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Margaret Hodge's daughter-in-law was hit by a car and died

Rachel Watson, 43, suffered brain and spinal injuries when she was hit by a car while out running in February. She died later that day in hospital.




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Pre-Christmas Mad Friday celebrations go too far in Leeds

Revellers were pictured scuffling, urinating and collapsing on the street in cities including Newcastle, Cardiff, Liverpool, Swansea, Manchester and London, on the last Friday before Christmas.




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Fish and chip shop boss and friend in Christmas bomb plot

Andy Star, 31, (pictured) and Farhad Salah, 22, were arrested on December 19 in a series of early morning raids in the Chesterfield and Sheffield areas of South Yorkshire.




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'Gun-wielding raider' dies from head injuries in Leeds

The victim was believed to have been carrying a firearm when he was attacked at 4.36pm yesterday in Seacroft, Leeds.




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Cockapoo can't stop running around snowy garden in Leeds

A cockapoo was so excited to see the snow, she couldn't stop jumping up and down while impatiently waiting to be allowed out to play.




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Girl with epilepsy died after refusing to take medication

Megan Robertson (pictured) was found slumped in her bedroom by her sister, after complaining about the side-effects of anti-seizure tablets, Wakefield Coroners Court has heard.




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Badly decomposed body found in Leeds near Cross Green Lane

Policies are investigating after a body was found near Leeds city centre on Friday afternoon so badly decomposed that they struggled to tell if it was a man or woman. They now believe it to be male.




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Teenager who stabbed Leeds teacher could have been stopped

Spanish teacher Mrs Maguire, 61, died after she was repeatedly stabbed by pupil Will Cornick, 15, at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds in 2014.




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Boy sentenced after 3 boys and 2 men die in Leeds crash

Brothers Ellis and Elliott Thornton, 12 and 14, Darnell Harte, 15, and Robbie Meerun, 24, died when the Renault Clio they were travelling in hit a tree in Leeds.




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Leeds University hockey team holds a 'chav' social night

Members of the Leeds University Union women's hockey team encouraged partygoers to dress up as 'lower class' people and that 'ASBO behaviour' was expected during their social night.




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Female paedophile is jailed for seven years

Michaela Sheldrake, 41, was jailed for seven years at Leeds Crown Court after being caught with a huge hoard of child porn. She had also taken hundreds of indecent pictures of a girl under 16.




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Dog killed man a week after police handed it back to owner

Leeds Crown Court heard that David Ellam, 52, died after he was attacked by a the dog called Alex. Pictured is the dog's owner Aaron Joseph, who denies being in control of a dangerous dog.




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Leeds mother calls for every school to have counsellors

Emma Oliver's 15-year-old-son, Daniel Long, from Leeds, killed himself due to the stress and anxiety caused by his exams.




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Reading and Leeds Festival lineup sparks Twitter fury

With Glastonbury cancelled this year, hundreds of fans stumped up £220 to attend Reading Festival before knowing the lineup. Pictured: Pop star Dua Lipa, one of the unlikely acts performing.




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Leeds 'axeman' David Riley spotted on the loose

Students and staff at the Headingley campus of Leeds Beckett University were warned to stay indoors while David Riley, 36, remained on the loose.




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Axeman wanted by police in Leeds' student area

Armed police are searching for an axeman in Leeds' student district and members of the public have been warned not to approach him.




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Leeds girl, 8, got nine stitches after being mauled by dog

Mia Garforth-Crook, eight, was left terrified with blood pouring from her face after she was mauled by a Husky-type dog in the village of Roberttown, near Leeds in West Yorkshire.




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Leeds student adds a powerpoint presentation to his Tinder

Sam Dixey, 21, an undergraduate at Leeds University, created slides listing his hobbies and 'other notable qualities' and uploaded them in the place of extra photos on the popular dating app.




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Massive bar brawl of 20 men erupts at Arc Bar in Leeds

The brawl broke out in The Arc Bar in the Headingley area of Leeds, at around 12.30am on February 17. Police have arrested one 21-year-old man but are still looking for the others involved.




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Leeds mother gave birth to both her daughters unconscious

Due for a c-section on while pregnant with her daughter Jamie-Leigh, now three, 42-year-old Sharon Deacon's, from Keighley, heart suddenly stopped, causing her to slip into unconsciousness.




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Team GB hockey player defends suspended Leeds university squad

Team GB player Samantha Quek who won gold at the Rio Olympics has slammed student union bosses for banning Leeds University Union's women's hockey team over a 'chav night out'.




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Leeds University Union sack hockey captain over 'chav' night out

Leeds University Union women's hockey club were also banned from matches after they were given a 'lower class' dress code for their night out.




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Police launch urgent hunt for missing 12-year-old boy from Leeds

George Blanchard, 12, (pictured) was last seen at 12.12pm on Monday in the Chapeltown area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, but has not been seen since and police are becoming 'very concerned'.




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Leeds model railway fan has ashes put inside toy coal truck

Peter Hurst spent 40 years building up a collection of 40 locomotives in his attic in Leeds where he made an intricate railway from scratch. When he died aged 88 this year his sons honoured his passion.




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Gran left in Leeds hospital corridor for six days with spinal fracture

MBE nurse Enid Stevens was taken to A&E in St James's Hospital in Leeds, West Yorkshire, with a spinal fracture. She was wheeled out into a corridor and left there for six days.




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Leeds boy dies after eating flakes of painted woodwork

Paediatrics in Leeds sought help from poison experts - but treatment failed to work and life support for the toddler, whose identity has been withheld, was eventually withdrawn. (stock)




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Leeds driver rammed off road by police after 100mph chase

Robert Williams, from the Burmantofts area of Leeds, had traces of cannabis in his system above the legal limit after police arrested him.




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King Arthur was born in a village near Leeds

Historian Adrian Grant claims that the mythical leader was born around 475 AD in his kingdom's capital, Barwick-in-Elmet, a once sprawling stronghold near Leeds.




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Determined housing association officer exposes Leeds family-of-five

Jas, a neighbourhood officer in Leeds appearing in Channel 5's new housing series (pictured) was left seething when she discovered one of her properties had been left vacant.




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Gay couple say they were refused entry to Jake's Bar in Leeds

Police officer Patrick Hannon, 30, and public sector worker Jake Archer, 25, from Newcastle, say they were discriminated against by Jake's Bar in Leeds.




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Headhunter slams under-25s without a job in LinkedIn spat

Josh Harrison, from Leeds, said it is the easiest time in history for young people to get a job. He was responding to a blog post by entrepreneur Jack Parsons, 24.




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Father heart attack victim died of brain haemorrhage after being given experimental drug

Tim Hancock died at Leeds General Infirmary on November 25, 2016 at the age of 48 after being given an experimental drug without his consent, an inquest heard today.




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Leeds boy drowns at David Lloyd sports centre

Emergency services were scrambled to the David Lloyd club in Tongue Lane, Leeds at 9.45am today. They found the three-year-old boy in the swimming pool but he later died in hospital.




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Leeds woman suffers six-inch wound caused by tight weave

WARNING: Graphic content. Helzie Amnell-Connor, 24, from Leeds, fears a six inch wound left by a weave sewn in too tightly will leave her scarred for life, and can't bear to leave the house.




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First picture of boy who drowned at David Lloyd club's pool in Leeds

Rocco Wright, three, drowned after he was reportedly found face down at the bottom of a David Lloyd club's pool on Saturday in Leeds.




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Leeds charity volunteer fined £100 for 'driving through car park'

Joyce Sugden was shocked to receive a demand for payment for exceeding a three-hour free parking limit at the Leeds Road Retail Park in Huddersfield - because she hadn't parked there.




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Rita Ora performs new song Girls in a raunchy red bodysuit

Rita Ora performed her new single Girls in Leeds on Friday night. The 27-year-old artist is on tour through early September.




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Davina McCall says she wants to repay debt to NHS A&E heroes

TV presenter Davina McCall will report live from NHS front lines in Leeds in a new ITV special. She revealed her inspiration was the care her family received during her older sister's cancer diagnosis.




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Couple convicted of luring daughter to Bangladesh for marriage

A couple have been found guilty at Leeds Crown Court of luring their 19-year-old daughter to Bangladesh in an attempt to force her to marry her first cousin and have a baby with him.




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Farnley mother 'starved 18-year-old son to death in house of horrors'

Jordan Burling, 18, of Farnley, Leeds, died as a result of malnutrition in June 2016. He weighed around six stones when paramedics found him lying on a filthy mattress, wearing a soiled nappy.




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Leeds TV presenter becomes star during England's World Cup friendly

Rather than focusing on Gareth Southgate's tactical changes, a cameraman seemed more interested in the presenter sat behind the bench during the England v Costa Rica match.




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England mascot does 'floss dance' next to Jordan Henderson

The midfielder was in the tunnel at the Leeds ground at Elland Road with his team-mates as they prepared to face Costa Rica when the youngster started performing the latest dance craze.




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Sophie Wessex meets patients at Leeds Children's Hospital

Prince Edward's wife, née Rhys-Jones, embraced the warmer weather in a midnight blue fit-and-flare dress featuring a pretty daisy pattern during her visit to Yorkshire on Monday.




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Bodies of father and son are recovered from water in Leeds

The father and son who were tragically found dead in a stretch of water after going on a fishing trip have been named locally as Martin, 43 and Jack Andrews, 19 from Pudsey in Leeds, West Yorks.




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England fan thrown off car in wild World Cup celebrations

The video filmed after the injury time winner shows one fan in Plymouth, Devon, cling onto the bonnet as the car speeds up and brakes suddenly, sending him flying through the air.




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Drunk mother may have suffocated her baby girl while she slept

Claire Clifford, 35, was found to have placed her daughter Charlotte in an 'unsafe sleeping position with an intoxicated mother' at their family home in Yorkshire on June 18 last year.




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Chanelle Hayes slips her slimmer frame into skintight workout gear

The former Big Brother star, 30,  - who is 'feeling sexy again' after dropping two dress sizes - slipped her slimmer frame in skintight workout gym as she hit the gym in Leeds on Tuesday.




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Body of teenage boy is pulled from River Aire in Leeds

Panicked onlookers called the emergency services at 6.45pm and reported that the teenager had failed to return to shore at the river near Cardigan Fields, Kirkstall (divers pictured on the scene last night).




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Four die in horrific Uber smash in Leeds

Four people aged 18 to 21 have died after a smash between a car and an Uber in Leeds in the early hours of this morning. 




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Donna Corden ‘lost half her face’ due to flesh-eating bug

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Donna Corden, 47, a mother-of-three from Leeds, had half of her face removed after developing a deadly infection after hitting her head on the oven.