Leeds, England News

The business community and residents across Leeds are rallying together with Bill Gates and the Rotary Club in Calverley and beyond as part of an international initiative to end the war against polio.

A Leeds mother has told of her terror after police stormed her baby's christening to arrest a guest who had allegedly attacked an officer.

An investigation into the way police handled the arrest of guest at a baby's christening in Leeds which turned into a mass brawl will be overseen by the Independent Police Complaints Commission.

HIGH performing schools in Wharfedale have been ranked among the best in the country as this year's Key Stage 2 SATs tables were revealed.

LEEDS Girls High School has offered to hand over a garden for use as a public park - but only if controversial planning applications are approved.

A shocking image of a West Yorkshire man whose life was changed forever by a pub punch will be used as a stark warning about the true cost of drunken violence.

By Tony Gardner A man suffered stab wounds after masked men burst into his Cross Gates home and demanded access to his safe.

By Alison Bellamy A group of family and friends has raised a massive A 60,000 in memory of a special man who died unexpectedly at the age of 47.

Armley's Upstairs Downstairs nightclub has a genteel new lease of life a ' as a venue for ballroom and latin dancing.

Joyriders are using stolen 4x4s to destroy a Leeds park. In the latest attack, a Mitsubishi Shogun was driven across Middleton Park and 'doughnutted' leaving huge brown circles in the grass.

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Travellers who bought their own plot of land in Rothwell have lost a landmark appeal to live on it.

The ITV studios in Leeds have been saved following the announcement of a A 5m cash injection.

A coroner has raised concerns over the level of training given to police dealing with people detained under the Mental Health Act.

A rail worker has died after being hit by a train just outside Leeds City Station.

A night shift worker was shot at during a masked raid in Leeds. Maqbool Shah, 52, had been restacking shelves at the Total garage on Gelderd Road in Gildersome in the early hours of Thursday when there was a loud rap on the window.

Moortown's own Matthew Lee is set to take on the world in an international diving competition.

A man has been charged with outraging public decency after allegedly urinating on a war memorial in Leeds, the YEP can reveal.

Eight police officers were hurt after a Christening party at a Leeds pub decended into a mass brawl.

A plan for a new care home in Leeds has been attacked by a councillor. Designs have been drawn up for a modern care home to replace St Joseph's care home in Outwood Lane, which closed two years ago and is in the process of being demolished and the site cleared.