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Overflowing bins in Leeds
Further talks are being held in Leeds which it is hoped will bring an end to the city's 10-week bin strike by refuse workers.

Alexandra Burke pulls out of the Christmas lights switch-on in Leeds with organisers blaming "contractual issues".

An inexperienced pilot and his wife from Brighouse died in a helicopter crash after taking off in bad weather, a report says.

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An old colliery near Oulton is now a haven for wildlife.

Tate lands first female director
Tate Britain appoints its first female director, Dr Penelope Curtis, currently curator of the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds.

Sex act optician in jail warning
An optician who performed a sex act while giving a teenage girl an eye exam is told he could be jailed.

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