‘Balls deep’: Investors poured millions into Leeds’ most luxurious tower. It might never be finished
The £90m Sky Gardens project had the mayor's backing and the money of the city’s finance leaders. Then developers started pestering for more cash
Brad Deas
Brad has reported on the region for eight years at the Telegraph & Argus in Bradford. His work exposed the dire state of Evri's Bradford depot and revealed how a council data leak led a man in his late 40s to discover he had been adopted.
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‘Balls deep’: Investors poured millions into Leeds’ most luxurious tower. It might never be finished
The £90m Sky Gardens project had the mayor's backing and the money of the city’s finance leaders. Then developers started pestering for more cash
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What’s next for Elland Road, a Leeds-Bradford tug of war and too much matrimony
Our first ever writer’s edition from Brad
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GetFaked: how a star baker confected his enemies
Rich Myers went viral for airing his haters online. Turns out they weren’t real
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Bradford and the making of David Hockney
Or: David Hockney and the making of Bradford
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