Leeds Headlines 7 February 2024.
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00:00 Three stories in brief, and a father who set his daughter on his partner following a street
00:06 argument in Belle Isle has been jailed.
00:09 Paul Pepper has been given a 27-month sentence and a restraining order against the victim.
00:14 His daughter Georgina has been jailed for three years for viciously assaulting her.
00:18 Next, a disused stretch of Leeds Railway has been bought at auction by Network Rail.
00:24 The Wortley Curve closed in 1985 and sold for £47,000, three times its guide price,
00:30 and have been calls for the line to be reinstated as it would allow trains between Bradford
00:34 and Wakefield to bypass Leeds.
00:37 And finally, Ofsted has hailed the continued excellence of a Leeds school where pupils
00:42 thrive academically.
00:43 Roundhay School was rated Outstanding in all of the inspected categories including Quality
00:48 of Education, Behaviour and Attitudes, Personal Development and Leadership and Management.