Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) back issues from October 2007:
Coffee morning is a giant success.
Oct 01, 2007 ... MACMILLAN helpers Jo Parkinson and Tracy Martin were among thousands of Yorkshire folk who enjoyed a cuppa at their offices, shops, schools, factories and homes as part of the World's Biggest Coffee Morning. The annual nationwide event raises vital funds for Macmillan cancer ...
Catwalk with a conscience.
Oct 01, 2007 ... AN ETHICAL fashion show of Fair Trade and recycled clothing is to hit the catwalk in Leeds. The Tidal (Trade Injustice and Debt Action Leeds) show, Cloth 07 will be held at The Brudenell Social Club, Hyde Park, Leeds tomorrow. It includes Fairtrade clothes, organic ...
Church leaders meet to focus on environmental issues.
Oct 01, 2007 ... The Ripon and Leeds Diocesan church parliament was today debating a wide range of environmental issues in Leeds. Meeting at the David Young Community Academy in Seacroft, Leeds, the synod was voting on a wide ranging new environmental policy covering the diocese and its 150 ...
Hospital trust to keep tight controls on spending.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TOUGH controls over spending at Leeds hospitals are set to continue. Bosses at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Leeds General Infirmary and St James's Hospital, decided to keep the strict cost-cutting measures which have been in place for nearly a year. ...
Police pay [pounds sterling]500,000 after road accidents.
Oct 01, 2007 ... EXCLUSIVE by NEIL HUDSON WEST Yorkshire Police has paid out almost [pounds sterling]500,000 in compensation to 'third parties' following road traffic accidents in the last two years. The force paid out [pounds sterling]375,646.48 in 2005-6 to 178 ...
Councils clash over quarry lorry routes.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TWO councils are at loggerheads over a campaign to ban heavy lorries using a route through a West Yorkshire market town. Campaigners in Otley say their lives are being made a misery by lorries carrying quarried stone from the north of the town through its winding streets. ...
Owner in court after dog bites boy.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A LEEDS man has been banned from owning dogs for 10 years after a five-year-old boy was bitten by one of his animals. Alan Leuty, of Newlands Crescent, Morley, was also ordered to pay costs of [pounds sterling]504 after he was taken to court by Leeds City Council. ...
City's top firms collect awards at glitzy ceremony.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TOP recruitment firms have been named as Yorkshire's finest at a glitzy awards ceremony. Ten awards were given out at the event organised by Yorkshire Post Newspapers in association with the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), the trade association representing the ...
Police camera action!
Oct 01, 2007 ... MORE police in Leeds look set to be sent onto the beat wearing specially designed "headcams". Extra funding is being provided to equip cops with the hi-tech crime-busting devices. The mini cameras, which fit under officers' helmets, allow police to work hands-free ...
Man arrested in murder inquiry.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A MURDER investigation is continuing after a 21-year-old man died in Skipton. The man, named by police as Martin Neil Hunn, died in hospital following an alleged altercation in Regent Drive at around midnight on ...
Workers help the homeless.
Oct 01, 2007 ... STAFF from the Leeds office of Wates Construction lent homeless people a helping hand. A total of 18 workers gave 80 hours of their time to St George's Crypt, Leeds, and managed to redecorate and improve one of the shelters used by homeless people in the Hyde Park area of the ...
Healthy food help.
Oct 01, 2007 ... NORTH Yorkshire parents, eager to encourage children to eat healthily, now have the help of two animated recruits. ...
Yorkshire Tory peer in BNP storm.
Oct 01, 2007 ... DAVID Cameron has defended a West Yorkshire Tory who claimed that people who vote for the British National Party had "some very legitimate views". Dewsbury peer Baroness Sayeeda Warsi ignited a race row after saying that people who voted for the far-right BNP had valid concerns ...
Schools minister leads Leeds debate on the future for Britain's young.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A UNIQUE "day of debate" was held in Leeds to help shape our children's future. Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and Wakefield MP for Normanton, took part in the day and promised that the views of young people would be used to help shape ...
Crime boss home visit fury.
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE CONVICTED head of a Leeds family crime gang is being allowed out of prison - less than a year after being jailed for six-and-a-half years for his part in a [pounds sterling]1.1million burglary spree. Thirty-nine-year-old Ralph Steele was the head of a family gang which ...
Lots of fun at the auction boost appeal of cancer centre's big night.
Oct 01, 2007 ... HUNDREDS of generous guests at a charity ball gave the YEP's fundraising for the Yorkshire Cancer Centre a big boost. It is hoped the black-tie Cookridge Cancer Centre September Ball will raise [pounds sterling]80,000. An auction, featuring lots including the chance ...
Leeds fans drink to new signing... a pub.
Oct 01, 2007 ... CHEERS! The Leeds United Supporters' Club has pulled off a surprise transfer deal that's well worth raising a glass to celebrate. The fans' group today took over Beeston's famed Old Peacock pub, a popular pre-match haunt for Leeds followers since the glory years of Billy ...
Scouts team up with store to raise volunteering funds.
Oct 01, 2007 ... TO celebrate Scouting's centenary year, North Leeds District Scouts has teamed up with Moortown Sainsbury's to raise funds for The Scouts and to promote volunteering. From October 3-9, North Leeds District Scouts will be bag packing and other activities in the Moortown store. ...
Designer Amy, 12, a cut above rest with top dollar dress.
Oct 01, 2007 ... YOUNGSTER Amy Bolser was crowned top Young Fashion Designer for her dollar-inspired collection at the White Rose Shopping Centre/ Yorkshire Evening Post award for 2007. For Leeds Girls High the Young Fashion Designer final, staged as part of the glittering and glamorous White ...
Canvassing support for Leeds's Grand Tour.
Oct 01, 2007 ... THE streets of Leeds could be transformed into a gallery of masterpieces if printing firm boss Steve Farley has his way. In a bold move to bring art to the masses, there could be Constables in Kirkgate, Rubens by the River Aire and Leonardos along Lands Lane. Steve ...
Teenage girl murdered at home.
Oct 01, 2007 ... A 14-YEAR-OLD girl is believed to have been sexually assaulted before being stabbed to death at her home in Leeds. The parents of Zuzanna Zommer found her dead when they returned to their home in Compton Row, Harehills, yesterday afternoon. The family had lived in ...
Officer's bravery in arrest of stun gun drinker.
Oct 02, 2007 ... WHEN a drinker shot a man in a Leeds pub with a stun-gun off-duty officer Paul Tunnard realised he had to take action. Having already felled one person with the Taser gun, the Police Community Support Officer feared the man could cause serious injuries if he continued to fire. ...
Leeds Army reunion.
Oct 02, 2007 ... THE Leeds Central Salvation Army, based in Nile Street, is holding a reunion for everyone with previous links to the church. All past ...
Brooklyn's portrait of Queen wins approval.
Oct 02, 2007 ... A LITTLE girl's unusual portrait of the Queen got the Royal seal of approval when she received a letter of thanks from Buckingham Palace. Brooklyn Stuart, 9, from New Wortley, created the 7ft high painting of Her Majesty as part of a summer holiday project called Town Street ...
Market butchers face future of uncertainty.
Oct 02, 2007 ... BUTCHERS in the historic Leeds Kirkgate Market say an axe of uncertainty hangs over their businesses as market bosses refuse to reveal their future plans. They say management of the council-owned market has told them it wants to see the row known locally as "Meat Alley" ...
Diana inquest getting under way.
Oct 02, 2007 ... The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, was finally starting in full today at the High Court in London, more than 10 years after the Princess was killed. Eleven jurors out of a shortlist of 25 were being sworn in, after which the coroner, Lord Justice Scott ...
Man accused of murder.
Oct 02, 2007 ... A MAN has appeared in court accused of murder after a 21-year-old died from head and facial injuries following an incident in Skipton. Magistrates at Harrogate yesterday sent Matthew Nigel Carr, 21, for trial at ...
Michael Palin's Ukrainian guide is Leeds man.
Oct 02, 2007 ... HE'S already well-known for leaving his Leeds Kirkgate Market stall to marry the daughter of Ukraine's former prime minister. Now Sean Carr's story will be told on BBC TV series Michael Palin's New Europe on Sunday night. Sean, pictured, a one-time cobbler and heavy ...
Owner's fury at sudden parking ticket.
Oct 02, 2007 ... A TEENAGER has received a parking ticket for leaving her car outside her home. Louise Nicholson, 17, who lives on Cross Gates Ring Road, Leeds, was shocked to find a ticket had been issued at 8.25pm, for having no side lights on. Residents have parked on the busy ...
Boy dies in freak accident while playing.
Oct 02, 2007 ... A PLAYTIME stunt turned to tragedy for a Leeds teenager when a freak accident led to his death. Kieran O'Leary, of Middleton, was said to be an extremely agile and active boy who loved climbing. One of his favourite ways to play was to jump between the bunk beds and ...
Smugglers' moorland pub to close.
Oct 02, 2007 ... THE Saltersgate Inn, on the North Yorkshire Moors, famed for its peat fire which is reputed to have been burning for at least 200 years, is set to close and be converted into private living accommodation. Plans have been sent to the Moors National Park Authority to convert the ...
Teenager murdered: A piercing scream and grim discovery.
Oct 02, 2007 ... PEOPLE living near a Leeds house where the body of a teenager was found spoke of hearing a "piercing scream." Within minutes, the girl was found stabbed at 3.45pm yesterday in the red-brick back-to-back terrace house in Compton Row, Harehills, where she is understood to have ...
Romanian and Leeds businesses form links.
Oct 02, 2007 ... IMPROVED business and cultural links between Leeds and Romania will be on the agenda when the Romanian Ambassador visits the city this week. Leeds will also have its first Romanian Consul in the city - a Romanian citizen who has made her home here. Romanian Ambassador ...
From the golden age of cinema... two reel bargains.
Oct 02, 2007 ... TWO cinema projectors which lit up the big screen for thousands of movie-goers from the 1930s to the 1990s are up for sale. TWO cinema projectors which lit up the big screen for thousands of movie-goers from the 1930s to the 1990s are up for sale. The pair of Kalee ...
Have they got newts for you! Children go on wildlife trail.
Oct 03, 2007 ... YOUNG wildlife lovers enjoyed an amphibian extravaganza at a Leeds environment centre. The schoolchildren were invited to take part in a newt hunt at Skelton Grange Environment Centre, in Stourton. And during an afternoon of pond dipping, they discovered scores of ...
Ex-Leeds United star Yorath to divorce his wife.
Oct 03, 2007 ... Former Leeds United star Terry Yorath and his property developer wife Christine are getting divorced. The couple, whose children include TV presenter and Strictly Come Dancing contestant Gabby Logan, have been separated since 2003. Now 57-year-old Terry, right, has ...
Leeds shop couple defy arsonists.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A brave Leeds couple have defied the yobs by resurrecting their business after a devastating arson attack. Lesley and Kamal Ali saw their livelihood go up in smoke in April this year when thugs torched their shop, Harehills News. The couple, and their four-year-old ...
Sainsbury's at Kwik Save site.
Oct 03, 2007 ... SUPERMARKET giant Sainsbury's has stepped in to fill a gap left by beleaguered rival Kwik Save in West Leeds. The massive chain is to take over the former Kwik Save store in Pudsey town centre. The move has been cautiously welcomed by Pudsey Labour councillor Josie ...
Hospice patients create their own art treasures.
Oct 03, 2007 ... PATIENTS at Wheatfields Hospice in Headingley, Leeds, will see their artwork take pride of place at a London exhibition as part of the Art Liberating Lives scheme. The event, now in its third year, aims to highlight the importance of art therapy in hospices, with patients ...
Top wind band to open concert season.
Oct 03, 2007 ... ONE of the country's top wind bands will open Wakefield Concert Society's season on Saturday, October 13. The Galliard Ensemble will play music by Rossini, Haydn, Holst and others, at Wakefield Girls' High School's Jubilee Hall in Margaret Street. Highlights of the ...
Derelict Leeds mill site CAN be bulldozed for flats.
Oct 03, 2007 ... AN ANGRY councillor has hit out at a decision to allow a disused Leeds mill to be bulldozed to make way for students flats. Councillors last year refused planning permission for the flats to be built on the site of Perseverence Mills in Cross Chancellor Street, Woodhouse. ...
YAG mag to keep north Leeds youths up to date.
Oct 03, 2007 ... YOUNG people in North Leeds will be kept up to date with the latest activities on their doorstep with the launch of a new guide. The YAG-MAG, Youth Activities Guide Magazine lists over 70 things to do in Chapel Allerton, Moortown and Roundhay for children and young people. ...
Crime tragedy Leeds mums in hard-hitting film.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A FILM featuring Leeds mums whose children have been killed in gun and knife tragedies will be premiered in London next week. Hip Hop Opera is one of seven videos produced for the nationwide Don't Trigger campaign which aims to highlight the impact of gun crime on individuals, ...
Joey puts on dancing shoes on for Chinese celebration.
Oct 03, 2007 ... LEEDS youngster Joey Chan performed traditional dances at a special event to celebrate Chinese National Day and the country's Mid- Autumn Festival. The six-year-old Wigton Moor Primary School pupil was joined by opera singer Alexander MacDonald at the Lucky Dragon Restaurant on ...
Leeds man appears in court on terror handbook charge.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A 37-YEAR-old man appeared in court accused of keeping a terror manual. Calvert Fletchman is accused of possessing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, namely a copy of a terrorist handbook. Fletchman, ...
'Don't share bed with your baby' warns Coroner.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A CORONER has issued a stark warning of the dangers of sleeping next to your baby after the death of a five-month-old Leeds tot. Kai Bloom's lifeless body was discovered by his mum Lynnette when she woke one morning in May this year. Unable to hear him crying in his ...
Lib Dem 'coming home to Labour'.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A FORMER Leeds Liberal Democrat councillor is returning to his political roots and joining Labour. Mr Javaid Akhtar, 37, was first elected to Leeds City Council in 1995 and for three years served as a Labour member. After a two-year absence, he returned to the council ...
Drivers facing delays.
Oct 03, 2007 ... DRIVERS in Wakefield are facing delays after council bosses announced a 10-week repair project. Essential repairs to a retaining wall that supports Storrs Hill Road south of Ossett are due to start on Monday, October 15 and will continue for 10 weeks. Wakefield ...
New bride found dead in Leeds.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A WOMAN'S body was found after police were called to a house in Holt Park Leeds, yesterday. The newly married woman, aged around 23, who lived at Holt Park Crescent with her husband, also in his 20s, was found at around 8.50am on Tuesday. It is believed they had only ...
Police probe tragic finds in leafy Leeds suburb.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A young woman's body was found after police were called to a newly married couple's house in Leeds. The woman, aged 23, who lived at Holt Park Crescent with her husband, also in his 20s, was found at around 8.50am yesterday. Police said today that at this stage they ...
Hammer girls run amok on Leeds bus after fare row.
Oct 03, 2007 ... TWO young women went on a terrifying wrecking spree with hammers on a bus in Leeds following a row over a fare. TWO young women went on a terrifying wrecking spree with hammers on a bus in Leeds following a row over a fare. The girls started arguing with the driver of ...
Drumming from Leeds to Slovenia.
Oct 03, 2007 ... YOUNGSTERS from Leeds will be banging the drum for multi-culturalism with a special performance. Ten disadvantaged young people, aged between 16 and 25, took part in an international exchange with 40 people from Denmark, Slovenia, Estonia and Romania. The group have ...
Learn about animal rights.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A WORLD Animal day extravaganza will be held in Leeds this Sunday. The Common Place Cafe, a vegetarian eaterie, at 23-25 Wharf Street will have stalls and ...
Cold-blooded revenge of bullied jail slasher.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A prisoner slit the throat of a rival inmate after harbouring an eight-year grudge. Marc Curtis took cold-blooded revenge on Brendan Prendergast, who had bullied him when they shared a cell as teenagers in a young offenders' institution. Curtis, 30, was yesterday ...
Minister to join regional debate.
Oct 03, 2007 ... THE Minster for Yorkshire and Humber, Caroline Flint, will take part in a debate on the direction of Yorkshire and Humber's economy as part of Yorkshire Forward's annual meeting on Friday at the Royal Armories in Leeds. Ms Flint will be joined by representatives of Yorkshire ...
Struck-off GP off begins fight to be allowed to practise again.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A GP who was struck off after findings that he groped a Leeds female patient is fighting to be allowed to practise again. The General Medical Council concluded that Dr Chempakaserry Gopakumar took the opportunity during an abdominal examination to "indecently" touch a patient ...
Villagers: 'We want broadband'.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A Leeds councillor has started a campaign to help residents in his ward get access to broadband. Frustrated residents have contacted Coun James Lewis (Lab, Kippax & Methley) after being told by BT that their homes were too far from the nearest telephone exchange to be eligible ...
Quiz goes on over stab death of girl, 14.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A suspect was today facing a second day of questioning over the horrific murder of a 14-year-old girl in Leeds. The 39-year-old man was arrested late on Monday night - eight hours after Zuzanna Zommer was found stabbed to death in the bedroom of her family home in Compton Row, ...
Pair admit running brothel in upmarket West Yorkshire flat.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A man and a woman yesterday pleaded guilty to running a West Yorkshire brothel. All the offences are alleged to have taken place at upmarket Parklands Manor, Tuke Grove, Wakefield, in an apartment built on the site of the former Stanley Royd Hospital. Michael ...
Thief thanks court for leniency.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A MAN handed a nine-week prison sentence when he had been expecting nine months thanked a court for its consideration yesterday. Magistrates at Harrogate jailed 50-year-old Joseph Clinnon for a month for theft and told him he would also have to serve two months of a three-month ...
Internet gun 'Asbo Kid' gets ban.
Oct 03, 2007 ... A teenage yob who calls himself "the Asbo kid" and who posted pictures of himself on the internet posing with a gun has been banned from part of Dewsbury as part of a two-year Asbo. Leader of the so-called Westtown Warriorz, Jacob Thompson, 17, of Clarke Street, Dewsbury, agreed ...
Emmerdale fireball: Sudgen's house blows up.
Oct 03, 2007 ... Today marks the start of Emmerdale Month at the YEP. To launch the celebrations we have a sneak preview of a dramatic fireball storyline that will send a shock through the village. The explosive hour-long episode which will see tragedy strike at the Sugden house marks the 35th ...
Leeds takeaway drivers targeted.
Oct 03, 2007 ... Detectives are probing two robberies on takeaway food delivery staff in just over an hour in the Chapeltown area of Leeds. The robberies are the latest in a series of similar offences over the past week, said a spokesman for North East Leeds CID. In the first incident ...
Star Wars demo for Menwith Hill.
Oct 03, 2007 ... DEMONSTRATORS are to target a United States spy base in Yorkshire to protest at its involvement in the planned 'Star Wars' missile system. Menwith Hill outside Harrogate operates as an information-gathering and communications centre with military, economic and political ...
Stabbing shuts town centre.
Oct 04, 2007 ... A TOWN centre was shut down today after a 39-year-old woman was stabbed to death in the early hours. The woman was found suffering serious injuries just after 1.30am on Lower Fitzwilliam St in Huddersfield. She was pronounced dead on arrival at Huddersfield Royal ...