David Spereall Local Democracy Reporter
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  • Leeds
  • National World

David started covering Leeds City Council as a Local Democracy Reporter in 2022, having covered Wakefield for the Local Democracy Reporting Service for the previous four years. He has also worked as a journalist in Hull, Kirklees and Morley.

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Yorkshire Evening Post, Leeds Live, Yorkshire Live

766 Articles
6 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds buses: Extra PCSOs drafted in to help tackle 'rising anti-social behaviour' in West Yorkshire

Extra PCSOs are being drafted in to help tackle rising anti-social behaviour on the bus network in Leeds and across W...

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6 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Plans to build block of 183 student flats in Leeds approved as 'Burley Beach' building set to be ...

Plans to build a new block of student flats close to the University of Leeds’ main campus have been unanimously appro...

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6 months ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Leeds bus firms on 'ghost buses' failing to turn up and vanishing from boards

Ghost buses are a real problem in Leeds

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6 months ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Police patrolling on Leeds and West Yorkshire buses due to rise of onboard crime

Crime on buses is being tackled by West Yorkshire Police

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6 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds bus operators explain why 'ghost buses' disappear from digital timetables

“Patchy” technology and GPS blackspots are largely to blame for mistakes on digital bus timetables across West Yorksh...

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6 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Otley: Former pub The Yeoman that has been empty for 14 years in Leeds town could be converted to...

A much-loved former pub which has laid empty for 14 years could finally have a new lease of life as a set of one and ...

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6 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds grandmother puts ‘light and heating on in July’ because of trees blocking out daylight

A grandmother-of-eight has to put her “lights and heating on in July”, because the trees outside her Leeds home block...

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6 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds councillors welcome U-turn as ticket offices saved including Cross Gates and Garforth

The government’s decision to abandon ticket office closures at train stations has been welcomed by councillors across...

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6 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Ruth Gorse Academy: Staff forced to park on Leeds school's playground due to lack of space in 'sa...

A Leeds school says it needs to expand its parking facilities because of a current “health and safety risk” to students.

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6 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Beeston St Francis: Old south Leeds school bungalow to be auctioned off by city council in bid to...

The former caretaker’s bungalow at a south Leeds school is to be sold off by the city council, in a bid to raise much...

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6 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds City Council: Demolition of tower blocks in Seacroft and Armley on ice amid issues with hou...

Plans to demolish six council tower blocks in Leeds are on ice for now, after opposition councillors called the decis...

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6 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds Bradford Airport accused of breaking night-time flight quota by nearly 500 flights this summer

Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) has run nearly 500 night-time flights more than it was allowed this summer, campaigners ...

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