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Leeds house is transformed into a unique monochrome home

The once humble three-bed detached home in Leeds was transformed into a remarkable residence after its owner gave it a makeover with bright white gloss.




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Leeds mother tells of agony after ex-boyfriend stalked her

David Brett poured paint stripper on Philomena Willets’ car and hacked into her husband’s emails to send messages to friends and neighbours accusing the couple of being paedophiles.




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Ex Leeds managing director reveals Dubai jail rape hell

EXCLUSIVE: David Haigh, former Managing Director of Leeds United, spent 22 months in jail in Dubai after being accused of falsifying invoices and channelling funds to a secret bank account.




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Stalker prowls Leeds woman Jyoti Matoo

Jyoti Matoo, from Leeds, was walking back from the city centre when she caught a glimpse of a man walking unusually close behind her on Dock Street at around 3pm on Tuesday.




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Leeds schoolboy who killed teacher showed knife to pupils

Pulp Fiction-obsessed Will Cornick, now 19, is serving a minimum 20-year sentence for stabbing Ann Maguire during a Spanish lesson at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds.




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Leeds woman speaks out about being stalked by ex-boyfriend

Six months into her marriage, Philomena Willetts (pictured) had a baby daughter, a new home in an affluent suburb of Leeds and a husband she adored.




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Leeds boy told classmate he wanted to kill teacher

Will Cornick, then 15, knifed Spanish teacher Ann Maguire, 61, during a lesson at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds three years ago.




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Leeds woman 'stabbed after defying Muslim husband'

Sinead Wooding, 26, was found dead in woodland in Leeds earlier this year. Her husband, Akshar Ali, is on trial for her murder




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Leeds teacher Ann Maguire's last words revealed

Ann Maguire, 61, was fatally knifed by then 15-year-old Will Cornick on April 28, 2014 after he thrust a 34cm blade into her seven times - one blow slicing her jugular vein.




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Thug blasts Leeds clubber in the chest with a shotgun

Shocking footage shows the victim, a 42-year-old man, being set upon outside the Nite Trax club, in Chapeltown Road, Leeds, shortly before 1am on August 29, last year.




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Leeds three-year-old girl recites Taekwondo creed

Sophie (pictured), three, is a member of Leeds Taekwondo - and when she practices the Korean martial art - she isn't messing around.




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Duckling plucked from nest into a heron's beak in Leeds

Christian Rawson spotted the heron at Adel Dam Nature Reserve outside Leeds, Yorks, and trained his camera on it because he thought it was poised to catch a fish.




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Steps concertgoers hold after-party in Leeds car park

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.




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Moment 'evil monk' stares through Leeds haunted pub window

The 34-year-old was editing clips from his trip to Abbey House Museum in Leeds, Yorkshire, last month when he spotted the 'strange' face lurking behind him.




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Five people are killed in Leeds stolen car crash

Five people are reported to have been killed after a stolen car crashed into a tree in Leeds. The group is said to have included three children and two boys are in custody over the incident.




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Police confirm five people who died in Leeds horror crash

Police have said five people who died in the Leeds crash were inside the stolen Renault Clio that hit a tree. Two people have been arrested, with one released under investigation.




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Police officer stops van falling off bridge near Leeds

PC Martin Willis managed to cling onto vehicle long enough so that emergency services managed to help free the trapped driver from falling down an A1(M) embankment near Leeds.




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Liam Gallagher puts on performance at Leeds Arena

The former Oasis star, 45, proved he was every inch the leading man when he performed his solo music at the Leeds Arena in the northern city on Sunday.




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Leeds businessman wins slander payout after church row

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.




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Gang of thieves steals motorbike in CCTV footage in Leeds

CCTV footage showing thieves steal a motorbike in just seconds has led to a clampdown on a gang linked to a string of motorbike thefts across Leeds.




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Cally Jane Beech flaunts post baby body at Leeds bash

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




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Boy weeps as he is charged over Leeds crash deaths

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.




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Boy admits causing deaths of five in Leeds car crash

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




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Leeds student hanged himself after getting payday loans

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.




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House in Leeds destroyed by mystery explosion

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.




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Pre-Christmas Mad Friday celebrations go too far in Leeds

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.




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'Gun-wielding raider' dies from head injuries in Leeds

The victim was believed to have been carrying a firearm when he was attacked at 4.36pm yesterday in Seacroft, Leeds.




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Cockapoo can't stop running around snowy garden in Leeds

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.




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Badly decomposed body found in Leeds near Cross Green Lane

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.




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Teenager who stabbed Leeds teacher could have been stopped

Spanish teacher Mrs Maguire, 61, died after she was repeatedly stabbed by pupil Will Cornick, 15, at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds in 2014.




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Boy sentenced after 3 boys and 2 men die in Leeds crash

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.




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Leeds University hockey team holds a 'chav' social night

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.




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Leeds mother calls for every school to have counsellors

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




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Reading and Leeds Festival lineup sparks Twitter fury

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.




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Leeds 'axeman' David Riley spotted on the loose

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




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Axeman wanted by police in Leeds' student area

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




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Leeds girl, 8, got nine stitches after being mauled by dog

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.




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Leeds student adds a powerpoint presentation to his Tinder

Sam Dixey, 21, an undergraduate at Leeds University, created slides listing his hobbies and 'other notable qualities' and uploaded them in the place of extra photos on the popular dating app.




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Massive bar brawl of 20 men erupts at Arc Bar in Leeds

The brawl broke out in The Arc Bar in the Headingley area of Leeds, at around 12.30am on February 17. Police have arrested one 21-year-old man but are still looking for the others involved.




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Leeds mother gave birth to both her daughters unconscious

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.




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Team GB hockey player defends suspended Leeds university squad

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'.




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Leeds University Union sack hockey captain over '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.




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Police launch urgent hunt for missing 12-year-old boy from Leeds

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'.




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Leeds model railway fan has ashes put inside toy coal truck

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.




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Gran left in Leeds hospital corridor for six days with spinal fracture

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.




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Leeds boy dies after eating flakes of painted woodwork

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)




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Leeds driver rammed off road by police after 100mph chase

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




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King Arthur was born in a village near Leeds

Historian Adrian Grant claims that the mythical leader was born around 475 AD in his kingdom's capital, Barwick-in-Elmet, a once sprawling stronghold near Leeds.




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Determined housing association officer exposes Leeds family-of-five

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.




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Gay couple say they were refused entry to Jake's Bar in Leeds

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.