Aisha Iqbal
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United Kingdom
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Leeds man’s photo documentary of ordinary Leeds folk is an online hit
We’re only human after all. → Read More
58,000 missed rubbish collections in Leeds
Rubbish is one of the few social levellers. We all produce it, we all need to put it somewhere, and we all expect - as a basic level of service our taxes pay for - for it to be taken away and dealt with. → Read More
Leeds feminist event cancelled at 11th hour by council after “transphobic” claims
A FEMINIST event at Leeds Civic Hall has today been cancelled by the council at the 11th hour after complaints from campaigners that it was potentially giving a platform to transphobic views. → Read More
674 bids for ONE Leeds council house
Almost 700 people bid for just ONE Leeds council house, official statistics show. → Read More
Aisha Iqbal: Leeds local election battle was a wake-up call for both Labour and the Tories
So, after a long and at times brutal local election campaign, it’s back to business at Leeds Civic Hall this week. → Read More
Leeds local election: A night of ups and downs
It was a strange night of ups and downs for all the parties at Leeds Civic Hall, as everything seemed to change - and yet, at the end, it pretty much stayed the same. → Read More
Leeds Local Elections 2018 LIVE BLOG: Follow all the updates as election count begins
Leeds goes to the polls today for an all-out local election to choose 99 new city councillors across 33 wards. → Read More
Leeds election 2018: 250,000 votes, 1,600 volunteers and three little crosses
Leeds goes to the polls today for an all-out local election to choose 99 new city councillors across 33 wards. → Read More
Leeds local elections 2018: See our essential A to Z focus on every ward as polling day looms
The local election polls open in just two day’s time - and with all 99 of Leeds City Council’s seats up for grabs on Thursday, May 3, it’s all to play for in the battle to oversee the city’s destiny. → Read More
Will local election ballot battle transform Leeds’s political map?
It’s local election time again, and with all 99 of Leeds’s council seats up for grabs on May 3, it’s all to play for in the battle to oversee the city’s destiny. → Read More
Leeds transport bosses vow to end ‘phantom’ buses epidemic and reverse plunging passenger numbers
Transport bosses have today vowed to end the problem of “phantom” buses failing to turn up, as part of a wider drive to radically improve Leeds and the wider region’s bus services and reverse plunging passenger numbers. → Read More
‘Am I British or Muslim first? I’m Yorkshire before both’ says Baroness Sayeeda Warsi of Dewsbury
SHE might have sat at the top table of British politics - and even shared a bunk bed with a former Prime Minister - but Baroness Sayeeda Warsi is a West Yorkshire girl through and through. Aisha Iqbal caught up with the Dewsbury-born and raised Conservative peer at the bed factory - founded by her father Safdar Hussain 40 years ago - which she now runs with her elder sister. → Read More
‘Priceless’ books of remembrance destroyed in Leeds crematorium break-in
Vile thieves broke into a Leeds crematorium and destroyed its cherished, historic Books of Remembrance. → Read More
Renewed pledge on reducing negative impact of Leeds ‘legal’ red light zone on local families
A Leeds council chief has insisted that “progress has definitely been made” in making the country’s first quasi-legal prostitution zone work - and in reducing adverse impact for families living in the surrounding area. → Read More
Better Leeds transport links ‘are vital to closing the wage gap’ and stemming soaring living costs
BETTER public transport links and more opportunities for workers to raise their wages are vital to narrowing the gap and pushing the Leeds economy to success, despite the pressures of rising living costs which are hampering thousands of families. → Read More
London 2012 Olympics village firm unveils plans for 756 flats on flagship Leeds city centre site
The firm which created a flagship London housing development in the former 2012 Olympics athletes’ village has now unveiled a major new homes vision for a key waterside site in Leeds city centre. → Read More
Leeds ex-soldier Danny has completed 40 fitness fundraisers...but he’s not done yet
Ex soldier Danny Walker more than lives up to his surname. → Read More
Double boost for Leeds city centre cultural and heritage buildings
Two major regeneration projects which will transform Leeds’s oldest building and help revitalise important cultural and historic areas of the city centre have received a £1.25m boost. → Read More
Leeds council cabinet meeting today
LEEDS City Council’s cabinet will meet later today (Wednesday) for its monthly meeting at Leeds Civic Hall. → Read More
Leeds City Council elections: Will Leeds voters show some independent spirit this May 3?
IN just six weeks’ time, Leeds voters will be asked to go the polls to elect a new city council. → Read More