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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

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Labour to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail project

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

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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

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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

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‘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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After six years as a Nameless Ghoul in Ghost, Chris Catalyst just wants to play with his mates

The new album by Eureka Machines, Everything, is the band's first in seven years

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Woman charged with murder of three-year-old girl in Leeds

Police were called to Austhorpe Court, Leeds, after a report of concern for the safety of a young child

The Independent UK

‘I was a shoplifter and heroin addict – now I help others like me’

LIFE STORIES: After 32 years of drugs, abuse and petty crime – as well as numerous spells in prison – Charlie pledged to turn her life around. She tells Maira Butt about finally hitting her rock bottom, and why today she is proud to serve as an inspiration to people…

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Murder investigation launched after girl, 3, found dead in Leeds home

A woman also found inside the property has been arrested on suspicion or murder

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Report highlights ‘significant concerns’ over hospital maternity services

More than 100 recommendations have been made to improve maternity care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Evening Standard

Super League votes through expansion to 14 teams for 2026 but tricky next steps await

Super League will extend to 14 teams in 2026 after clubs approved to increase the competition by two

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What counts as a ‘bad day’ is subjective – but I’ve found something that I’m sure annoys absolutely anyone

TikTokers are listing things that would contribute to a low-key ‘day from hell’ – from waking up at a friend’s house hungover to platform 16 at Leeds train station. Here are my petty irritations, writes Emma Beddington

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Dining across the divide: ‘A 31-month sentence for the Tory councillor’s wife seems a bit harsh’

Immigration, Kneecap and gay rights in Muslim-majority nations were the hot topics for an English examiner and an electrician from Leeds. So, did sparks fly?

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Ian Hislop calls arrest of man holding Private Eye cartoon at Gaza protest ‘mind-boggling’

Jon Farley arrested under Terrorism Act at Leeds demonstration for holding sign making joke about Palestine Action ban

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‘Such a violent confrontation’: Love Decade, the Leeds rave that prompted 836 arrests

Amid a police crackdown on rave culture in 1990, the now infamous warehouse party became a riot, resulting in one of the UK’s biggest mass arrests. Attendees and DJs look back

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Resurrect HS2 northern leg to boost rail freight capacity, say UK manufacturers

Reviving line to Manchester and Leeds would help get lorries off roads and cut emissions, according to lobby group

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Evening Standard

Key points from Rachel Reeves’s Leeds reforms

The measures include reforming key banking rules, cutting red tape in the City, and encouraging more retail investing.

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Reeves unveils City strategy aimed at cutting red tape and fuelling UK growth

‘Leeds Reforms’ include streamlined accountability for senior bankers and a campaign to get more consumers investing in stock market

Evening Standard

Biggest financial reforms ‘in a decade’ to bring risk-taking back into City

Changes include reforming the bank ring-fencing regime and reducing burdensome regulation in the City.

Evening Standard

Reeves sets out sweeping reforms to financial sector in search for growth

The changes are ‘freeing up firms to take risks and to drive growth’, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said.

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Temu Helps SOL Scale Operations and Create Jobs in Yorkshire

E-commerce growth fuels investment in a new Leeds distribution centre as the retailer expands at home and abroad

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Please do touch: sculpture exhibition curated by blind people to feature tactile works

Henry Moore Institute in Leeds, hosting Beyond the Visual, hopes to challenge ‘ocularcentric bias’ in galleries

The Independent UK

Bastille Day recipes: Four French classics to cook and share

Shellfish bisque, onion tartlette, braised lamb shoulder and crème brûlée – Leeds restaurant Bavette shares a celebratory menu that proves French food still rules the (revolutionary) roost

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