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Report: ‘We’re All Getting Attacked’: How Disorder Broke Out in East Leeds

Craig Gent

Novara Media’s north of England editor Craig Gent reports from Harehills, east Leeds, where residents fear miscommunication will inflame community divisions.

Opinion: Britain’s Future Depends on Its Smaller Cities

Aaron Bastani

Britain is one of the most urbanised countries on earth, but this isn’t down to London. From Hull to Manchester, we must invest in our smaller cities, writes Aaron Bastani.

Novara Live: Boris Johnson Betrays the North

Boris Johnson's broken promises on high speed rail have led to accusations that he has betrayed the North. We ask HS2 expert Jon Stone about whether that's true.

Novara FM: Riots and the Red Flag

#ACFM's Keir Milburn offers a bloody and boisterous workers' history of Leeds.

A protest against the criminalisation of sex work.

Opinion: Scrapping Britain’s First Red Light District Will Be a Disaster for Sex Workers

Lydia Caradonna and Kate Hardy

Leeds city council plans to close the ‘managed zone’ in Holbeck, where sex work has been permitted since 2014. It’s a decision that puts the pearl-clutching of gentrifiers before the safety of workers, write Lydia Caradonna and Kate Hardy.

Report: ‘This is Our Home’: The Ex-Mining Community Fighting Demolitions in Yorkshire

Ethan Shone

Residents of Wordsworth Drive and Sugar Hill Close, a privately-owned social housing estate in Oulton near Leeds, are fighting a developer seeking to demolish their homes and replace them with new, market-rate housing. Ethan Shone reports.

‘Tantamount to bullying’: Asda Workers March Against ‘Flexible’ Contract Imposition

Craig Gent

Today Asda workers gathered in Leeds for a national demonstration against the imposition of 'flexible' new employment conditions, which they argue will have devastating consequences for workers' lives. Craig Gent reports.

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