video: How they plan to stop Leeds city centre flooding again

Crowds at Trinity Leeds shopping centre

Boom time in Leeds as 4.5m pile into city centre

‘We’re lagging behind in race to be cycling city’

Chris Brown, founder and chief executive of Igloo Regeneration

State-owned RBS ‘blighting regeneration’ of key site in Yorkshire

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New road to be named after Leeds legend Bobby Collins

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Blueprint unveiled to transform sprawling industrial heartland

A British Airways Dreamliner over Leeds Bradford Airport

Hopes for better access to major regional airport

Artist's impression of the Merrion Centre Hotel

City sees ripple effect of property growth

The Elland Road Park and Ride site in Leeds

Leeds drivers shun £2.8m Elland Road park-and-ride site

Leeds market rents to be slashed by a fifth

Opera House firm to deliver ‘biggest scheme in Leeds for 100 years’

The Elland Road park-and-ride site following its opening today.

Park-and-ride is set to double up in Leeds

Coun Phil Webster

Thousands face having to pay to park at home

Chutipa Hansahiranvadee and Suratsawadee Thaikamnoed from Chapraya Thai at the Yorkshire Food and Drink Show in Millennium Square, Leeds. Picture by Tony Johnson

Video: Serving up a storm at the Yorkshire Food and Drink Show