Getty Images Divya Talwar & Sarah Bell BBC News Maternity services at two Leeds hospitals have been downgraded from “good” to “inadequate” by the healthcare regulator, because their failings posed “a significant risk” to women and babies. Concerns from staff and patients around quality of care and staffing levels were substantiated by the Care Quality...
Divya Talwar & Tammi Walker BBC Tassie Weaver says she was treated like “a hysterical woman” by a midwife When Tassie Weaver went into labour at full term, she thought she was hours away from holding her first child. But, by the time she was giving birth, she knew her son had died. Doctors had...
Luke Humphries ended his 10-week wait for a Premier League nightly victory with a tense 6-5 win over Luke Littler in Leeds. The 30-year-old, who had not won a final since beating Littler on Night 4 in Exeter, came from 2-0 down to beat ‘The Nuke’ in a thriller. World number one Humphries averaged 100.96,...
Leeds United chairman Paraag Marathe has said he has “ended speculation” over the future of manager Daniel Farke by confirming the German is “my man”. The Whites secured promotion back to the Premier League two weeks ago and won the Championship title with a 2-1 victory at Plymouth on Saturday. Despite their stellar campaign, which...
Like Parker, Leeds boss Daniel Farke has vast experience of getting out of the Championship. He did so as champions with Norwich City in 2019 and 2021 and has now led the West Yorkshire club back to the Premier League after bouncing back from play-off final heartache against Southampton a year ago. Farke told BBC...
Plymouth Argyle head coach Miron Muslic says his side will “not roll out the red carpet” for title-chasing Leeds United on Saturday. Argyle are all-but relegated from the Championship and face a Leeds team who know they will lift the title if they can win at Home Park. Leeds are level on points with Burnley,...
PA Media Thousands of away fans are due to travel to Plymouth Security is being increased at Home Park for Plymouth Argyle’s match against Leeds United on Saturday, police said. Leeds United, who have already confirmed promotion to the Premier League, have sold out the away end at Home Park as they try to secure...
The first images showing what Leeds United’s Elland Road stadium could look like if expansion plans are given the go-ahead have been released. Proposals to modernise and expand the ground, taking its capacity from 37,645 to about 56,500, were backed by Leeds City Council’s executive board last week. The club, which secured its return to...
Emily Johnson BBC News, Yorkshire BBC/ Cathy Killick Police remain at the scene of the incident on Saturday A community is in “shock”, after two women were seriously injured in an attack involving a crossbow in Leeds. Counter-terrorism police are investigating the incident, which happened on Otley Road, in the Headingley area, at about 14.47...
Emily Johnson BBC News, Yorkshire BBC/Cathy Killick West Yorkshire Police have closed roads in the Otley Road area of Leeds Three people have been injured in an “ongoing serious incident” involving a man seen with weapons in Leeds. The man was seen in Otley Road, in the Headingley area, at 14:47 BST, West Yorkshire Police...
Everton are moving to poach further members of the Leeds United backroom staff as new owners The Friedkin Group establish their leadership team. The US-based investment firm’s takeover of the Merseyside club is set to coincide with a number of top-level recruitments, following confirmation Angus Kinnear – currently at Leeds – will take over the...
Leeds have been more impressive going forward this season, with Burnley more impressive at the back. “Dan James, Joe Rodon and Ethan Ampadu look capable of coping with the step up,” said BBC Radio Leeds reporter Adam Pope of the Wales internationals. Winger James has played in the Premier League with Leeds, Manchester United and...
Former England goalkeeper Joe Hart and ex-Premier League striker Chris Sutton discuss how Daniel Farke’s Leeds and Scott Parker’s Burnley will cope with the Premier League after both were promoted on Monday. Watch this week’s full episode of the Monday Night Club Read full article at source...
Adam Pope BBC Radio Leeds reporter Off the back of a mind-numbingly boring goalless draw at West Brom, the climate ahead of the trip to Hillsborough felt like that around the Birmingham City defeat early on in the previous season. Did Leeds have enough players to challenge for promotion? Georginio Rutter was on his way...
Leeds finished third with 90 points in 2023-24 before losing to Southampton in the play-off final. The summer saw highly-rated academy product Archie Gray sold to Tottenham, while Championship player of the season Crysencio Summerville left for West Ham. Those exits had seemed likely but the sale of talented forward Georginio Rutter to Brighton after...