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
almost 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Fears Leeds TV signals could be blocked by new industrial estate

But the new warehouses could create thousands of jobs

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almost 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

West Leeds junction ravaged by congestion could be overhauled

Dawson's Corner in Pudsey is frequently blocked with heavy traffic and delayed buses

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almost 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

More student flats as developers eye historic city centre pubs

The Victoria and Commercial Hotel and the old Masonic Hall could be redeveloped

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about 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Fury after golf club seizes protest signs in Leeds 'Center Parcs' plan row

People in Wike aren't happy with Leeds Golf Centre's plans for 35 cottages and a revamped clubhouse

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about 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Patients mistaking infection for Covid now face treatment delays

Rates of the disease are high

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about 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

A&E waiting targets missed last year after ‘winter like no other’

Health service bosses said they have never seen anything like it

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about 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Leeds bank starts shutting down process after closure confirmation

The RBS branch in Leeds city centrewill shut

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about 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Students so isolated they have 'forgotten how to interact'

The pandemic and online teaching has been blamed

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about 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Fears over golf club’s ‘Center Parcs-style’ plan for tiny Leeds village

Leeds Golf Centre in Wike want to put up 35 eco lodges

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about 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

GP crisis 'getting worse' warn Leeds health bosses with 5,000 jobs empty

There's a serious shortage of family doctors and it's not going to get better anytime soon

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about 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Police want to shut down Leeds bar they claim is 'a front'

Shaftesbury Pool Club was shut down after a string of stabbings before it reopened as Maddison Bar and Grill

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about 2 years ago
leeds-live.co.uk

Leeds bar throwing four day street party for May bank holiday

Belgrave on Merrion place has been given permission to play music on a side street this bank holiday

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