Emma Ryan

A family are campaigning to end a “crisis” in healthcare that has seen their teenage daughter hospitalised 50 miles away for the last 15 months because there are no beds in Leeds to treat her eating disorder.

The team of Darcy Blacker, Hollie Wilson, Isobel Newman and Eliza Jones won their medals in the junior girls 4x50m freestyle relay against a competitive national field. The students, who are in Years 7 and 8, all achieved personal best times in the final. Alexandra Mehta, head of swimming at GSAL, says: “The team only started swimming together one month before the qualifiers. They’ve shown a lot of dedication. We are so proud that they represented Yorkshire on the podium of a prestigious nation…

Police investigating as mystery surrounds how man got injured in Wakefield city centre

A new £20m mental health inpatient unit for people aged between 13 and 18 will open its doors for the first time in Leeds this week.

In 2018, Hunslet Carr was deemed by inspectors to be a school that ‘requires improvement’. However, an inspection held in November has revealed a number of changes at the school that has resulted in it being classed as a ‘Good’ school overall with one outstanding feature. The quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management and early years provision were found to be good, while personal development was outstanding. In the report, released this month, it says: “Pupils are…

Ryan Lunn, aged 24, was sentenced for making 610 indecent images, 192 of which were placed in the most serious category A, and one which was considered “extreme” pornography. He was also sentenced for engaging a teenage boy in sexual activity and for offering sexual contact with a child. Leeds Crown Court was told by Samuel Ponniah, for the prosecution, that in August 2020 police went to Lunn’s home after getting intelligence to suggest there would be illegal images on a mobile phone. They recov…

Craig O’Neile, 18, is being sought by officers following an assault which took place in June last year in Richmond Hill, say West Yorkshire Police. O’Neile is also wanted for breach of probation. A spokesperson said that despite extensive enquiries, officers have been unable to locate him and are appealing to the public for help. Anyone with information is asked to contact Leeds CID on 101, quoting crime reference 13210279752 or online via www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101livechat Information can…

Steven Bainbridge appeared at Leeds Crown Court on Friday via a video link from prison where he was due to be sentenced for breaching a restraining order. Becky Jane, prosecuting, said a restraining order had been imposed upon Bainbridge, of Arthington View, Hunslet on May 27 2021 which banned him from contacting his ex-partner, directly or indirectly, for the period of the order that runs until May 26 this year. The court was told the pair had been in a relationship for five years and the compl…

The event, on March 19 at Headingley Stadium, has already sold out of its 400 tickets and will be raising funds to go towards the £5m needed to build the The Rob Burrow Centre for Motor Neurone Disease. For 30 years the sisters have done ballroom and Latin dancing, and with their dance contacts and Rob’s celebrity and sport contacts, they have come up with a star-studded line up for the night which will feature a dinner, raffle and auction and of course, the dancing. Celebrities and sporting sta…

Each year since 2001, Johnny Heath and his team – Dave Bendall, Jonno Ambler, Mark Harrison and Tim Heath – have taken on the Red Bull Soapbox Race in various vehicles from an A-Team van to an Apollo rocket but they have yet to cross the chequered flag first. The four-strong squad will line up against 70 other teams at Alexandra Palace in London on Sunday when they hope to cross the line in the fastest time and grab extra points for design creativity, costumes and performance. There have been lo…