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
over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Thorpe Park Approach: Campaigners furious as east Leeds Premier League-backed sports complex appr...

Campaigners have reacted angrily after a huge grassroots sports complex in east Leeds was given the go ahead.

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over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Campaigners react angrily after green light given to Premier League-backed sports complex in east...

Campaigners have reacted angrily after a huge grassroots sports complex in east Leeds was given the go ahead.

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over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds city centre has busiest Saturday since before Covid

More people came into Leeds city centre last Saturday than on any Saturday since the Covid pandemic, council data has...

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over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds councillors urge Headingley residents to report Otley Run offences

Residents in Headingley have been urged to report offences linked to Leeds’ Otley Run pub crawl to the police.

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over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin's record on buses under fire as Lib Dem brands it ‘appalling’

West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin’s record on buses has been branded “appalling” by one of the region’s most senior L...

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over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds Bradford Airport: Leeds Council issues update on investigation into alleged night flights '...

Leeds Bradford Airport is “fully co-operating” with an investigation into claims it ran too many night flights this s...

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over 1 year ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Illegal parking unchallenged in Leeds as council can't recruit traffic wardens

As a result, illegal parking across the city is going unmonitored

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over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds Bradford Airport ‘fully co-operating’ with probe into alleged night flights breach

Leeds Bradford Airport is “fully co-operating” with an investigation into claims it ran too many night flights this s...

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over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Queensway Primary School closure: Prospect a ‘direct result of austerity’, Leeds council says

The potential closure of a north Leeds school is a result of austerity, the city’s leading councillors have insisted,...

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over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Bernard Atha: 'Fitting tribute' to ex Leeds councillor who featured in Kes and All Creatures Grea...

A “fitting and lasting tribute” will be created in memory of Leeds actor and long-serving councillor Bernard Atha, th...

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over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds council struggling to hire traffic wardens

Ticket-touting traffic wardens are becoming an increasingly rare sight across Leeds.

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over 1 year ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Town Street News in Armley denied alcohol licence by Leeds council

An Armley newsagents has been denied permission to sell alcohol by Leeds City Council, following a backlash by the lo...

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