Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) back issues from August 2006:
Paralysed Dad fights to rebuild life.
Aug 01, 2006 ... By Paul Robinson A LEEDS dad is fighting to rebuild his shattered life after being left paralysed in a holiday road accident. Mally Lancashire, 36, from Wortley, broke his neck after losing control of a motorbike he was riding during a stay at a paradise beach resort ...
Meercats chill out at 100F.
Aug 01, 2006 ... By Grant Woodward Today marks the beginning of August and, more importantly for many of us, the end of the hottest July since records began. The weather has cooled in the last couple of days and though the forecasters say things will hot up again, it's unlikely we'll ...
Inaccurate gun killed 'friendly fire'soldier.
Aug 01, 2006 ... by Geoff Fox A WEST Yorkshire tank commander who died in a "friendly fire" incident in Iraq was killed by a single round from a type of gun known to be inaccurate at short range, according to an official report. It adds that the gunner who fired the shot that killed ...
Man who caused PC's death in crash starts jail sentence.
Aug 01, 2006 ... By Neil Hudson A Sandhurst Army instructor who killed a Batley-born policeman by causing a high-speed crash as he was being driven to a police station today started a five-and-a-half year jail sentence. But after he was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court, Staff ...
Let the moos take you..name our cows!
Aug 01, 2006 ... TWO Leeds bovines would be full of the joys of summer - if only they had a name. The Dexter cattle, which live at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, Leeds, have full pedigree names. They were bought thanks to donations from the Yorkshire Evening Post and Radisson SAS Hotel ...
Solicitors help keep air ambulance flying.
Aug 01, 2006 ... By Suzanne McTaggart A SOLICITORS in Leeds which has adopted the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) as its office charity for the next year will launch its fundraising activities on Thursday. Lawyers and support staff at DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary will be taking part in ...
Councillors vow to be guardians to our children.
Aug 01, 2006 ... By Howard Williamson A GROUP of councillors in Leeds have pledged their commitment to act as guardians to children and young people in the city and provide the kind of support that any good parent or carer would. The 'corporate parenting guarantee' will focus on every ...
Rosy outlook for county tea drinkers.
Aug 01, 2006 ... BROAD Acres brew fans can celebrate Yorkshire Day with a real taste of God's Own County. Traditional tea and coffee company Pollards recruited Leeds TV chef Brian Turner to come up with a genuine Yorkshire tea treat. And the company, established in 1879, came up with ...
Yorkshire has such a lot of beauty to celebrate, flower!
Aug 01, 2006 ... Tykes look forward to celebrating their special day BY DEBBIE LEIGH THIS is God's own county - with its magnificent Dales, wild moorland, golden beaches and stunning cities offering a shoppers' paradise. It is a region known for its stunning looks, so what ...
Showtime for engraver who read the signs.
Aug 01, 2006 ... Artist given gallery boost recalls timely decision By Charles Heslett FOR years Allan Radcliffe used his hands to make his living engraving signs, including the brass plaques you see outside solicitors' offices. But the former machine engraver, of ...
Boss of private health clinic in pledge over ops.
Aug 01, 2006 ... By Vicki Robinson Health Reporter A PRIVATE health clinic criticised for failing to carry out NHS-funded operations WILL do the treatments, its boss promised today. As revealed by the YEP, the Eccleshill Centre was paid hundreds of thousands of pounds of ...
Rhinos fans told: 'Stools go or you're out'.
Aug 01, 2006 ... Young supporters fall foul of Bradford safety rules By Jo Rostron A family of Rhinos fans are fuming after security at Bradford Bulls' stadium removed stools used by kids to watch the game. The Hobson family take the stools to every match for 10-year-old ...
We want to see Pearl Jam...not traffic jam.
Aug 01, 2006 ... Festival-goers urged to take coach or train to Bramham Park By Paul Robinson MUSIC fans heading to this year's Leeds Festival were today urged: "Leave the car at home." Organisers of the annual rock extravaganza are desperate to avoid a repeat of the ...
Groom found dead in hotel hours before wedding.
Aug 01, 2006 ... By Jo Rostron A GROOM who had known his partner for 30 years was found dead in a Leeds hotel just hours before their wedding. Stuart Carmichael, 73, was found in his room at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel and Country Club, Otley Road on Saturday morning after failing to ...
Firefighters face weeks of battling moorland fire.
Aug 01, 2006 ... By Richard Edwards THE raging fire that has destroyed a quarter of Ilkley Moor could burn for weeks, firefighters have said. Crews from West Yorkshire Fire Service were today still battling the blaze, now into its sixth day. A fire service spokesman said ...
Incoming call for 600 workers.
Aug 01, 2006 ... Park site ideal, says company BY NIGEL SCOTT BUSINESS EDITOR CALL centre firm Ventura has announced plans to create at least 600 jobs in Leeds. The company, one of the UK's largest customer service operations, is to open a new call centre at ...
Father's tribute to 'wonderful' son killed in Iraq.
Aug 02, 2006 ... By Geoff Fox The father of a Leeds soldier killed in a mortar attack in Iraq has paid tribute to his "wonderful" son who "died a brave soldier". Corporal Matthew Cornish, 29, of 1st Battalion The Light Infantry, died yesterday after a multi-national force base in ...
Women footballers facing knockout blow.
Aug 02, 2006 ... By Geoff Fox The future of Leeds United Ladies has been thrown into jeopardy after the team was booted off the club's Thorp Arch training ground. It is a major blow for the Premiership women's side just 12 months after Leeds United chairman Ken Bates axed its [pounds ...
Chat room pervert used cancer story to trick girl.
Aug 02, 2006 ... By Rod Hopkinson A married man who lied to a young girl on an internet chat room and gained her trust by claiming he was a teenager dying of cancer has been jailed for two years. Glen Marwood, 49, pictured above, using the bogus name 'Ricky' told the 17-year-old by ...
Beat out that rhythm.. on any old rubbish!
Aug 02, 2006 ... Kids to learn that recycling can be such sweet music by richard edwards MUSICAL youth in Leeds are to tease out some tunes from a load of old rubbish. Zosia Berkieta, who runs the Moortown-based community arts collective the Rhythm Kitchen, is to lead a ...
Can you give a lift to disabled folk?
Aug 02, 2006 ... By Ben Anderson THE British Red Cross are desperate for volunteers to provide escorts for vulnerable and ill people in Leeds. The charity is appealing for local people to provide transport and, if necessary, an escort for people who cannot use public transport to ...
Pushed to the limit.
Aug 02, 2006 ... Simon and Leslie face Great North challenge By NEIL HUDSON THOUSANDS of runners will be entering the Great North Run later this year but one of them will be pushing harder than others. Lorry driver Simon Blakeley, 43, of Bromley Street, Batley, will ...
Let's all vote for Emmerdale stars.
Aug 02, 2006 ... By Suzanne McTaggart VOTING closes for the annual National Television Awards on Friday ...and today the YEP is urging all readers to get behind Emmerdale in the Most Popular Serial Drama category. It's been another explosive year for residents of the Yorkshire Dales ...
Children are winners in the recycling race.
Aug 02, 2006 ... By Richard Edwards LEEDS schoolchildren can teach adults a thing or two about recycling. And the next generation of recyclers have been rewarded for their recycling efforts in the city council's Waste Winners awards. The green youngsters and their teachers ...
Volunteers with their trolley buy new equipment for hospital.
Aug 02, 2006 ... BY Stuart Robinson PINDERFIELDS Hospital in Wakefield has a brand new piece of life-saving equipment thanks to fundraising work done by generous volunteers. The intensive care unit at the hospital was presented with a new [pounds sterling]16,000 bronchoscope by ...
Police clamp down on bad behaviour of off-road bikers.
Aug 02, 2006 ... BY Stuart Robinson POLICE in Wakefield have been tackling nuisance off-road bikers this week in a clampdown on anti-social behaviour. Officers from the Wakefield Neighbourhood Policing Team on patrol at the weekend seized two motorbikes and one quad bike from a ...
Fish-fulfilment! Pike obsession is in print.
Aug 02, 2006 ... BY Ben Anderson A RIVERBANK obsession with a freshwater predator has shaped the fishing life of social worker Dr Steve Rogowski. A chance angling meeting on a Yorkshire riverbank with a pike re-fuelled a passion that began when he was a youngster. But he ...
Funding cuts for needy are 'disgraceful'.
Aug 02, 2006 ... By DAVID MARSH municipal reporter HOUSING services for some of Leeds' most vulnerable people could be hit after government cuts, a councillor has warned. Coun Andrew Carter, the council's deputy leader, has condemned a decision to peg back the city's ...
Law firm mucks in to help out at farm centre.
Aug 02, 2006 ... By Nigel Scott LAWYERS from international law firm Eversheds' Leeds office hung up their pin-stripes and pulled on the shorts and t-shirts for a day on the farm. They spent the day mucking out and helping out at Herd Farm activity centre near Leeds. Herd ...
Mela on Sunday set to make headlines.
Aug 02, 2006 ... Come along - you'll have the time of your life say event organisers By Paul Robinson TENS of thousands of revellers will turn Roundhay Park in Leeds into party central this weekend as the city stages its 11th annual Mela. Around 100,000 people from across ...
Action call on two-year wait for hearing aid.
Aug 02, 2006 ... BY SOPHIE HAZAN HARD-OF-HEARING Robert Butterfield's struggle for help has pushed him into the Parliamentary limelight. In a Westminster showdown a Leeds MP urged the Government to prioritise action to deal with the "unacceptable" hearing aid waiting times. ...
Friends' memorial for tragic Daniel, 17.
Aug 02, 2006 ... Plaque marks the scene of death crash by Mark Lavery FRIENDS of a tragic Ossett teenager have raised cash for a memorial plaque at the tree where he was killed and three passengers critically injured in a horror smash. Daniel Shields, 17, died when his ...
Funtime in great outdoors for pupils.
Aug 02, 2006 ... by Katie Baldwin SCHOOLCHILDREN have become at one with nature through a scheme involving weekly visits to a West Yorkshire woodland. Pupils from Windmill Primary School in Belle Isle went to Bradley Wood scout campsite in Brighouse for fun including hunting for ...
Roller coaster wedding party back on track.
Aug 02, 2006 ... by Geoff Fox IT may have been the roller coaster ride from hell, but a Leeds couple's wedding plans are finally back on track. Amanda Morris and Scott Lee had feared their special day at Alton Towers would be ruined after it was announced the theme park was hosting a ...
Thieves make off with ...100kg flower tubs.
Aug 02, 2006 ... Village fury at audacious daylight raid By Suzanne McTaggart THE chairman of Woodlesford in Bloom has blasted thieves who stole two barrels of plants from the village in broad daylight. The barrels, which contained orange and blue bedding plants and ...
Robot delivers hospital prescriptions in seconds.
Aug 02, 2006 ... by Vicki Robinson health reporter STAFF in the pharmacy at St James's Hospital, Leeds, have been given a helping hand - by a robot. The machine - which aims to speed up the dispensing service - is the first of its kind working in a hospital pharmacy in the ...
It's raining bats and slogs!
Aug 02, 2006 ... Downpour stops play as top cricketers square up in playground By Tony Gardner IT wasn't quite the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object you might expect to see on a blistering hot day at Lords. Instead, it was a return to the law of the playground ...
Family offer [pounds sterling]135,000 'blood money' to stop execution.
Aug 02, 2006 ... By Paul Robinson THE family of a Leeds man facing the death penalty for murder in Pakistan have offered to pay as much as [pounds sterling]135,000 in "blood money" in a desperate bid to save his life. The YEP understands that is the small fortune which Mirza Tahir ...
115 British soliders pay the ultimate price in Iraq conflict.
Aug 02, 2006 ... BY Katie Baldwin SINCE the start of hostilities in Iraq in 2003, 115 British soldiers have died there. In the early hours of March 20, 2003, the war on Iraq began with a series of strikes on Baghdad aimed at Saddam Hussein and other key figures in the country's ...
Sex beast facing life in jail.
Aug 03, 2006 ... A paedophile who travelled up and down the country abusing children faces a lifetime in jail after luring a 12-year-old boy into a taxi and taking him to a park. Pervert Antony Smith, 52, was convicted of his first child sex offence in Pudsey, Leeds, in 1977. A ...
We have lift off!
Aug 03, 2006 ... Yorkshire Air Ambulance has bought its first helicopter - just three years after Yorkshire Evening Post readers helped to raise [pounds sterling]400,000 to save the charity. Chief executive Martin Eede confirmed that the Golden Wings Appeal had closed and that the [pounds ...
Fines for children over late library books.
Aug 03, 2006 ... Children who forget to return their library books are now being fined - and their parents could be hauled before the courts if they fail to pay up. Leeds City Council has introduced a late fee of 11p per item per day for book-loving youngsters who don't take them back within the ...
Time to bring tardy readers to book.
Aug 03, 2006 ... A dad is up in arms today over the decision to start fining children for the late return of library books. Leeds City Council recently introduced a fee of 11p a day for any book not brought back on time. Steve Lui says he was shocked to be told he had to pay 99p when ...
Stone roof tiles lifted from house.
Aug 03, 2006 ... THIEVES have stolen valuable and rare stone roofing tiles from a house in Dewsbury. The raiders struck at the house in Oates Street between 9.15am and 11am on Sunday, March 5. A group of men arrived at the address and after climbing on to the roof began to remove the ...
Motorist filled up with 'free' fuel and drove off.
Aug 03, 2006 ... POLICE are seeking the driver of a car with false registration plates which has been repeatedly used in thefts of petrol from garages in the Leeds and Halifax areas. On all the occasions the driver has pumped fuel into the car's tank, but then driven off without attempting to ...
Detectives' plea after car thefts.
Aug 03, 2006 ... DETECTIVES investigating house burglaries involving car ignition keys being stolen and and the subsequent theft of vehicles believe the three men pictured here may have vital information. The break-ins happened in the early hours of June 22 in the Halton and Harehills areas of ...
Safety card for young web users.
Aug 03, 2006 ... A "virtual ID card" has been launched to defeat online paedophiles. Manufacturers of the NetIDme system claim it will remove the ability of perverts to hide their true age when chatting on the internet. Youngsters apply for the ID with their parents' permission, and ...
Trickster steals widow's savings.
Aug 03, 2006 ... Crime File Beat the criminals from your door By Bruce Smith A conman robbed a disabled Leeds pensioner of her savings by tricking his way into her home, claiming to be taking part in a charity event. The trickster stole [pounds sterling]600 ...
Constructing academy of fine repute.
Aug 03, 2006 ... College doing 'first-class job' of training next generation of skilled trades By Ian Rosser Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn took a hands-on approach when he visited Leeds College of Building to launch a new mechanical and electrical skills academy. The ...
Happy holiday could put years on young visitors.
Aug 03, 2006 ... Olya and Diana enjoy a break from homeland blighted by nuclear fallout BY SOPHIE HAZAN THESE two girls are in Leeds on a holiday that could add years to their young lives. Vollia (Olya) Kastsianeuick, 14, and Dziyana (Diana) Novikava, 12, are from Belarus ...
High plains grafter.
Aug 03, 2006 ... By Vicki Robinson Health Reporter COURAGEOUS Jane Tomlinson is battling the weather in her epic ride across America. The mum-of-three, who is cycling more than 4,000 miles from the west to east coast, faced gale force winds of up to 49mph as she rode from ...
Monster fun only for the brave...
Aug 03, 2006 ... Win a private screening of summer blockbuster for 40 of your pals By Richard Edwards IMAGINE telling 40 of your mates you have set them up with a private screening of one of the summer's blockbusters. One lucky Yorkshire Evening Post reader will be able to ...
Leeds man backs mini-bikes blitz.
Aug 03, 2006 ... BY Richard Edwards THE uncle of a Leeds teenager nearly killed in a mini-motorbike crash today backed a tough Government crackdown on the machines. And David Taylor, of Gipton, Leeds, renewed his calls for a dedicated track to be built so mini-motorbikers could ride ...
Community unites to stop new Tesco store.
Aug 03, 2006 ... BY Richard Edwards RESIDENTS, politicians and businesspeople have teamed up to take on Tesco over proposals for a new Leeds store. The supermarket chain has applied to open a Tesco Express shop and filling station at the Esso garage, in Roundhay Road, Harehills. ...
Fraudster hid wads of cash in his bed.
Aug 03, 2006 ... Dewsbury benefits cheat stole thousands in state handouts By Rod Hopkinson A mill worker who claimed [pounds sterling]52,000 in benefits over seven years had [pounds sterling]9,000 in cash stuffed in coats, cardigans and in a bed. Father-of-four Mohammed ...
Clare joins star cast for teaching awards.
Aug 03, 2006 ... By Jo Rostron A LEEDS special needs teacher who specialises in pottery is on the shortlist for a national award. Clare Marlow, left, will attend the QIA STAR awards ceremony on October 30 in London. The government-funded Quality Improvement Agency aims to ...
Now parents will get bigger school uniform payouts.
Aug 03, 2006 ... By DAVID MARSH CHEQUES will next week land on the doormats of thousands of Leeds parents whose children are entitled to school clothing allowances. There was an outcry last month when the Yorkshire Evening Post revealed that the council intended to cut the number of ...
They are not as raft as they look.
Aug 03, 2006 ... Novice sailors using paddle power to boost charity coffers BY DEBBIE LEIGH SOME might call them daring, others foolhardy perhaps, but these fundraising rafting novices are determined to cross a five-mile lake in their makeshift craft. Using a few pieces of ...
Ballet stars of the future.
Aug 03, 2006 ... IT MAY have been chucking it down outside, but 80 of the world's best young dancers have given the summer a real lift. That's because the rising stars of ballet have descended on the city's West Park Centre to take part in an intensive summer school. The students, ...
Young Adam in lookalike showdown...
Aug 03, 2006 ... BEN Mitchell double Adam Stead is well on his way to becoming a star in his own right - or at least mixing with them. The nine-year-old, a pupil at St Patrick's RC Primary School, Halton, Leeds, has made it to the final five of a national soapstar lookalike competition. ...
The drama of Clough's turbulent reign at Leeds Utd.
Aug 03, 2006 ... Author lifts the lid on 'Ol Big 'Ead's time at Elland Road By Paul Robinson THEY were the most turbulent 44 days in Leeds United's history. Brian Clough swaggered into Elland Road at the end of July 1974 with a reputation as one of the shrewdest operators ...
The 'sold' Bill?
Aug 04, 2006 ... Millgarth police station could be demolished as part of a [pounds sterling]700m plan to transform the Eastgate area of the city. The YEP understands that West Yorkshire Police have been talking with Town Centre Securities, Hammerson UK Properties and Leeds City Council about the ...
Animal charity in bus ad campaign to gain support.
Aug 04, 2006 ... BY DANIEL CHIWARA A LEEDS animal charity has been forced to spend thousands of pounds on a new advertising campaign to draw in more supporters. Posters featuring photographs of cats and dogs and carrying slogans such as: "Are you going home? Can I come too?" are being ...
Pupils dig new summer craze.
Aug 04, 2006 ... Youngsters get a taste for archaeology BY SOPHIE HAZAN SPORTS fields are being dug up and metal detectors switched on as a new craze hits Leeds this summer. In the hope of uncovering hidden treasures inquisitive school pupils across the city are signing up ...
What fun! Playtime goes back to future.
Aug 04, 2006 ... Den-building, a haystack, fun with junk ...it's a children's revolution by Richard Edwards A RETRO-play revolution has begun with the help of thousands of Leeds children. The Children's Play Council, which is linked to play networks in towns and cities ...