Leeds, England News

Joan Hardy died peacefully at Ghyll Royd Nursing Home in Guiseley, where she has lived for the past 11 years.

A few weeks back, British alt-pop quintet The Dunwells preformed at UC Santa Barbara's Storke Plaza.

Members of the Save Suffolk Court Action Group will attend a meeting at the home with officials from Leeds Adult Social Care.

I have nothing but contempt for overpaid, over-mighty managers, buttressed in power and authority by the Tory NHS "reforms" They are the elected Unison and Unite representatives of workers at the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, based in Wakefield, which has a history of chronic mismanagement.

An angry mum has hit out at plans to build more houses in the area after her son was unable to go to his first choice school due to lack of places.

Fellow wrestler Al "Armour-plated" Marshall, veteran of more than 1,000 bouts, said of her: "She fought for women's rights, she was the Emily Pankhurst of wrestling." The comparison with the early 20th Century suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst came about because of Brittain's battles with local councils to be allowed to wrestle.

From Granada TV to Radio Leeds, the North has always punched above its weight as a broadcaster.

Opponents of the Government's planned high-speed rail link fear failed hardship compensation claims by residents in the south of England are a sign of things to come for Yorkshire.

The late Charlie Adams and Jayson Kunnuk from the film Qallunajatut will be screened at the Katittavik town hall theatre May 15 at 7:30 p.m.. Nunavik filmmaker Jobie Weetaluktuk will remain in Kuujjuaq until May 17 to meet film lovers and students and to present two of his films in Kuujjuaq for the first time.

The tireless service and dedication of head teachers who have clocked up over 280 years' service between them was honoured at a special reception.

A woman has been jailed for eight months after she falsely claimed she had been sexually attacked in the street leading to the arrest of an innocent man.

Six new trees, granite repaving and high-quality seating will feature in the upgrade of Bond Court, which is located between Park Row, Greek Street, East Parade and Infirmary Street.

Call Lane could become a no go area for any new bars and clubs in one of a number of major changes to the city's licensing policy.

WITH a dad who would take him up and down the country as he researched his latest work on local folklore, you could say it was inevitable that Kai Roberts would grow up to develop an interest in the unusual and outlandish.

Ryk Downes, fourth from the left , and Greg Mulholland holding the poster on the right, at Suffolk Court last week Barbara Tattersley, Elizabeth Morris and Lynn Meays launched their campaign as a result of Leeds City Council's proposal for a change of use of the full-time residential home to short-stay intermediate care.

Leeds has seen a boom in book festivals in recent years, putting it firmly on the literary map.

A team of Bradford whiz-kids who want to be the next generation of Britain's bosses have been highly commended in a school business enterprise awards scheme.

The annual Party in the Park pop concert in Leeds is introducing ticket charges for the first time in its history.

Up to 1,001 new primary school places are to be created in Leeds after senior councillors approved the latest in a raft of expansion measures to deal with increasing demand amid rising birth rates.

Road closure and bus diversions had to be put in place on Saturday after fire tore through the three-storey Rising Sun on Kirkstall Road, near to the junction with Willow Road.