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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
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.
'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'
Sir Gareth Southgate's shocking admission as he drops in on Leeds Post Office in 'surreal moment'
'We still can't believe it!'
Big name new Leeds restaurant gives major update ahead of opening
Many are excited to see it launch in the city
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
Leeds Indian food tasting tour launched – here's how to book
Fancy spicing up your next day out?
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
Woman arrested for smoking 'illegal substances' outside supermarket
Heroin and crack cocaine were discovered on her during a search
'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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Emergency services swarm Leeds clinic LIVE updates as building evacuated
Officers in hazmat suits spotted at the scene
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.
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