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Controlled explosion carried out at Asda HQ

The woman who said thanks to the thug who smashed my beauty salon - by transforming wreckage into Halloween display

Salon owner turns smashed window into spooky display

M621 is closed in both directions due to serious collision. Photo: Jonathan Gawthorpe

M621 closed in both directions due to collision, is there a diversion?

Blake Fielder-Civil and Amy Winehouse in 2007

Woman caught in Amy Winehouse love triangle has died

Mum-of-two Coleen Mellor, a sergeant with West Yorkshire Police, was found dead at her home

Tributes paid to mum-of-two police sergeant found dead at her home

96 football fans lost their lives as a result of the Hillsborough disaster, and years later a 97th death was also attributed to the crush

12 police officers 'would have faced Hillsborough misconduct cases'

Jodie Ounsley, better known as Fury on Gladiators, was recently announced for the Strictly Christmas special.

TV star 'heartbroken' as father dies suddenly on Three Peaks

Former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins who has died after being attacked in Wakefield prison, West Yorkshire, on Saturday morning while serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offences

Paedophile rock star killed in prison by inmate - two arrested

Bradford College

Man charged after 'racially aggravated' incident outside college

Traffic queueing on the M62 this morning in West Yorkshire after an accident near Pontefract

Motorway reopened after collision

Emma Graves, 44, was left 'terrified' when a car being pursued by police smashed into her flat - just as she was playing Grand Theft Auto

Woman playing Grand Theft Auto is shocked as car slams into her home

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a stabbing in Leeds, police have said.

Man, 31, arrested on suspicion of murder after man stabbed to death

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Teenager arrested for rape and murder after girl, 13, found dead

Tributes and flowers laid for beloved Halifax mum

Shannon Matthews was kidnapped and imprisoned by her mother Karen in 2008 (Getty Images)

New documentary on missing girl set for release

Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after three-year-old girl found dead in a house in Leeds

Child found dead in house

A woman found dead at a property in Batley has been formally identified as 21-year-old Courtney Angus from Dewsbury.

Woman named after body found at house
A woman found dead at a property in Batley has been formally identified as 21-year-old Courtney Angus from Dewsbury.
Rahmah Ghazali

Sebastian, 12, who died in Castleford, West Yorkshire, on Friday, June 27, after taking part in an online challenge

Schoolboy, 12, dies after trying social media challenge

Charlie Mitchell, 26, was a patrol officer based in Halifax and had been reported missing from his home in Leeds on Saturday.

Police officer found dead had recently welcomed first child

Khatija Umarji died at the scene of the accident on Commercial Street, Batley, yesterday morning.

Woman who dies after being hit by road sweeper named

A serving West Yorkshire Police officer, who was reported missing, has been found dead.
Charlie Mitchell, 26, was off duty when he was reported missing from home in Leeds on Saturday night, with concerns for his welfare.
Officers had been carrying out a search of St Aidan’s Nature Reserve when they found his body at about 5.30pm on Sunday.

Missing police officer, 26, is found dead

White Ribbon UK joins JogOn campaign to stop harassment

Steps that count: White Ribbon UK joins JogOn campaign to stop harassment

A motorcycle rider is fighting for his life after a car crash involving eight vehicles on a busy motorway near Leeds. (Photo: National World/Google)

Drivers stuck on motorway for 'seven hours' after serious crash

Police have found a body in the search for a missing teenage girl who fell into a reservoir from a dam.

Body found in search for missing teenager

The M1 in Leeds has been shut following a serious collision.

Motorway closed after serious crash

Ashton Kitchen-White, 19, was crossing Middleton Ring Road, near the Leeds Urban Bike Park, at around 10.09pm on Friday (May 16) when he was hit by a car.

Aspiring doctor killed in hit-and-run

Alice Williams

Mum tells driver who killed her daughter she feels 'white-hot rage'

“Much loved dad” John Shelton was killed in a hit-and-run collision in Leeds

Grieving wife of cyclist killed in Leeds hit-and-run speaks out
Cyclist John Shelton was killed as he rode along a “long and straight” road in Leeds on Monday.
Jamie Jones

The 'horrific' attack happened in Headingley on Saturday afternoon.

Man who attacked women with a crossbow 'kills himself' in hospital

Two women were seriously injured in Headingley

Terror police swoop as two women seriously injured in crossbow attack

Man attacked with hammer in takeaway

Officers from West Yorkshire Police arrested a total of five people for offences linked to the drugs trade.

Watch: Police seize £1.6m worth of cannabis plants

The fatal collision occurred on the M621 in the early hours of this morning

Man dies and four people arrested after motorway car and lorry crash

This video shows the moment teens run through the streets of Gipton brandishing machetes

Watch: Moment gang chase after victim with machetes and handgun

St James's Hospital in Leeds

Elderly woman sexually assaulted by man in hospital A&E waiting room

Three teenagers have died after their car hit a tree on Bramley Lane in the village of West Bretton in Wakefield.

Three teenagers die after car crashes into tree

Custody image of Hollie Hanson.

TikTok star jailed for abusing girlfriend

The police said the body was found near Intake Lane in Beal, close to Eggborough and Knottingley, without any identification or personal belongings.

Body recovered from area of flooding

Bradford Bulls player Keven Appo, 25, has been charged with rape, sexual assault on a female and two counts of assault.

International rugby star charged with rape

Three people have been seriously injured after a suspected gas explosion which caused their homes to collapse in Whitehaven, Cumbria

Man in hospital and homes evacuated after gas explosion

Police have closed the road while an investigation takes place.

Road closed as police investigate fatal car crash

Sheffield has woken up to snow this morning.

Watch: Snow coats roads and parks across UK as travel is disrupted

(Clockwise from top left) Diaz Watson Frederick, Billy Dennis Wright, Connor Leigh Walker and Kyle Snowball have been jailed.

Burglars film themselves gloating over stolen cars and jewellery

Police in Huddersfield are looking for Jane Charlesworth, 48, who was reported missing wearing blue medical scrubs

Police alert after woman wearing medical scrubs reported missing

Man falls from car after clinging on after bag theft.

Watch: Have-a-go-hero falls from car after clinging on after bag theft

The woman fell from Shakespeare Towers in Burmantofts

Baby fights for life after tower block plunge death of pregnant woman

Maboob Bostan used a false passport to leave the country while on bail after being charged with sex offences in 1998.

Attacker raped three women and then fled the UK on fake passport

Convicted rapist Maboob Bostan has been jailed for 24 years.

Convicted rapist who fled the UK on fake passport is jailed

An Evri delivery driver has been sacked after he was caught on camera shoving a wooden mop through a customer's letterbox to 'hit' dogs in the property.

Evri driver sacked after ramming mop through letter box to 'hit dogs'

Amber Deakin with her son Junior

Two men charged after 18-year-old woman died in Yorkshire crash

16-year-old Sarah Cain died after being injured in a horror crash in West Yorkshire.

'Beautiful' and 'irreplaceable' girl, 16, dies following crash

Mum Bryonie Gawith, 29, and children Denisty, nine, Oscar, five and Aubree Birtle, 22 months, were taken to hospital but all died from their injuries.

Two men charged after mum and three children killed in house fire

Mr Kondor was pronounced dead at the scene in Heights Drive, Wortley, on Tuesday evening (Aug 20) after his silver Ford Transit Cargo van was stolen in Alliance Street while he was making a delivery.

Man, 32, charged with murder following death of Leeds delivery driver

Mum Bryonie Gawith, 29, and children Denisty, nine, Oscar, five and Aubree Birtle, 22 months, were taken to hospital but all died from their injuries.

Tributes to mum and three children killed in arson attack on home

Eddie Hampshire (right) is being hunted by police after officer named him as a suspect in the murder of delivery van driver Claudiu-Carol Kondor (right).

Urgent manhunt for suspect in Leeds delivery van driver murder probe

Delivery driver Claudiu-Carol Kondor, 42, was killed after a thief stole his delivery van while he was working in Leeds.

Delivery driver killed in van theft named as man arrested for murder

Three children and a woman have died following a house fire on Westbury Road in Bradford.

Three children and woman killed in house fire as man arrested

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