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Keeping babies cool in UK heatwave - six vital safety steps for parents

The UK Health Security Agency has issued advice to parents on baby heatwave safety

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UK heatwave shuts 850 schools as thousands of pupils miss class - full list

Hundreds of schools have made decisions to close or send children home early

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New Leeds housing estate with 200 homes could be built on old funeral home site

Permission is currently being sought to demolish the Co-op Funeral Care building on Marsh Lane

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Vicious scaffolder strangles new wife before later appearing with a six-inch blade

He started smashing up their bedroom and grabbed a pair of scissors before turning the violence on her.

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'Quiet' pub's frustration as council orders bouncers to remain despite 'no customers'

'It just seems like too many door staff for one pub with no customers'

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Sir Gareth Southgate's shocking admission as he drops in on Leeds Post Office in 'surreal moment'

'We still can't believe it!'

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Big name new Leeds restaurant gives major update ahead of opening

Many are excited to see it launch in the city

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Leeds woman finds item in living room and feels 'unsafe' after checking security footage

EXCLUSIVE: A Leeds woman was left feeling 'unsafe' after allegedly finding a Royal Mail parcel delivered inside her home despite all doors being locked

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Leeds Indian food tasting tour launched – here's how to book

Fancy spicing up your next day out?

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Emmerdale star's major announcement as she tells fans of her excitement

The teenager is known to millions of Emmerdale viewers as April Windsor in the ITV soap

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Woman arrested for smoking 'illegal substances' outside supermarket

Heroin and crack cocaine were discovered on her during a search

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'I was the fittest I'd ever been - then a strange metallic taste turned out to be incurable cancer'

Mother-of-two June Kelly was at the “fittest” she had ever been.

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Gig review: Lily Allen at First Direct Bank Arena, Leeds

The singer-songwriter’s scaling up of her West End Girl show is well staged but not without its weaknesses.

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Lily Allen at First Direct Bank Arena in Leeds: Strength of songs save stilted West End Girl during defining album show

Reviews weren’t always kind to Lily Allen’s theatre tour in support of West End Girl.

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Ten years on from Brexit, let's make this our 'rejoin' decade - Peter Packham

A referendum called to settle an internal Conservative Party dispute had instead opened a decade of division, drift and political paralysis, argues Leeds for Europe chair Peter Packham.

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Padel courts could replace former St James's Hospital car park

Five outdoor padel courts are proposed on land at Dolly Lane, near St James's University Hospital in Burmantofts

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Kirby’s Fish and Chips: The Yorkshire fish and chip shop that has ‘stood the test of time’ for over 100 years

Kirby’s Fish and Chips has been passed from generation to generation for over 100 years and has survived the Second World War, cost of living and the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Emergency services swarm Leeds clinic LIVE updates as building evacuated

Officers in hazmat suits spotted at the scene

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11-storey apartment block could be built on site of former Co-op Funeral Care in Leeds

More than 200 homes could be built on the site of a former funeral provider if plans can be agreed with the council.

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Leeds Pride 2026 parade route, set times, how to get tickets, travel and banned items

Leeds Pride is almost here and we've rounded up everything you need to know ahead of the huge city centre celebration