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Classics with added Yorkshire class: tributes to Tony Harrison

Harrison’s poetry and plays made an electrifying connection with readers and audiences through his use of Leeds dialect, and his ear for rhyme. Writers remember his greatness

The Guardian - UK

Tony Harrison, poet and dramatist, dies aged 88

Known for his outspoken politics, the author was acclaimed for work in theatre, opera, film and TV but wanted to be thought of as a poet above all

The Guardian - UK

Chick-Fil-A Is Coming to the UK With A Special Brits Menu Cheaper than McDonald's: Here's What's On It

Chick-fil-A opens in Leeds, Liverpool, and London with a UK menu starting at £6.19 — undercutting McDonald's on key items.

International Business Times UK

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Bereaved mothers hold up 56 babygrows in ’emotional’ meeting with Wes Streeting

Some of the mothers said the Health Secretary had been ‘moved, shocked, horrified and appalled’ by their stories.

Evening Standard

Revealed: The 14 NHS trusts facing national investigation into their maternity care

Leeds Teaching Hospitals and Oxford University Hospitals among the trusts to be scrutinised in Baroness Amos review

The Independent UK

"I got put on a six-man ward, and three of them died": The trials, trauma and triumph of Dinosaur Pile-Up

Following serious health issues, Leeds alt.rockers Dinosaur Pile-Up are back with their first album in six years

Louder

Police given another week to question four held on suspicion of terrorism plot

Four men were arrested at properties in Huddersfield, Leeds, Derby and West Bromwich.

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Spanish police drag drunken British stag do off Ryanair flight to Alicante

‘It was carnage', said a passenger on the flight from Leeds Bradford

The Independent UK

Four men arrested in UK on suspicion of plotting terrorism

Four men from Leeds, Huddersfield, Derby and West Bromwich were arrested

The Independent UK

New deputy Green leader describes racist abuse on family seaside trip

Leeds councillor says people who threw bottles and shouted insults emboldened by rightwing rhetoric

The Guardian - UK

Harry Brook backs Sonny Baker to bounce back from brutal England debut

The talented young seamer endured a first England outing to forget in a heavy defeat to South Africa at Leeds

The Independent UK

Leeds 0-0 Newcastle: Premier League – as it happened

Minute-by-minute report: The spoils were shared after an uneventful match at Elland Road. Scott Murray was watching

The Guardian - UK

Chick-fil-A set to open first UK restaurant years after anti-LGBT+ controversy

Chick-fil-A confirms it will open its first permanent restaurant in Leeds this autumn

The Independent UK

Families’ horror at funeral director who kept babies’ bodies at home

Woman barred from Leeds mortuaries after one mother said she found dead baby propped up ‘watching’ cartoons

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Lidl to create 500 jobs after £435 million investment in warehouses

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said Lidl’s investment in the warehouses in London and Leeds was a ‘vote of confidence’ in the UK.

The Independent UK

UK supermarket to create hundreds of jobs after £435m investment

Chancellor Rachel Reeves praised the supermarket chain’s expansion as a ‘vote of confidence’ in the UK

The Independent UK

Will Smith’s UK tour thrown into chaos after bird strikes plane

Will Smith’s plane from Leeds to Cardiff was hit by a bird as it was landing, forcing the Hollywood actor and rapper to drive instead.

International Business Times UK

Women Are Not Safe In Manchester: Voyeurs Film Girls Without Their Knowledge - And They Now Have Millions Of Views

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Reading and Leeds festival review – Chappell Roan slays and Bring Me the Horizon power the circle pits

Thousands of post-GCSE teens join acts from pop-poet Antony Szmierek to rap megastar Travis Scott, before Hozier blazes and Wunderhorse go off like a rocket

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‘I got a nosebleed in minutes!’ How the Wedding Present’s indie banger classics inspired a musical

They lit up the 80s and 90s with abrasive tracks that were like kitchen-sink dramas. But can the Wedding Present’s acerbic songs work on stage? We meet the team making it happen – and the ‘rock god’ who penned the hits

The Guardian - UK

Labour to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail project

Starmer and Reeves expected to announce move before Labour conference, with aim of boosting backbench morale

The Guardian - UK

Want to know what’s going right in Britain? Come to the capital, look at the Elizabeth line railway

It’s a ‘can-do’ object lesson for the Treasury. And imagine what such ambition could do for the fortunes of Birmingham, Manchester or Leeds, says author Jonn Elledge

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‘I don’t expect to live a normal life’: how a Leeds teenager woke up with a Chinese bounty on her head

After speaking out about the suppression of Hong Kong’s protests, Chloe Cheung was targeted by Beijing, followed on the street and abused online. Yet she remains defiant

The Guardian - UK

I spoke to the AI avatar of a Leeds MP. How did it cope with my Yorkshire accent?

Leeds MP Mark Sewards has launched a digital assistant, but the results of my chat show MPs’ aides have nowt to worry about

The Guardian - UK

‘The Welsh language has been aggressively oppressed’: Tristwch y Fenywod, the gothic trio communing with a mystical Wales

Inspired by the ‘enchanted, sapphic feeling’ of the coast and with bat sounds for drums, this Wales-obsessed band sound like no one else. They explain how queerness, neurodivergence and anti-colonialism guide what they do

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