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I Am Urban review – powerful memoir of lost children in Leeds is played for larks

A strong cast including an intense turn from Fraser Kelly as the 11-year-old title character can’t stop the gritty ambition of the story sliding into schmaltz

The Guardian - UK

Man planning to bomb Leeds hospital was talked out of it by patient, court told

Prosecution says member of public ‘saved many lives’ by persuading Mohammed Farooq to abandon plot

The Guardian - UK

Leeds police officer ‘under investigation’ after pepper spray incident

Video shared on social media shows an officer spraying multiple people during a public disturbance in Leeds

The Independent UK

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Corinne Bailey Rae: 'I was made to feel like these subjects were perhaps only of interest to Black people'

In her wildly acclaimed new album Black Rainbows, Corinne Bailey Rae explores the nuances of the Black experience in new and mesmerising ways. She tells Craig McLean why its been a long time coming

Evening Standard

Manchester trains to Leeds and London cut ‘to improve reliability’

Fastest trains across the Pennines will be axed for a year

The Independent UK

Storm Babet: Couple ‘frustrated’ after flight home delayed and diverted

Phil Casey and his partner Ann Meredith faced travel disruption after a plane skidded off a runway amid Storm Babet.

The Independent UK

Plane skids off runway at Leeds Bradford Airport as Storm Babet wreaks havoc

No passengers were injured during the incident, with delays expected as the runway remains closed

The Independent UK

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Leeds art installation helps children grapple with fourth spatial dimension

Sprawling work at Victorian house features 4D climbing frame and is part of city’s year of culture

The Guardian - UK

TransPennine Express to cut 20 services a day between Leeds and Manchester

Passengers warned of fewer services and more crowded trains as rail firm seeks to ‘reset’ its operations

The Guardian - UK

Transform festival in Leeds: little orphan Annie’s gang do group therapy

The international theatre jamboree in Yorkshire kicks off with confessions from hundreds of young people and a fancy dress party about grief

The Guardian - UK

All the times the authorities almost caught Peter Sutcliffe – but didn’t

From the lost evidence to brushing aside eyewitness statements, the police investigation into the Yorkshire Ripper was a litany of failings

Evening Standard

The Reckoning: the horrendous true story behind the Jimmy Savile case, now being dramatised by the BBC

The prolific paedophile and predator is played by Steve Coogan in the shocking TV series; this is the real story of the disgraced presenter’s life and crimes, and how they eventually came to light

Evening Standard

‘Why was I so obsessed with him?’: my seven years in search of Jimmy Savile’s secrets

The journalist who knew the presenter best spent years investigating what was behind the outlandish persona. But it was only after Savile’s death that the monstrous truth became clear

The Guardian - UK

The Reckoning: what happened to the houses of horror owned by Jimmy Savile?

Ahead of BBC drama The Reckoning, here’s what happened to the disgraced star’s property portfolio

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Leigh Wood: I’m Josh Warrington’s last chance to get back into title contention

Nottingham’s Wood takes on Leeds’ Warrington on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Leeds station in chaos after train fire

Industrial action and livestock on the line added to the problems facing travellers

The Guardian - UK

HS2: Rishi Sunak’s £36bn in transport funding – is it new or just repackaged?

Labour says ‘almost all’ rail and road projects have been announced already and are not new investments

The Conversation

What Rishi Sunak scrapping HS2 – and promising a new 'Network North'– means for the north of England

UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed he is cancelling phase two of the long-standing high-speed rail network project, High Speed 2 (HS2). This comes two years after the government scrapped the eastern Leeds branch of the project.

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The Guardian - UK

Brendan Croker obituary

Singer, songwriter and guitarist who shared his love of country and blues in the Notting Hillbillies

Evening Standard

The Yorkshire Ripper: what did he do and when? A timeline

From 1969 to 1980, Peter Sutcliffe attacked numerous women, as recounted in current ITV drama The Long Shadow. How did he get away with it?

The Independent UK

What does scaling back of HS2 mean for travellers?

‘Network North’ and a range of piecemeal road and rail projects will replace the western leg of the high-speed line

The Hindu

65-year-old Hyderabadi man stabbed to death in UK

65-yr-old Hyderabad-based senior citizen, Mohammed Khaja Rayeesuddin, stabbed to death in Leeds, UK. Victim's son requests privacy. MBT leader Amjed Ullah Khan & Hyderabad Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain visit family. West Yorkshire Police launch double murder investigation.

The Independent UK

Cutting off the North from HS2 is a national disgrace

Ripping up plans to extend HS2 north of Birmingham will mean a life sentence of travel misery for tens of millions of travellers

Evening Standard

Leeds stabbing: Murder investigation launched after two men killed

Police described the deaths of two men in Leeds as an ‘absolute tragedy’

The Independent UK

Double murder investigation launched after death of two men in Leeds

One man was found dead in Harehills, Leeds, and another later died in hospital, according to police

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