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Leeds: City in West Yorkshire, England
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. The city was a small manorial borough in the 13th century and a market town in the 16th century. It expanded by becoming a major production centre, including of carbonated water where it was invented in the 1760s, and trading centre for the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Follow live text commentary as Huddersfield face Leeds and Bristol City host Cardiff to start Saturday's Championship action.
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