Iranian artist opens Leeds show exploring disability and migration Paralympian Mohammad Barrangi hopes his work will help people think of human stories behind headlines about migration The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024
£500k worth of bikes, clothing and accessories up for auction after Leeds shop closure Carbon road bikes and time trial frames among goods under the hammer after Lifecycles enters liquidation Cycling Weekly · Apr 26, 2024
Leeds Lieder festival Opening Gala review – a good old-fashioned Schubertiade The song festival – with Arts Council funding reinstated – opened with a meaty all-Schubert programme full of delights and camaraderie The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2024
Catfish And The Bottlemen just announced their biggest headline show ever Welsh indie rock giants Catfish And The Bottlemen will precede their upcoming Reading and Leeds headline slots with their biggest headline show yet Louder · Apr 15, 2024
Leeds indie band English Teacher curate your Friday night playlist As they release their debut album, This Could Be Texas, Leeds quartet English Teacher select your Friday listening Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2024
Tribunal nears end for man who lost job offer over views on homosexuality Felix Ngole, who is a Christian, claims discrimination against Leeds-based charity Touchstone. Evening Standard · Apr 8, 2024
Ted Baker to close 15 UK stores with the loss of 245 jobs Outlets in Birmingham, Liverpool, Oxford, Leeds, Bristol and Nottingham among those to shut The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2024
Man guilty of murder of PC Sharon Beshenivksy 20 years after killing Piran Ditta Khan who was extradited back to the UK is found guilty at Leeds Crown Court of the murder of PC shot during armed robbery in Bradford in 2005 Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2024
Sharon Beshenivsky: mastermind behind robbery found guilty of PC’s murder Piran Ditta Khan convicted at Leeds crown court over officer’s death during 2005 robbery in Bradford The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2024
Leeds Pride ends sponsorship deal with Frank Hester’s company TPP LGBTQ+ festival organisers cut ties over businessman’s ‘alleged racist comments’ about Diane Abbott The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024
Man appears in court charged with murder of woman in Leeds George Chalmers charged after body of Ruth Baker, 48, found at property in Beeston on Saturday afternoon The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2024
Desmond Miller obituary Other lives: Anarchist who helped to set up Leeds Community Press, publisher of alternative newspapers The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024
An alternative guide to Leeds: a city with an independent spirit A book club in a disused petrol station, an electronic music hub in an old bus garage … Yorkshire’s largest city is a hotbed of grassroots creativity The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2024
Channel 4 to oust top commissioner in Leeds and run role from London Head of drama’s exit will leave broadcaster with no senior decision makers living in city of ‘national HQ’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024 Revealed: Sunak flown to Leeds for private tour of Frank Hester’s office weeks after £5m donation Fresh questions raised over Tory donor’s access to prime minister following November visit
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16, 2024 Yard Act review – a punk-funk workout for overthinkers Touring their exuberant second album, the Leeds band are embracing their dancier side as their barbed observational songs get ever more intimate
The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2024 West Yorkshire to bring bus services under public control Region becomes third in north of England to reverse four decades of deregulation after similar moves by Manchester and Liverpool
The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024 Roy Bridge obituary Other lives: Leeds University historian who was an authority on the late Habsburg empire
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024 Yard Act: Where’s My Utopia? review – a leap forward for Leeds post-punkers The band’s expanding ambitions encompass disco, strings and David Thewlis, as frontman James Smith gets reflective
The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2024 The Guide #128: Yard Act kick off our latest guide to the best music A spotlight on the Leeds music scene, from visionary tracks about broken Britain to early Beefheart-meets-Disney
The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2024 Man who murdered ex-partner and her boyfriend jailed for life in Leeds Marcus Osborne killed Katie Higton in frenzied stabbing before using her Snapchat account to lure Steven Harnett to his death
The Guardian - UK · Feb 29, 2024 Tributes paid to Leeds woman, 44, after man charged with murder Sam Varley’s body was found at house in Harehills, Leeds, on 12 February after police received reports of concern
The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024 Three men charged over far-right terror plot allegedly involving 3D-printed gun Prosecutor says defendants, who deny the charges, had identified targets including an Islamic education centre in Leeds
The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2024 Fund to hand out £4.7bn from axed HS2 northern section to smaller projects Ministers say smaller towns and cities in north of England and Midlands to benefit from scrapping of Leeds and Manchester lines
The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2024 UK lender trials ban on new holiday let mortgages for tourist hotspots Leeds building society believes it is the first to restrict new lending for holiday homes in Norfolk and Yorkshire