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Leeds Rhinos complete Morgan Gannon deal to maintain feel-good factor

Leeds Rhinos have maintained their recent feel-good factor with the return of Morgan Gannon on a three-year contract.

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Brad Arthur sees signs of the reliable Leeds Rhinos he has been building in Warrington Wolves win

Coaches mostly deal in tactical detail and motivational soundbites.

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Damning watchdog report finds 'widespread failings' in vital services for Leeds children

Families have been left feeling “frustrated and abandoned” as the damning report revealed that children are waiting nearly three times longer than legally allowed for vital support. Meanwhile the council has offered three top bosses up to £120k to help make the city 'child-friendly'

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Leeds Rhinos boss Brad Arthur piles praise on lean, mean tryscoring machine Maika Sivo

Maika Sivo's remarkable try-scoring form has been built on his work away from the spotlight, according to Leeds Rhinos head coach Brad Arthur.

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Leeds hospital staff to walk out and strike for two weeks

Unison has issued a statement

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Three 'amazing' outdoor music events featuring superstar acts coming to Leeds this summer

The team behind the festivites have been previewing what is to come

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Harmony Energy: Controversial battery plant plans on rural land get go-ahead after appeal

Controversial plans to build a battery plant on rural land east of Leeds can go ahead after a successful planning appeal.

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'Tremendously exciting': Yorkshire firm with 'potential to transform future of AI' hires ex-Intel executive as CEO

A Leeds company with “the potential to transform the future of AI” has appointed an experienced new chief executive officer who will be based at its US office in California.

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Workers in Leeds' Northern Square Mile are exposed to AI jobs risk: David Richards

I am writing this from a hotel in Manhattan, here for the World Cup, looking out at office floors full of bankers, lawyers and accountants. The unsettling question is not how many of them New York will need in ten years. It is how many Leeds will.

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Watch the moment police bust an ‘untouchable’ drug gang 'ruling' Leeds estate

“It is clear that the Hargreaves family and associates have run the Halton Moor estate through a culture of fear” 🚨

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Endless LLP: Leeds-based private equity firm acquires Anochrome Group

Private equity firm Endless has acquired Anochrome Group, a UK-headquartered surface finishing and coatings specialist, in a management buyout (MBO) from family ownership.

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Leeds giant chess games 'monitored' with security guard after attack on staff

This comes after 'upset' chess players complained about the council's 'unfair' reaction

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'Outstanding' Leeds nursery shuts suddenly after damning Ofsted visit

Parents were only given a day's notice

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India shatter Headingley's T20 international record in thrilling World Cup double-header

Five years after the England men’s team set Headingley’s highest T20I total (200), the Indian women’s side produced a record-shattering display, blasting 209 against the Netherlands in the T20 World Cup on Wednesday.

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Two schools in Leeds set to merge to avoid £1.6m budget gap

Two schools are set to be merged after falling numbers of pupils saw them face a £1.6m budget deficit.

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White working class children from Yorkshire cities 'lagging behind', research finds

Working class white children from cities such as Leeds and Sheffield lag dramatically behind their countryside peers, new findings cement, amid warnings over a disadvantage divide.

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Massive music star announced for huge new music festival launching in Leeds this summer

The new event will be headlined by some of the biggest names in music

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Warrington Wolves v Leeds Rhinos: Brad Arthur prioritises identity over statement in top-of-table clash

There is a tendency to place extra significance on certain fixtures during the slog of the Super League regular season.

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Inseparable Leeds couple have emotional reunion after 'longest 11 weeks' of their 58-year marriage

Isabelle Healeas, 82, and Brian Healeas, 90 have been inseparable since they first met in 1967

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Lottery funding to explore the stories of Leeds' Irish migrant men

A great many men from rural Ireland were to make their way to Leeds in the 1950s and 60s, building a new life and a legacy that is richly evident today.