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.

EXCLUSIVE: The veteran had been paying his respects at a war memorial before moving on to Harehills Labour Club, where staff told him to remove his beret to comply with their policy.

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.

Ethan Stables, 19, did admit to possession of explosives under suspicious circumstances when he appeared for a hearing a Leeds Crown Court yesterday.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Leeds Crown Court heard the victim was taken to the south Asian country on the pretence that she and her family would celebrate Eid together, but was then told by her parents that they had set up a wedding.

Footage shot by vegan protester Ginette Lindstrom shows one of the butchers becoming angry at the crowd gathering outside his shop in Leeds Kirkgate Market.

Ian Ossia, of Leeds, saw the creature marching around inside the monitor of the Apple MacBook Pro after he bought it for £5,000 in March.

Sean Hercules, a 39-year-old from Leeds, died on Monday after he resisted arrest just after 5pm at the Autosole Aparthotel in Cancelada, a short drive from Estepona (Málaga).

Gareth Edwards photographed his 19-year-old son Josh at St James’ Hospital, Leeds, with the intention of sharing the picture to raise awareness how devastating drugs can prove.

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn visited a climbing centre in Leeds and was quick to slip off his jacket and scale the wall - a day after Theresa May boogied to Abba's Dancing Queen.

The move to Leeds (pictured) is part of the biggest change to the channel's structure in its 35-year history, even though it will keep its base on Horseferry Road in London.

Housing Secretary James Brokenshire (pictured) warned that with 13 MPs having already declared - and potentially more to follow - there could end up being more runners than the Grand National.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY MARCUS TOWNEND: At Aintree Potters Corner could become a Grand National hero and one with a link to one of the race and sport's biggest names.

Dual Grand National winning jockey Leighton Aspell will retire after riding at Fontwell on Sunday. Aspell, 43, will ride Ventura Dragon (4.20) and Itsnotwhatyouthink (5.20) for two of his biggest fans.

Champion trainer Paul Nicholls gave himself a chance of retaining his title after a treble - led by Midlands National winner Truckers Lodge - enabled him to almost half chief rival's lead.

Jump jockey Danny Cook should have been dreaming about riding leading hope Definitly Red in the £1million Randox Health Grand National at Aintree on April 4.

We will never know if Tiger Roll would have won a third Grand National at Aintree on April 4 but we will get to see if he wins the 2020 Virtual Grand National with ITV planning to broadcast the race.

Soldiers were pictured alongside the aircraft this afternoon and then seen scoping out the site, which is less than a mile from Aintree Hospital in Merseyside.

MARCUS TOWNEND: We've had the void Grand National, the bomb scare Grand National and dramas like Devon Loch collapsing on the run-in with the race at his mercy in 1956.

Our book critic tests your knowledge of the best boosk released in 2019, with this fun, challenging literary quiz

Bernice A. King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, delivered speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on MLK Day. Thousands around the country celebrate his legacy.

The Prime Minister will vow to 'mobilise the full breadth of our new freedoms' on Brexit night - as his Bill paving the way for Britain to leave the EU was finally passed by Parliament yesterday.

Downing Street has rejected a big business demand to allow low-skilled migration from the EU to continue after Brexit, telling companies to focus on training UK workers instead.

The Health Secretary sought to reassure the public today as he addressed MPs about the killer outbreak that has led Beijing to place a city larger than London in quarantine.

The former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director blasted Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for her repeated 'idiotic' comments that the agency should be abolished.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon insisted it is vital that immigration from the EU is allowed to carry on after Brexit, saying the economy needs workers.

A rapist who dodged deportation after a mutiny by plane passengers will next month launch another bid to avoid being booted out of Britain. Yaqub Ahmed was jailed for a total of nine years.

Sunday's performance featured a surprise appearance from J.Lo's daughter toward the end of the show, singing Let's Get Loud as she sat in a round cage, surrounded by other children in cages.

A student bragged about how he snuck into Australia from China by lying on his arrival form, despite a travel ban to protect citizens from coronavirus.

The federal government plans to set up English classes in refugee camps to give potential immigrants a better shot at getting a job when they get to Australia.

Erick Diaz, a 26-year-old Mexican national, was shot by the immigration and customs agents in Brooklyn on Thursday as they were trying to arrest his mother's boyfriend.