Angela Williams from Morley was understandably shocked when she opened a can of Heinz baked beans to find a beetle staring back at her. This was one of a number of shocking stories making the news in August 2002. Others included a kitten left abandoned outside a cats rescue charity and the fallout from the three day Leeds Festival at Temple Newsam were fires raged. Enjoy these photo memories, plucked from the YEP archive, charting 31 days in the life of your city. READ MORE: 33 closed Leeds pubs which will stir fond memories for drinkers LOVE LEEDS? LOVE NOSTALGIA? Join Leeds Retro on facebook
![Cricketer Andrew Flintoff helps a pigeon that was stuck in the nets ahead of England's Test Match with India at Headingley. It flew away after resting.](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmY1MWRmNjE2LTk4Y2MtNDJmNS1iNGJhLTk1YWY1NWMxZWJhZjpmNTFlYTJlNS1jYjFmLTQwNmMtOGNmNy1mNTEyNzIwNWUzYjg=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
13. Leeds in August 2002
Cricketer Andrew Flintoff helps a pigeon that was stuck in the nets ahead of England's Test Match with India at Headingley. It flew away after resting.Photo: Steve Riding
![Share your memories of Leeds in August 2002 with Andrew Hutchinson via email at: andrew.hutchinson@jpress.co.uk or tweet him - @AndyHutchYPN](https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmE1NDA2NTFiLWI1NTktNGQ3YS1iZDc1LTRlODM0NDNhNzgyZDphM2M5ZWJjMS1iOGM3LTQyYmQtOGI3My0zZTA5NDVjNzY5MjY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
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