David Spereall Local Democracy Reporter
  • 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.

Published In

Yorkshire Evening Post, Leeds Live, Yorkshire Live

766 Articles
9 months ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Apology after residents’ bags searched outside Royal Armouries

The property company has said sorry for the blunder

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9 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Cross Gates woman's victory with bricks at huge Leeds development to stop birds becoming 'extinct'

An amateur artist and bird lover has managed to secure changes to a major Leeds development which will help the under...

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9 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds Christmas Market 2023 to be redesigned taking over whole city centre with three 'outdoor ba...

Leeds’ new “bigger and better” Christmas market will be spread right across the city centre for the first time, as it...

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9 months ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Sharp rise in illegal Traveller camps across Leeds as 'community struggling'

There were more than 120 unauthorised Travellers camps in Leeds this year

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9 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds City Council: 'Extremely busy year' for unauthorised roadside encampments as sharp increase...

There has been a sharp increase in the number of unauthorised roadside encampments being set up across Leeds.

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9 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Poorest households in Leeds spending nearly 50 per cent of wage on rent in 'shocking' findings

Low earners in Leeds are spending almost half their monthly income on paying rent, a report has found.

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9 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Allerton Bywater: Leeds battery farm firm hits back after council leader criticises proposals

A firm behind controversial plans to install a battery farm has insisted it had “no reason” to alter the proposals, a...

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9 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Mass transit system won’t be ‘Leeds centric’ say bosses amid concerns over connecting Calderdale ...

West Yorkshire’s new mass transit system won’t be “Leeds-centric”, a senior officer working on the landmark scheme ha...

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9 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Allerton Bywater: Leeds Council leader hits out at battery farm plans as community 'vehemently op...

The leader of Leeds City Council has criticised the firms behind plans to install two battery farms on separate sites...

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9 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Dozens of Leeds child asylum-seekers wrongly classed as adults by the Home Office

Thirty child asylum-seekers in Leeds were wrongly categorised as adults by the Home Office, according to a council re...

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9 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds Dock: Alcohol licence noise fears ‘blown out of proportion’, applicants claim

Fears around late-night noise at Leeds Dock if a new alcohol licence is granted have been “blown out of proportion”, ...

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9 months ago
yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Leeds Liberal Democrats criticise city council's 'plant your own tree' scheme

Leeds’ Liberal Democrats have criticised the Labour-run city council over a new urban tree planting scheme.

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