Recently added articles from Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England):
Leeds ice mystery during summer heatwave.
Aug 04, 2008 ... It was the hottest day of the year - yet there was ice on the lawn of a Leeds garden. It came from out of the blue and hit a bird feeder before splintering. Harry Pollard, 80, retired heating engineer, of Vesper Gate Mount, Kirkstall, was astonished and took a ...
Leeds mum's plea after son died on railway.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A MUM grieving the loss of her son has made an impassioned plea to Leeds kids to stay off the tracks. Wendy Smith's son Ricky died at the age of 15 after being hit by a train near his home on Halton Moor in 1997. She joined a Network Rail campaign to speak out to ...
Driver of speedboat which hit Leeds woman faces prosecution.
Aug 04, 2008 ... THE driver of a speedboat which struck and killed a young Leeds woman in Malaysia will face criminal charges over the incident. Joanna Stillwell, 23, from Guiseley, was hit by the boat while snorkelling during a dream holiday on the island of Redang in July 2004. Her ...
Ex-Leeds soldier learns to combat battle stress.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A soldier who served in Iraq, Bosnia and Northern Ireland is looking for former troops to take part in a charity event to help veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Mark Smith, 36, went to jail for assault after leaving the army in 1996 and hit the bottom of a deep pit ...
Bishop shares new Leeds home with bats.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Generations of tradition will come to an end when the Anglican Bishop of Ripon and Leeds moves to the city. But the move from the Bishop Mount residence in Ripon to his new home in Leeds has been delayed - by the discovery of two colonies of bats. Bishops of the ...
Jail-dodger escapes prison again.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A SERIAL thief who escaped jail for trying to steal Christmas presents from a hospital childrens' ward walked free from court AGAIN despite carrying out three burglaries at West Yorkshire Playhouse. A Leeds Crown Court judge dubbed Kyron Callaghan, 30, a "wretched nuisance" who ...
Staggering attraction at Leeds City Museum.
Aug 04, 2008 ... IN a rut? Then you could break out of it by visiting Leeds's new [pounds sterling]20m City Museum which opens in September to see one of its staggering star attractions. If big really is beautiful then a Giant Irish Elk skeleton, now in position ahead of September 13's grand ...
Decision to refuse support for popular Leeds festival is condemned.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A senior councillor has hit out at a decision not to mount the popular open air Leeds Shakespeare Festival held for the past 13 years at Kirkstall Abbey. Coun Judith Blake (Lab, Middleton Park), Labour's city development spokesman, described the decision as a "crippling blow to ...
Leeds girl has to turn down prestige dancing school place.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A talented young dancer has suffered the heartbreak of having to reject a dream theatre school place due to a lack of funds. Maisy Farrington, ten, from Woodhouse, Leeds, left the Italia Conti Theatre Academy judges speechless with her skill when she auditioned for a place a ...
VIDEO: Leeds Bobby Dazl-ers.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "2,4,6,8 who do we appreciate ...? Dazl Diamonds!" Why? Because this dance troupe from south Leeds have just been crowned cheerleading champions of Europe. Four squads from the Middleton-based outfit walked away with trophies at the British Cheerleading Association international ...
Bieber judges 'have blood on their hands'.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Senior judges who agreed to overturn the whole-life term handed to the killer of Leeds policeman Ian Broadhurst have been told they have "blood on their hands". Paul McKeever, chairman of the Police Federation, branded a Court of Appeal judgment slashing the minimum jail term ...
SLIDESHOW: Great gay event is Pride of Leeds.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Giant 7ft stilettos, a gaggle of transgender superheroes and more dancing queens than you can shake a feather boa at! The third Leeds Pride festival brought the heart of the city to rainbow-coloured life yesterday - with hundreds of people of all backgrounds flocking to ...
567 bid for one Leeds council house.
Aug 04, 2008 ... An urgent call for more social housing to be built has gone out after a record 567 people on Leeds City Council's waiting list made a bid for a vacant property in Headingley. Coun Les Carter (Con, Adel and Wharfedale), executive member for housing and neighbourhoods, said the ...
Girl seriously hurt in Leeds car crash.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A YOUNG woman who was seriously injured in a chaotic road accident in Leeds was said to be in a "stable" condition in hospital today. A car carrying five young adults smashed into a parked car and ended up on its roof at 5.10 on Saturday morning. The parked vehicle ...
Leeds Flower Show is big success.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Mouthwatering summer fruits and lashings of homemade honey made the 123rd Leeds Flower Show one of the sweetest yet. Plant lovers and gardeners flocked to Lawnswood School for the two day showcase of beautiful blooms, awesome vegetables and impressive handicrafts. ...
Soldier's Leeds mum in council tax shock.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A LEEDS mum says she was threatened with a 25 per cent hike in her council tax bill - because her soldier son gets his mail delivered to her house. Single parent Andrea Drury-Lawrence gets a [pounds sterling]40 a month discount because she is classed as the only adult in her ...
Crash teenager dies.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A teenager knocked down in an early-hours collision on Saturday has died. Police said that Gregory Main, 19, from Sandal, Wakefield, was walking in Denby Dale Road in Wakefield at 3am on Saturday when he was hit by a Ford Puma car which was heading towards Wakefield. ...
Tributes pour in for Garforth crash victims.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Tributes continue to pour in for the three Garforth friends killed in an accident last week. David Bell, Stephen Thackwray and Brian Lewis, who were all travelling in a Fiesta, died in the head-on crash on the A656 Ridge Road, Garforth, around midnight on Wednesday. ...
Wakefield father and son killed in M62 horror smash.
Aug 03, 2008 ... A Wakefield father and son were killed in a horror motorway smash today as they drove to the airport to begin their summer family holiday in America. Gary Proctor, 47, and his son James, 16, died in hospital after their Fiat Punto collided with an Audi Quattro on the M62 in ...
Leeds plunge-death woman had been questioned.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A WOMAN who died after plunging from a high-rise block of flats in Leeds had been questioned by police about a man's death earlier this year. The dead woman was named by neighbours as Susan Lenihan, aged 40. She died on Thursday night after plunging from the window of ...