Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) back issues from February 2007:
Council tax going up 4.5pc.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Householders in Leeds are facing a 4.5 per cent rise in council tax bills from April. The increase - the same rise as last year - is expected to be approved at the council's budget meeting on February 21 and will add just under [pounds sterling]44 a year to the council element ...
Life in jail for killer goth.
Feb 01, 2007 ... A red-headed goth and her two lovers were today facing life in jail for the savage murder of a friend. Louise Haddlesey, of Willow Avenue, Burley, Gary Spence, 37, of Hyde Park Road, Woodhouse Moor and Martin Bannigan, 32, of Swinnow, all in Leeds, were convicted of killing ...
Slave to the rhythm.
Feb 01, 2007 ... City plans celebrations to mark 200th anniversary of end of slavery Leeds is planning to be dancing in the streets to mark 200 years since the end of slavery. But the city and its former grand citizens will also be put under the microscope in an examination of what ...
Burglar finds keys and steals the car.
Feb 01, 2007 ... A car was stolen after a burglar broke into a house and stole the keys. The thief got into the ground floor flat on Navigation Walk, Hunslet, Leeds, between 12 noon on Saturday November 11 and 6.30pm on Monday November 13. After carrying out a search of the property ...
Thief walked out wearing trainers.
Feb 01, 2007 ... A THIEF decided a new pair of trainers were definitely made for walking and strode out of a store without paying. The shoplifter entered the store in the White Rose Shopping Centre, at Churwell, Leeds, at about 12.25pm on Thursday November 30 last year. He tried on a ...
Police hunt electric drill thief caught on shop CCTV cameras.
Feb 01, 2007 ... POLICE hunting a thief who stole a drill from a contract worker have issued a picture of a man they wish to identify. The theft occurred at the Leeds Co-op store on Town Street, Farsley, Leeds, shortly after 12.30pm on Friday September 22 2006. The man entered the ...
Detective's award for boosting shop security.
Feb 01, 2007 ... THE work of a detective in introducing to West Yorkshire a national campaign to raise security standards in shops has been officially recognised. Det Sgt David Hey is to receive an award for outstanding achievement from the Raid-control Trust, who run the crime prevention ...
How you can help police to 'beat burglar'.
Feb 01, 2007 ... A campaign to cut break-ins by making burglars Public Enemy No 1 is launched today by the crime information gathering network Crimestoppers and West Yorkshire Police. A key feature of 'Beat the Burglar' will be to turn the spotlight on known and suspected raiders living in ...
Shakespearean Broadside for the Chinese.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Theatre company spearheads county's drive into the world's fastest growing economy BY NIGEL SCOTT BUSINESS EDITOR ONE of the biggest ever Shakespearean tours of China is being scheduled for this summer to spearhead a major new Yorkshire cultural and ...
Look who pupped up on TV again...
Feb 01, 2007 ... Canine star May bark on your screens for Blue Peter special By Suzanne McTaggart SHE melted a million hearts alongside her guide dog puppy littermates on children's TV show Blue Peter. Now, five-month-old May, of Oakwood, Leeds, is set for more TV stardom ...
Concern over salt content in junk food.
Feb 01, 2007 ... JUNK food fans were today urged to check the salt content of their takeaways. The no-nonsense message was issued by West Yorkshire Joint Services to make the launch of National Salt Awareness Week. Recent results from the County Analyst's Service have highlighted ...
The Olive Tree is growing places now...
Feb 01, 2007 ... Trio scoop second top food award in two weeks By Vicki Robinson THIS family certainly have the recipe for success when it comes to turning out top-class restaurants. The trio, who run the Olive Tree eateries in Leeds, have scooped a second top food award ...
Survey into town crime.
Feb 01, 2007 ... QUESTIONNAIRES on crime are being sent to 3,500 people in Harrogate and North Yorkshire. The safer communities partnerships in the west of the county want to learn about people's perceptions of crime and their fear of it. ...
Carnival bosses search for queen.
Feb 01, 2007 ... OTLEY Carnival organisers are visiting primary schools over the next two weeks urging girls to enter the carnival queen competition. They will also invite boys and girls to design a carnival poster. The queen, who must be 10 or 11, and her attendants, who should be ...
Message is loud and clear...turn up the volume.
Feb 01, 2007 ... BY ALISON BELLAMY CAMPAIGNERS in Leeds want to make communication easier for more than 100,000 people in the city who are hard of hearing. They say a hearing loop should be available in all shops, eateries, businesses and public buildings. The Leeds ...
Trading Standards act to curb use of village 'rat run' to the A1.
Feb 01, 2007 ... TRADING Standards officers turned traffic police to try to seal a North Yorkshire village rat run to the A1. They sprang into action after repeated reports that heavy commercial vehicle drivers were trucking through the village of Ainderby Quernhow. The route ...
Stunning pictures go on show.
Feb 01, 2007 ... THE landscapes and traditions of the North York Moors will be on show at Sutton Bank National Park Centre in stunning photographs by Chris Ceaser from 10th to 18th February. Chris has lived in North Yorkshire all his life and his work uses natural light to capture the essence of ...
Children to be united for city festival of peace.
Feb 01, 2007 ... By Peter Lazenby THOUSANDS of school children and members of community groups are being targeted to take part in a city-wide peace festival this year. Leeds Together for Peace (T4P) festival was launched in 2003 by church groups and other organisations. It ...
Driven into the abyss.
Feb 01, 2007 ... A new Parliamentary Bill is calling for a national database of runaway children, Sophie Hazan and Grant Woodward find out why we need one MARIE is only 20 but she has already endured more than most people do in a lifetime. As a child she was abused, starved and ...
Chief Constable to retire after four years.
Feb 01, 2007 ... BY DAVID BRUCE CHIEF CRIME REPORTER THE Chief Constable of North Yorkshire, Della Cannings, has announced she will retire in May, after four years in office. Ms Cannings said: "It has been an honour and privilege to lead North Yorkshire Police since 2002. The ...
Call time on pub trouble.
Feb 01, 2007 ... By Suzanne McTaggart A SCHEME to call time on alcohol-related disorder in West Yorkshire has been launched in Leeds. Best Bar None, which aims to improve standards in pubs, clubs and bars and enhance the region's reputation for nightlife, was launched at last year's ...
'Occupier' baffled by power bill.
Feb 01, 2007 ... BY ANDREW HUTCHINSON CONSUMER REPORTER HE was known simply as "The Occupier" by the energy giant who believed he owed them money. Malcolm Brown has been hounded by npower for payment of an electricity bill totalling more than [pounds sterling]235. ...
Volunteers flood to join asylum help charity.
Feb 01, 2007 ... A NEW charity which helps asylum seekers has been overwhelmed by offers of help. More than 70 people - lawyers, refugee groups, church leaders and volunteers - packed St George's Centre in Leeds. The Manuel Bravo Project wants to recruit legally-qualified and ...
Boss reveals how United ignored racism ruling.
Feb 01, 2007 ... We did not believe he was guilty, tribunal told By Debbie Leigh THE chief executive of Leeds United has admitted that a manager found guilty by a tribunal of race and sex discrimination was not disciplined because he did not believe he was guilty. Shaun ...
Dad down on his luck until [pounds sterling]91,000 number comes up.
Feb 01, 2007 ... By Vicki Robinson IT'S fair to say life was not going well for Martin McLean. The Leeds man was going through a divorce, had just been made redundant from his job as a cleaner and was facing up to a muted 32nd birthday celebration. But his luck changed ...
Appeal to help trace relatives.
Feb 01, 2007 ... LEEDS coroner's officers are trying to trace relatives of 79-year-old Mr Rowland Ansell from Seacroft, Leeds to come forward. Mr Ansell was found dead at his home in Seacroft Gate last month after not being seen for several weeks. Concerned friends raised the alarm. There are no ...
Artist didn't know she could paint.
Feb 01, 2007 ... THE winner of this year's Leeds annual Diana Nelson Art Award said she would never have known she could paint had it not been for the facilities available at her local community centre. Doreen Flaxman, who attends the Leeds Jewish Welfare Board's community centre in Moortown, ...
Police fear knife raid duo will injure victim.
Feb 01, 2007 ... By Bruce Smith Crime Reporter A PAIR of vicious muggers are believed to be behind a series of increasingly violent Leeds attacks. Today police issued E Fit pictures of the two wanted men - one of whom was armed with a knife - they wish to urgently trace in ...
Pub murder: four set to face charges.
Feb 01, 2007 ... THREE men and a woman were appearing in court in Bradford today charged with murder. The charges follow the death of 50-year-old Andrew Paul Ayres, from Queensbury, who died at Bradford Royal Infirmary after sustaining serious head injuries outside the King's Head pub in Halifax ...
'Path repairs trapped me in my home'.
Feb 01, 2007 ... PATH repairs made a disabled man a prisoner in his own home and left him without vital medication. Trevor Peacock, 59, said he could not get his mobility scooter out of the front door of his home on Northcote Drive, Holbeck, Leeds, on Monday after Leeds City Council's highways ...
Parents' joy as hero soldier comes home.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Continuing fight to save his sight By Tony Gardner A HERO soldier who suffered horrific facial injuries as he was shot rescuing troops in Iraq has returned to home in Leeds after making remarkable progress. Cpl Simon Brown is back home with his is family ...
Politicians face grilling over US base.
Feb 01, 2007 ... By Peter Lazenby POLITICIANS are to be grilled about a controversial US military intelligence base in Yorkshire. Three forums are to be staged about Menwith Hill, the base outside Harrogate, which is linked to satellites gathering political and military and ...
They're good old sports.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Yorkshire legends show they've still got it at charity match to mark community football birthday By Paul Robinson THEY used to ply their trade in the white-hot atmosphere of famous football grounds like Elland Road, Goodison Park and Ibrox. But yesterday ...
Asbestos alert for Yorks pupils.
Feb 01, 2007 ... PUPILS at a Harrogate School had to be decontaminated after being showered by asbestos. Six students, one member of staff and an ambulance service worker were affected after a pupil punched a hole in the ceiling at Harrogate High School on Wednesday. They were kept ...
From the heart.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Surgeon reveals struggle behind one of UK's biggest medical causes By Vicki Robinson In the 1960s, every open heart operation was touch and go. Forty years later, the surgery has just a tiny one per cent chance of going wrong. And the huge ...
Branson's stem cell business.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Sir Richard Branson today launched his most controversial business venture to date by offering parents the opportunity to store stem cells from their children's umbilical cords. The company will operate under the Virgin brand and will put blood from the umbilical cord into cold ...
Brown hits turbulence over new 'green tax'.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Gordon Brown faces legal challenges from airlines and tour operators over a the doubling of air passenger duty, which comes in today. The threat came as environmental campaigners warned that the tax would do nothing to reduce the number of people flying. The ...
Series of properties raided as detectives hunt for evidence.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Dozens of police officers raided a series of properties as part of the operation to foil the alleged terrorist kidnap plot. Arrests were made at eight houses in the Sparkhill, Washwood Heath, Kingstanding and Edgbaston areas of Birmingham. Four commercial premises ...
Nine face 'terror kidnap plot' quiz.
Feb 01, 2007 ... Police were today continuing to question nine men held over an alleged terrorist plot to carry out an Iraqi-style kidnapping of a British Muslim soldier. Eight were arrested in dawn raids in Birmingham yesterday, with the ninth arrested in the afternoon on a motorway in the ...
Leeds community to launch Irish history month.
Feb 01, 2007 ... THE Irish community in Leeds is to stage an 'Irish History Month'. Home to a thriving community with Irish origins Leeds will launch a nationwide event. A programme of activities is planned for March, which covers St Patrick's Day on March 17. It includes ...
Basement body: Police plea for help.
Feb 01, 2007 ... POLICE today issued this CCTV image of a 49-year-old man found dead in the basement of a Harrogate hostel. Detectives are investigating the death of Robert Pride-McLeod whose body was found in Robert Street on January 21. They are keen to speak to anyone who has any ...
Kashmir prime minister thanks Leeds people for their help over earthquake appeal.
Feb 01, 2007 ... By Charles Heslett THE new prime minister of Kashmir stopped off in Leeds to thank the city for its help in the aftermath of the earthquake which shook the province in 2005. Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan got to grips with Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem) and ...
Residents shocked by Leeds gang battle.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Rival gangs from Lithuania fought a running battle in broad daylight in the streets of a leafy Leeds suburb. Shocked residents and passing drivers looked on in horror as shots were fired and weapons including a claw hammer, iron bars, golf clubs and table legs ...
Battle of the Baltic.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Rival gangs from Lithuania fought a running battle in broad daylight in the streets of a leafy Leeds suburb. Leeds Crown Court heard how a quiet summer's evening in Park Avenue, Roundhay, suddenly turned into a battle zone in which gang members from the Baltic state were left ...
37 teachers attacked in Leeds schools.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A total of 37 teachers have been violently attacked in Leeds classrooms in the last six years. Five received what have been described as "major" injuries while the others needed at least three days to recover from their injuries. One teacher was so badly beaten in ...
Den hails fame academy.
Feb 02, 2007 ... He hasn't had much to laugh about since taking over as manager of relegation-haunted Leeds United. But Dennis Wise was all smiles yesterday as he helped a youth club in inner-city Leeds celebrate its success in securing a big-money grant for new sports facilities. ...
Dangerous work in city schools.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Usually the sight of Leeds perched at the top of an education league table would be cause for celebration. But the revelation that the city is the worst place in England for attacks on teachers is nothing short of shameful. In the past six years 37 teachers have been ...
Steamed-up fan pays [pounds sterling]12,000 for rare model train.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A RARE model of the famous A4 Pacific steam train, Sir Nigel Gresley, attracted as many enthusiasts as the original loco does when a collector paid [pounds sterling]12,000 for it at a Yorkshire auction house. Collectors from all over the UK flocked to Malcolm's No 1 auction at ...
Traffic 'tecs solve Tuesday mystery.
Feb 02, 2007 ... It's the day of the week for crashes TRAFFIC experts believe they have solved the mystery of treacherous Tuesdays - the most common time to have a serious road accident in West Yorkshire. Last month, an investigation of three years of traffic figures throw up the ...
Pots of luck for young pool champions.
Feb 02, 2007 ... JUNIOR pool players turned out in force for a tournament re-named in honour of Leeds snooker star Paul Hunter. Paul's visit last year to Leeds Anglers Club, in Burmantofts, to present prizes in a junior knockout competition was his last public engagement before he lost his ...
Estate had no shop so they set up their own.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A LONG-TERM vision was realised when a cooperative shop was opened on an estate in west Leeds. The last greengrocer at Hawksworth Wood closed some 15 years ago. Since then, estate workers have longed to replace it with a DIY service. Now this has been ...
Ragtime is grand.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Amateur operatic society raise the curtain at the Grand for the 100th time LEEDS Amateur Operatic Society is back at the Grand Theatre for the 100th time. After extensive auditions, it has assembled most of the cast for Ragtime - which won five Tony awards on ...
Chance for wannabe rock and pop stars to win studio time and gear.
Feb 02, 2007 ... ASPIRING rock and pop stars from across Yorkshire have a chance to take what could be their first crucial steps on the path to fame and fortune. Mobile phone firm O2's newly-launched Undiscovered talent competition lets musicians upload tracks onto a website where fans from ...
Car family now have a house of their own.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A FAMILY who have been living in a car for nine months were today delighted to get the keys to the door of a new home. Daniella Prestwich, daughter Hayley, 12, and partner Duncan Haigh have been homeless and living in their green Ford Mondeo since last May. They will ...
YEP pitches in to help juniors.
Feb 02, 2007 ... THE Yorkshire Evening Post has kick-started play for one Leeds football club after funding an all-weather pitch for the next three months. Cross Gates Lions Junior Football Club can now play every Saturday in any weather after winning a [pounds sterling]485 share of our ...
Amy's bid for pop stardom is no Idol dream.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Leeds singer hopes to be tops on the south coast SHE lives 250 miles away, but teenage songstress Amy Boden is battling to be crowned South Coast Idol. The 16-year-old, who lives in landlocked Morley, Leeds, is through to the regional semi-finals of the contest - the ...
Group aiming High.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Proposals for school site A NEW campaign group has been launched in Leeds over plans to develop the site of the city's former Leeds Girls' High School. Leeds Girls' High Action Group wants more public consultation on plans for use of the site at Hyde Park after the ...
Community safety projects on the agenda for area meeting.
Feb 02, 2007 ... THE next meeting of Batley area committee will take place on February 6 and will feature a presentation about community safety. Local people are encouraged to attend the event which will be held at the Trinity Centre, Batley Carr, starting at 7pm. Area committee chair ...
Scathing report says top school is 'failing'.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Inspectors hand out bottom grade By Ian Rosser education reporter INSPECTORS have issued a scathing report on a school in a well-heeled part of Leeds. Austhorpe Primary, off Selby Road, regularly features near the top of the city's performance ...
Tanni and Jane on course for fundraiser.
Feb 02, 2007 ... TWO inspirational women met up in Leeds to plan a huge fundraising event in June. Jane Tomlinson and Dame Tanni Grey Thompson were at Leeds Town Hall yesterday, to plan the route of Jane's 10k Run for All event. Dame Tanni was in the city to inspect and advise on the ...
Terror of hammer attack victim.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Masked raiders 'targeted' FA coach in his own home By Bruce Smith Crime Reporter A SOCCER coach has described the moment he was attacked by two masked men brandishing four hammers in an ordeal which left him with horrific injuries. Phil ...
Houses half price.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Government offer cheap homes for first time buyers FIRST-TIME house buyers in Leeds are being offered a leg-up onto the housing ladder with half-price homes. The Government's First Time Buyers' Initiative is offering 100 homes in two parts of Leeds - one of the first ...
Stage set for [pounds sterling]3m City Varieties bid.
Feb 02, 2007 ... Submission will mark milestone in campaign THE curtain will finally go up next month on a [pounds sterling]3m lottery bid to help restore the world-famous City Varieties music hall in Leeds. Senior councillors will give the go ahead next week for the bid and the ...
Mum, 21, told she will not have to face retrial over death of her son.
Feb 02, 2007 ... A YORKSHIRE mum accused of shaking her baby son to death has walked free from court following a three-year fight to clear her name. Victoria Scott, 21, was yesterday told by a judge that she would not have to face a retrial for the manslaughter of 10-week old Dylan, who died in ...
Run over by his own milk float.
Feb 03, 2007 ... A MILKMAN was left with serious injuries after he tried to stop a thief who hijacked his milk float. Andrew Creed was on his rounds in Snydale Road, Normanton, when a man jumped into the cab of his van. In a desperate bid stop him, Mr Creed leapt onto the vehicle and ...