A Steps fanatic started a chain reaction of his very own after kicking off an impromptu after-party in a multi-storey car park in Leeds.

An outbreak was confirmed in Leeds and Liverpool on November 23. Manchester has also been put on high alert to look out for signs the life-threatening condition may have spread there.

The Hollyoaks stars - who play family members Goldie and Mercedes McQueen on the Channel 4 soap - showcased their signature style as they dusted off their finery for the annual musical event.

The British rapper bagged himself Best Male, Best Album and Best Grime Act at the 22nd Mobo Awards and was in good company in the winner's lounge.

A businessman has been awarded slander damages after he was wrongly accused of having threatened to slit a woman's throat at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Leeds.

Jet2 axed the trip for children and carers from Martin House Children's Hospice in Wetherby claiming they had not been told the level of medical care the children would need.

She welcomed baby Vienna to the world back in May.  But it's taken a mere seven months for Cally Jane Beech, 26, to bounce back to her enviable figure

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with causing the deaths by dangerous driving of three children and two men who died in a crash in Leeds, West Yorkshire Police said.

The teenager pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of brothers Elliott and Ellis Thornton-Kimmitt, Darnell Harte, Robbie Meerun, and Anthony Armour, in Leeds.

Partygoers wearing Santa hats, elf costumes and polar bear jumpers were pictured blowing off steam across the country for Mad Friday.

Naseeb Chuhan, 21, from Leeds, was found hanged after his debts spiraled and his death has led to a coroner being asked to write to the FCA about students being handed dangerous loans.

West Yorkshire Police confirmed two men were taken to hospital after they were injured in the blast which tore through a house and sent debris flying into a street in Silk Milk Drive, Leeds.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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'.

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.

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'.

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.

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.

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)

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Emma Taylor told a court how she has been left devastated after her sons Logan, 3, and Jake, 2 (pictured together), died in a fire at their home in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

Diners who barbecued food on top of tombstone in a Leeds graveyard have been branded disgraceful after a passerby shamed them on social media.

Leeds-based Headingley Market inadvertently kicked off a national debate when tweeting an animation which showed a teapot being poured with milk already in it.

A man having outdoor, alcohol-fuelled sex with a woman in front of children was slapped by a disgusted father during the act in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Joanne Louise Smith (pictured at court today) jumped into her car after angry parents confronted her and her lover romping in Roundhay Park in Leeds on a sunny Sunday afternoon.