Leeds headlines 11 January: Featherstone B&M shoplifter jailed

Leeds Headlines 11 January 2024.

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00:00 Three stories in brief and a relapsed drug addict who pulled a knife on a worker when

00:06 he tried to shoplift headphones from B&M has been jailed. Matthew Davies has been given

00:11 a 45 month jail sentence at Leeds Crown Court for the robbery on Wakefield Road.

00:17 Next more than 100 new bus drivers have secured employment in West Yorkshire following a specialist

00:22 training programme funded by Mayor Tracey Brabin. The Route to Success programme was

00:27 launched to help tackle the region's bus driver shortage and it has helped people to progress

00:32 into employment with transport organisations across the region, including at Arriva and

00:37 First. And finally, Wild Deer events are hosting their

00:41 first challenges of the year at Hayward House in Leeds this weekend. The event will see

00:46 runners take on either a half marathon, a 5k or a 10k race on Saturday 13th January.

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