Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) back issues from November 2006:
Row over school places.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A popular Leeds school with one of the highest appeal rates in the city has become embroiled in a new admission row over places. Temple Moor High in Halton has been among the fastest-improving schools in the UK for the last five years. Exam success has risen ...
Watch out Ant and Dec...
Nov 01, 2006 ... They're a Leeds comic duo who would give their heroes Ant and Dec a run for their money. And while the famous Geordie double-act started their screen careers early, first appearing on BBC1's Byker Grove as fresh-faced pre-teens, these two are starting even earlier. ...
Husband's battle to keep family together.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A husband has told of his horror on learning his wife and her three children will be forced out of the UK in less than two months. Nigerian-born Monsurat Bragger, 30, who lives in Wakefield with husband Anthony, must leave with her three children before the December deadline. ...
Cooking class comes to your own kitchen.
Nov 01, 2006 ... By Suzanne McTaggart FOR years, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has encouraged families to eat healthy meals together around the dining table. Now, a chef from Gledhow hopes to make this vision a reality in Leeds - by launching a cookery school with a difference. ...
It's the new centre of attraction for Bramley.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Tenants group help to bring new lease of life to community building BY KATIE BALDWIN A WEST Leeds tenants group has more get up and go than most. It has taken over a community centre they now intend to make the heart of the area. Moorside ...
Season's eatings with a touch of Victorian class.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Christmas below stairs on the menu of historic home By Andy Broughton HAREWOOD House will be the host of Christmas past as it takes a trip back in time for celebrations tailored for all the family. The popular Below Stairs exhibition will house a seasonal ...
New pathway is vital link to great outdoors.
Nov 01, 2006 ... By DAVID MARSH COUNCIL chiefs in Leeds are confident they are on the right lines with the official opening of a new [pounds sterling]165,000 pathway for walkers, cyclists and horse riders. The 1.4km-long Lowther Lake Pathway forms part of The Lines, a long-term ...
University leads war on global warming.
Nov 01, 2006 ... by Ian Rosser education reporter David Cameron wants to put them on top of No 10. But green-minded bosses at Leeds University are already leading the way with plans for solar panels at their historic site. The scheme is part of a wide-ranging ...
Giant-sized keys open the door to computers for disabled.
Nov 01, 2006 ... More than 30 people will benefit from bright new high-tech gadgets BY DEBBIE LEIGH THE bright blue giant pressure-pad, vivid yellow rollerball and super-sized keys look like children's toys - but these high-tech gadgets are changing lives. The vivid ...
Former MP to make shock political return.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Fire station closure plan angers Labour warhorse By Mark Lavery VETERAN 70-year-old Labour warhorse Bill O'Brien is still up for a political scrap. The former Normanton MP plans a shock return to politics after becoming embroiled in a row over fire service ...
Mischievous start to city film festival.
Nov 01, 2006 ... YEP readers have a chance to rub shoulders with the stars by ALISON BELLAMY THE 20th Leeds International Film Festival launches tomorrow with the premiere of Mischief Night, the new Brit Flick shot in Leeds. The festival, sponsored by the Yorkshire Evening ...
Tell us your amazing tales of kids' bravery.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Start voting now for YEP Child of Courage 2006 awards By Tony Gardner BRAVE youngsters who inspired us all were previous winners. Now it's your chance to nominate who you think should be the Yorkshire Evening Post's Child of Courage 2006. The ...
Move to end Costa crook's break in sun.
Nov 01, 2006 ... BY ANDREW HUTCHINSON HE is Leeds's own king of the counterfeiters, believed to living and hiding in the Spanish sunshine. On-the-run crook Ronald Priestley was found guilty of masterminding a multi-million pound fake currency scam. Earlier this year a ...
YEP wins international award for crime stance.
Nov 01, 2006 ... THE role of the Yorkshire Evening Post in helping fight crime has been recognised with an international Crime Stoppers award. The paper's weekly Crime File column written by Crime Reporter Bruce Smith, won the "Crime of the Week" category for its contribution towards West ...
Finalists will feel the heat in chef competition.
Nov 01, 2006 ... BY SOPHIE HAZAN TEMPERATURES will be rising in the kitchens of a Leeds college in the search for the South Asian Chef of the year. The flash fry final will involve six regional finalists from across the country who will go pan-to-pan at Leeds Thomas Danby on Friday ...
You're in the culinarmy now!
Nov 01, 2006 ... Students get cooking lesson ...from Marines By Andy Broughton THE Marines landed in Leeds - to teach cordon bleu cookery students a wild culinary lesson. As part of a nationwide recruitment campaign, the Royal Marines and the Royal Navy are showing the ...
Witness denies police made him promises.
Nov 01, 2006 ... A WITNESS at the trial of men charged with murdering police officer Sharon Beshenivsky denied in court he had been promised anything by police for his help. Francois Bacon accepted earlier in evidence that he had remained in the UK illegally, having overstayed his visa when he ...
Father's desperate bid to save children.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Corfu police tell of dad's anger and distress By Jo Rostron and Tony Gardner THE father of two West Yorkshire children killed by poisonous fumes in their hotel room in Corfu has spoken of his desperate attempts to try to save them. Neil Shepherd dragged ...
Bonfire Night prize guy is young Ross...
Nov 01, 2006 ... Text from 12-year-old schoolboy wins [pounds sterling]1,000 competition BY SOPHIE HAZAN THE winner of the Hunt for the Guy Fawkes [pounds sterling]1,000 competition is 12-year-old Ross Needham. Ross from Belle Isle struck lucky after texting the ...
Emmerdale's Sammy wows them at TV awards as Tardis duo take prizes.
Nov 01, 2006 ... By Suzanne McTaggart EMMERDALE star Sammy Winward dazzled on the red carpet at the National Television Awards last night - but the show lost out on the award for Most Popular Serial Drama. Despite the ITV1 soap trouncing EastEnders in the ratings several times over ...
It's cry freedom for our Jimmy.
Nov 01, 2006 ... Campaign now under way for tribute to city's favourite son by ALISON BELLAMY CALLS for Sir Jimmy Savile to be made a Freeman of the City of Leeds are pouring into the Yorkshire Evening Post. We have been inundated with calls for Sir Jimmy to be made a ...
Iraq War inquiry after our troops go.
Nov 01, 2006 ... By Anne Alexander Political Editor The Government will hold an inquiry into the Iraq War once British troops have pulled out, the Defence Secretary Des Browne said. Speaking after ministers narrowly defeated a bid by opposition parties to force a ...
Protesters in mass rally against NHS cuts.
Nov 01, 2006 ... By Anne Alexander Political Editor Thousands of campaigners from up and down the country, including nurses and doctors, were marching in London today to protest against NHS cuts. They were holding a mass rally and lobbying MPs in Parliament over health ...
Walking stick pensioner beaten up trying to defend his son.
Nov 01, 2006 ... By Rod Hopkinson A PENSIONER on a walking stick was left battered, bleeding and bruised trying to fend off two men who attacked his son. Peter Hunt, 76, was grabbed and punched to the ground where he was hit and kicked again, Leeds Crown Court heard. One ...
Leeds hospitals facing debt crisis.
Nov 02, 2006 ... Leeds hospitals could be [pounds sterling]7.5m in the red by next April, finance bosses have predicted. That's despite a massive drive to save [pounds sterling]25m during the year including a complete freeze on filling vacant jobs. And Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS ...
Cop who beat up teenager is jailed.
Nov 02, 2006 ... A West Yorkshire police officer who punched a drunken teenager while he was handcuffed behind his back has been jailed for 15 months. PC Danny Major is today behind bars after the fracas with 18-year-old Sean Rimmington in the foyer of Millgarth Police Station in Leeds. ...
Try pulling rank with these taxi marshals!
Nov 02, 2006 ... Council staff trained to get city clubbers home safely Council workers are put through their paces as they prepare to hit the streets in the strategy to tackle late night disorder in Leeds city centre. Taxi licensing chiefs have been granted [pounds sterling]50,000 to ...
Spending crackdown that aimed to ease the pain.
Nov 02, 2006 ... Leeds hospitals' dire financial prediction comes despite a massive spending crackdown. In May hospital chiefs agreed to begin a programme of cutbacks to try and save [pounds sterling]84m over the next three years. They said they were being forced to take drastic action, ...
Policeman who acted like a yob.
Nov 02, 2006 ... The YEP usually takes great delight in seeing crooks put behind bars. That's why we've just scooped a top award from Crime Stoppers International for helping West Yorkshire police net scores of criminals. Today though it gives us no pleasure at all to report the ...
Actors are staging a theatrical comeback.
Nov 03, 2006 ... Big plans to put city on the map with festival like Edinburgh Fringe by peter Lazenby Yorkshire actors and scriptwriters are planning a festival like the Edinburgh Fringe - in Leeds. They are already staging plays in a mini-theatre in a Leeds pub which ...
Awards for the best of the west.
Nov 03, 2006 ... City folk work hard to make Leeds a better place BY KATIE BALDWIN THEY'RE the best of the west. The people who've done the most to make west Leeds a better place to live in the last year have been honoured at an awards ceremony. Their tireless ...
Leeds expert in review of police DNA database.
Nov 03, 2006 ... By Jo Rostron A CONSULTATION has been launched in Leeds on whether laws allowing police to take, store and analyse DNA should be revised. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics will consult the public over whether storing DNA is justified by the need to fight crime. ...
Shake-up to bring day care closer.
Nov 03, 2006 ... By DAVID MARSH PLANS to change the way Leeds City Council provides day care for physically disabled people have been given the go ahead by senior councillors. Those services are currently provided from three sites - the Clifford Brooke Resource Centre, Roundhay Road; ...
Listen to mum and do the Dash for a good cause.
Nov 03, 2006 ... by ALISON BELLAMY NANCY McAndrew, the proud mum of celebrity model Nell, today urged others to follow in her footsteps and sign up for the Help the Aged Leeds Abbey Dash. Mrs McAndrew, 53, a busy mum and grandma from south Leeds who works full-time, completed last ...
'[pounds sterling]100,000 cost of city cat headache'.
Nov 03, 2006 ... by Peter Lazenby VOLUNTEERS with a Leeds cat charity say it costs them [pounds sterling]100,000 a year to help distressed and abandoned cats in Leeds. And they say two council-owned homes had to be refurbished at a cost of [pounds sterling]50,000 because they became ...
Sir Jimmy is flushed with pride as he opens restaurant's new toilet.
Nov 03, 2006 ... by ALISON BELLAMY IN his role as Leeds's most famous son, Sir Jimmy Savile receives lots of requests to attend openings and events. But never before has he been asked to open a toilet. And despite being busy celebrating his 80th birthday, he took time out ...
We're tops for mobile safety.
Nov 03, 2006 ... By Debbie Leigh LEEDS motorists are among the most law abiding in the country when it comes to the proper and legal use of their mobile phones. But those who do flout the law will soon be looking at far more serious penalties. An update to the Road Safety ...
Partnership promises to create 300 more jobs in construction.
Nov 03, 2006 ... BY NIGEL SCOTT BUSINESS EDITOR CONSTRUCTION Leeds, part of the Leeds Initiative, has announced plans to create more than 300 skilled jobs in the city by the end of 2007. The partnership organisation, which was set up under the Leeds Regeneration Plan, has ...
Comedian Phil's in the market to make them laugh.
Nov 03, 2006 ... Leeds funny man has a tough new audience to conquer By NEIL HUDSON A LEEDS marketing manager turned stand-up comedian will make his debut performance in his home town tonight. Phil Sheppard, 25, who works for MetalFX Technology, has already performed twice ...
Leeds at heart of bid to create 150,000 jobs.
Nov 03, 2006 ... BY NIGEL SCOTT BUSINESS EDITOR LEEDS was today taking centre stage in a bid to create more than 150,000 new jobs across Yorkshire. Eleven local authorities across the county have joined forces to back the Leeds City Region Development Programme which aims ...
Police plea in hunt for violent sex attacker.
Nov 03, 2006 ... By Suzanne McTaggart POLICE hunting a violent sex attacker who struck in Leeds last month have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to in connection with the assault. The man was captured on camera on Heights Drive, Armley, just minutes before a ...
Claire's on a roll.
Nov 03, 2006 ... by Howard Williamson SHE flies through the air with the greatest of ease and picks up gold medals along the way. For Leeds-born star Claire O'Hara is a champion of squirt kayaking at both British and European levels. She was also top woman in the recent ...
Less is mower, say grassed-off locals.
Nov 03, 2006 ... by Howard Williamson COMPLAINTS about grass cutting usually focus on the lack of the service. But in Wetherby, local people say too much cutting is destroying the ecology of a much-loved piece of parkland, and they have complained to the town council. ...
Salon sets out to save ill boy.
Nov 03, 2006 ... Bone marrow donor tests at XS Hair and Beauty could rescue leukaemia victim By Debbie Leigh A HAIR and beauty salon in Leeds is turning into a blood testing clinic on Monday night in a bid to find a bone-marrow donor for a desperately-ill little boy. ...
Government concern at hospital debt.
Nov 03, 2006 ... '[pounds sterling]7.5m in the red' by next April BY KATIE BALDWIN THE Government is "concerned" that Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is likely to be [pounds sterling]7.5m in debt by next April. That was the message from Trust finance director Neil ...
Good sports will keep centre open.
Nov 03, 2006 ... Municipal Reporter David Marsh reports on the latest council news CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after council chiefs announced a Leeds sports centre is to stay open. The East Leeds Leisure Centre at Halton Moor was facing closure as part of a [pounds sterling]30m ...
Work starts on [pounds sterling]32m 'boom' road.
Nov 03, 2006 ... By DAVID MARSH WORK has started on a [pounds sterling]32m road that is predicted to spark an economic boom in some of Leeds' most deprived communities. Described as one of the most important highway schemes in the city, the East Leeds Link Road will open up over 600 ...
School kept in after outcry over day off.
Nov 03, 2006 ... By Jo Rostron AN OUTCRY from parents and intervention from the YEP has prompted a Leeds school to reverse plans to close for a a day. Leeds City Council gave thousands of employees an extra day's holiday after the Audit Commission, a spending watchdog, awarded it four ...
Cold shoulder for ice cream factory's tank.
Nov 03, 2006 ... by Howard Williamson THERE was a chill in the air when planners discussed unauthorised development at Treats ice cream factory in east Leeds. For the company had erected a 30ft high liquid nitrogen tank, wrongly believing it had planning permission. It is ...
Home safe as scheme locks out the abusers.
Nov 03, 2006 ... By DAVID MARSH A SCHEME launched in Leeds earlier this year to protect victims of domestic violence in their own homes has been hailed a success Since it started in August, 52 women have already been referred to the Sanctuary Project, which aims to turn homes into ...
Council service is rubbish say city's angry residents.
Nov 03, 2006 ... Wheelie bins not emptied for weeks BY SOPHIE HAZAN FAILURE to collect household waste is leaving Leeds residents with "wheelie" big headaches. An unusually high number of calls and letters reporting missed rubbish and recycled waste collections have been ...
Meet the history boys...and girls!
Nov 03, 2006 ... Book and school pack look at city's 800-year story by Howard Williamson AS Leeds prepares for its biggest birthday bash next year, the city's luminaries have been looking back at its first eight centuries. They gathered at the Royal Armouries for a double ...
Shooting supect was 'calm' after being charged with murder.
Nov 03, 2006 ... A SUSPECT was "calm" and asking for cigarettes after being charged with the murder of a police officer in Bradford, a court heard. Yusuf Jama had given a false name of Ahmed Abdi when arrested in Birmingham on November 26 last year but fingerprint checks were made after an ...
A double first as Brit flicks make their gala debuts.
Nov 03, 2006 ... 'Fireworks' warning as drama shot in city is screened by ALISON BELLAMY THE 20th Leeds International Film Festival was launched last night with the glittering premieres of two top new Brit flicks. Venus, the new hard-edged comedy film from the director of ...
BNP leader on trial.
Nov 03, 2006 ... Rod Hopkinson British National Party leader Nick Griffin stirred up "fear and resentment" against Asian people in speeches in West Yorkshire, Leeds Crown Court heard. He told supporters Muslims were trying to "conquer the world", the court heard. He went ...
Sold! And for a lot more than 15 bob.
Nov 03, 2006 ... If you want a painting in new Ashley Jackson show your're too late by ALISON BELLAMY A RENOWNED Yorkshire artist has sold all the paintings in his new London exhibition before it even begins. From Yorkshire with Love features watercolours by Ashley Jackson ...
Time for residents to 'shop' graffiti vandals.
Nov 03, 2006 ... Parents will be charged for clean-up BY DAVID BRUCE CHIEF CRIME REPORTER RESIDENTS on a Leeds estate are being asked to 'shop' graffiti vandals who blight their community. It is estimated that it costs Leeds City Council more than [pounds ...
UK armed forces 'are 5,000 short'.
Nov 03, 2006 ... By Anne Alexander Political Editor Britain's armed forces are more than 5,000 below strength while they struggle to meet their commitments around the world such as in Afghanistan and Iraq, a report said today. The National Audit Office has revealed there ...
Yorkshire folk have got the guts for horror flick.
Nov 03, 2006 ... By Andy Broughton IT TAKES more than a bit of blood to faze a Leeds cinema audience. Across the country people are passing out watching Darren Lynn Bousman's new film, Saw 3. The film is the third instalment in a trilogy of horror movies,with early ...
Mini-bike menace ends up in city police crusher.
Nov 04, 2006 ... Don't buy these dangerous machines for Christmas warning by peter Lazenby POLICE have confiscated thousands of miniature motorbikes, quad-bikes, off-road motorcycles and motorised scooters and they are now destined for the crusher. And with Christmas ...
Snappers needed to put Armley in the picture.
Nov 04, 2006 ... Armley Tourist Board's calendar competition wants photographers young and old to find beauty in the most unlikely of places BY SOPHIE HAZAN IT might not be picture postcard pretty, but the hunt is on for the best snaps of Armley to feature on a community calendar. ...
Bicycle injury MP in pothole action pledge.
Nov 04, 2006 ... By Tom Mullen A LEEDS MP is nursing severe cuts and bruises after a bicycle accident in the middle of London's Trafalgar Square. Colin Challen, Labour MP for Morley and Rothwell, was on his way to work at the House of Commons when a pothole jammed the front wheel of ...
All hands to the pump for [pounds sterling]150,000 facelift.
Nov 04, 2006 ... Neglected piece of history is all set to be restored By DAVID MARSH A NEGLECTED piece of history in the heart of a west Leeds community is to be given a [pounds sterling]15,000 make-over A Victorian horse trough and village pump in Bramley is to be ...
A triple opportunity to get your skates on.
Nov 04, 2006 ... Decision to fund three ice rinks aims to bring festive cheer to town centres by NEIL HUDSON IT'S going to be an ICE Christmas this year in Kirklees, after council leaders agreed funding for THREE ice rinks. The rinks will be installed in Dewsbury, ...
Sent home, so mum has baby in hallway.
Nov 04, 2006 ... Melanie is left with her head on the Dyson and no painkillers for birth By Suzanne McTaggart A MUM from Leeds claims she gave birth in her hallway after she was sent home by hospital midwives. Melanie Macauley, 31, gave birth to baby son Sam at her home in ...