Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) back issues from December 2007:
Chance to land one on Ricky Hatton.
Dec 01, 2007 ... HE'S just seven days away fron the biggest night of his life. But win or lose, Ricky Hatton will be assured of a hero's welcome when he visits Leeds early next year. The Hitman will take part in a question and answer session with fans at a glitzy bash at the Savile's ...
Dance pupils mark slave trade abolition.
Dec 01, 2007 ... TWENTY pupils, aged between seven and 11, have been given the opportunity to perform alongside professional dancers in a spectacular Leeds event to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. The performance, called The Spirit of Abolition, brings ...
Air ambulance grounded.
Dec 01, 2007 ... ONE of Yorkshire Air Ambulance's two helicopters will be grounded for a month because of mechanical problems. Warning lights appeared recently in the cockpit, and wear and tear of the gearbox was diagnosed. A new box costing [pounds sterling]50,000 will have to be fitted. ...
Runners help children's charity.
Dec 01, 2007 ... LEEDS-BASED Yorkshire Investment Group has made a five-figure donation to children's charity NCH. Staff handed over a cheque for [pounds sterling]10,115. The company, which is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, chose NCH as its charity of the year. ...
Money jugglers save city [pounds sterling]9.4m.
Dec 01, 2007 ... FINANCIAL experts at Leeds City Council are on course to save council tax payers more than [pounds sterling]9m. The treasury management team estimated it might be able to save about [pounds sterling]2m in 2007-08 by restructuring the council's loans, securing longer borrowing ...
Plan to end councils' responsibility for roads attacked.
Dec 01, 2007 ... NORTH Yorkshire County Council's plans to remove Harrogate and Scarborough councils' responsibilities for their own roads would be "highly detrimental" to local residents, it has been claimed. Councillors from Harrogate Council said the county council had "totally ignored ...
Protest at Leeds death crash road.
Dec 01, 2007 ... A CAMPAIGN for a new speed camera and pedestrian crossing at an accident blackspot in Leeds where two teenagers were killed has gathered pace a month after the tragedy. Campaigners met at Stanningley Road, in front of Armley Park, for a demonstration at the spot where Charles ...
Minibus celebration.
Dec 01, 2007 ... A LEEDS charity which provides transport for elderly and vulnerable people is marking its 10th anniversary with a new minibus. Funds have been raised by For Disability Mobility (FDM), based in Stone Brig Lane, Rothwell, to buy a new Renault Master minibus custom-built by ...
Pusher placed orders for undercover cop.
Dec 01, 2007 ... A DRUG pusher living in a tent used an undercover police officer's phone to order heroin. Paul Andrew Onslow then borrowed the officer's bike to collect wraps which he sold to him for [pounds sterling]10 a time. Prosecutor Caroline May told Harrogate Magistrates Court ...
Dark Arches drug factory: Man held.
Dec 01, 2007 ... POLICE have uncovered a cannabis factory in Leeds's Dark Arches. A 40-year-old man from Leeds was arrested by British Transport Police after 28 cannabis plants and hydrophonic equipment were seized in a raid on premises in the arches under the city's main rail station. ...
Hotel boss 'kicked partner like a ball'.
Dec 01, 2007 ... A HOTEL executive who attacked his partner, kicking his head "like a football" and threatening him with a knife as their seven-year relationship ended, escaped a prison sentence. Paul Peggs, a manager at Ripon's Spa Hotel, admitted assaulting Michael Malone at their home in High ...
Court staff 'under pressure'.
Dec 01, 2007 ... THE number of outstanding warrants for defendants who failed to show up for court hearings in West Yorkshire was slashed in half in only two years. The YEP has learnt of a tough regime of targets imposed from Whitehall on court staff. A Leeds MP today questioned ...
Affray charge man's home hit by arsonists.
Dec 01, 2007 ... THE home of a man charged with affray in Mirfield has been hit by an arson attack. Liam McCarthy, of Oliver Gardens, Mirfield, appeared before magistrates this week charged with affray and breaching an anti-social behaviour order. He was arrested after a disturbance ...
Family day aims to inspire young people.
Dec 01, 2007 ... YOUNG people will be urged to get involved in leisure and learning at a fun event in north Leeds. Two organisations called Connexions and People in Action are staging a family day at Technorth Learning Centre, Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, next Saturday, December 8, from 11am ...
Ex-Tykes rugby star in child sex shame.
Dec 01, 2007 ... FORMER Leeds Tykes and Springboks player Japie Mulder has appeared in a South African court accused of indecently assaulting a child. The 37-year-old, who is from South Africa, admitted indecent assault on a young girl. Mulder was fined R120,000 or alternatively must ...
[pounds sterling]50,000 award for blind entrepreneur.
Dec 01, 2007 ... A LEEDS company which specialises in holidays for visually impaired travellers is set to go international after its founder won a prestigious prize. Businessman Amar Latif, 31, who is registered blind due to an inherited and incurable eye condition, won the first ever Stelios ...
Hammer attacker jailed for life.
Dec 01, 2007 ... A JUDGE jailed a man for life, telling him: "I regard you as an exceptionally dangerous individual who does not hesitate to use weapons." Robert Mulholland, 32, was armed with a claw hammer when he and an accomplice burst into a hotel in a robbery bid. They fled ...
Leeds lap dancing superclub plan.
Dec 01, 2007 ... A LAP DANCING "superclub" claimed to be one of the biggest in the country is to open in the heart of Leeds city centre. The [pounds sterling]1m club in City Square will open seven days a week, cover 10,000 sq ft, have a capacity of 850 people and employ up to 500 dancers with ...
Kaiser Chiefs play Leeds United's Elland Road: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO.
Dec 03, 2007 ... EXCLUSIVE CHART-topping rockers Kaiser Chiefs have announced a massive homecoming show at Leeds United's Elland Road ground. The 30,000-capacity concert on the Leeds band's very own field of dreams will take place next year on Saturday, May 24. And the Kaisers can't ...
Corn Exchange closure demo: VIDEO.
Dec 03, 2007 ... HUNDREDS of demonstrators staged a loud and lively protest in support of traders at Leeds's iconic Corn Exchange. Many of the 300-strong group of protesters were the teenagers who use the Corn Exchange as a weekend meeting place. Some had brought along homemade placards or ...
Leeds at the crossroads.
Dec 03, 2007 ... LEEDS city skyline today is unrecognisable compared to 10 years ago. High-rise blocks now provide 6,500 homes in the city centre. Another 2,000 are being built now, and a staggering 12,000 are in the pipeline. But reports now warn that investment is drying up and ...
One winner scoops [pounds sterling]7m Lotto jackpot.
Dec 03, 2007 ... LOTTO: 12, 24, 33, 36, 39, 42. Bonus number 21. One winner of [pounds sterling]7,603,209 jackpot. DREAM NUMBER: 1, 2, 7, 0, 2, ...
Disc details of 40,000 could have been lost.
Dec 03, 2007 ... A DISC containing the personal details of 40,000 Kirklees residents may have been lost by the Government. Now council chiefs in Kirklees have put a freeze on posting computer discs containing personal information. A review has revealed the personal details may have ...
Woman in hospital after M-way crash.
Dec 03, 2007 ... A WOMAN was taken to hospital after a motorway accident involving a Royal Mail van and another car. Emergency services were called to the M62 between junctions 31 and 32 westbound at 4.30pm on Sunday. Fire crews from ...
TRAFFIC ALERT: Three vehicle shunt on M62.
Dec 03, 2007 ... Traffic problems hit the M62 motorway outside Leeds during peak period today when three vehicles were involved in a "shunt" accident. ...
'Bionic man' who had artificial heart funded by Leeds charity dies.
Dec 03, 2007 ... A "BIONIC man" whose pioneering heart operation was funded by a Leeds-based charity and Yorkshire supporters has died. Peter Houghton became the first person in the world to be fitted with an artificial heart when he had the operation in 2000 after suffering heart failure. ...
Santas Temple Newsam Park yuletide run raises cash for charity.
Dec 03, 2007 ... These sprightly Santas made a ho-ho-whole lot of money for charity when they took part in a fundraising yuletide run. Dozens of red-suited runners lined up for the Santa dash at historic Temple Newsam house to raise cash for the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). ...
On your marks... get set...ho.
Dec 03, 2007 ... SPRIGHTLY Santas made a ho-ho-whole lot of money for charity when they took part in a fundraising yuletide run. Dozens of red-suited runners lined up for the Santa dash at historic Temple Newsam house to raise cash for the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB). ...
Leeds's Briggate sealed off after suspected gas leak.
Dec 03, 2007 ... Part of Briggate in Leeds city centre was sealed off today following a suspected leak of dangerous gas. Top department store Harvey Nichols and others were told to shut down intakes to their air conditioning systems. The suspected leak took place at Optical Express, a ...
So scandalous.
Dec 03, 2007 ... WHEN Tony Blair introduced his first Queen's speech on May 14 1997 he promised the "highest standards of honesty and propriety in public life" After five years of sexual and financial sleaze, from 'cash for questions' to the mistresses taken by various Tory ministers and MPs, ...
Jail cell was 'invitation to suicide', sister tells inquest.
Dec 04, 2007 ... A MAN serving a five-year sentence for robbery at Armley Jail, Leeds, was found hanged in his cell, despite being under regular observation, an inquest heard. Unemployed Robert Darren Hartley, 29, of High Rodwell Lane, Halifax, was discovered by a support officer in a ...
Reduced sentence for park rapist.
Dec 04, 2007 ... A MAN who robbed and raped two young women at knifepoint in a park near Leeds city centre has won an eight-month reduction in his five-year jail sentence. Nnamdi Onwuzo, 22, of Markham Avenue, Chapeltown, Leeds, admitted three counts each of robbery and rape at Leeds Crown Court ...
Sacked for chronic flatulence.
Dec 04, 2007 ... A WOMAN from Leeds Metropolitan University was relentlessly taunted by colleagues about her chronic flatulence, a tribunal heard. An employment tribunal in Leeds was told yesterday that the woman - who cannot be identified because of a court ruling - suffered from severe ...
It has been an ordeal says teddy row teacher.
Dec 04, 2007 ... Gillian Gibbons, the teacher jailed in Sudan for allowing her students to name a teddy bear Mohammed, arrived back in Britain today and declared: "It has been an ordeal." Mrs Gibbons said she was glad to be back and was in "total shock". "I'm looking forward to ...
Lecturers face fines over 'Save Corn Exchange' demo.
Dec 04, 2007 ... Two lecturers face fines for their role on the frontline of the "Save Leeds Corn Exchange" protest. Dr Robert Vanderbeck and Dr Sara Gonzalez, who work in the geography department at Leeds University, were given fixed penalty tickets for handing out "Save The Corn Exchange" ...
Widow's [pounds sterling]10m will 'was odd and random'.
Dec 04, 2007 ... THE will of a widow who left her [pounds sterling]10m fortune to her local Chinese restaurant was "random" and "very odd" because she suffered from dementia, her family claim. When Golda "Goldie" Bechal died aged 89 in January 2004, almost her entire estate, made up of business ...
High roller splashes a cool [pounds sterling]3.5m...
Dec 04, 2007 ... The world's oldest surviving Rolls-Royce has motored into the record books - more than 50 years after it was discovered, dilapidated and abandoned, in a Leeds farm building. The 1904 10-horsepower two-seater fetched just over [pounds sterling]3.5m in a fiercely-contested sale ...
Gastroenteritis bug keeps four hospital wards closed.
Dec 04, 2007 ... FOUR wards are still closed at Leeds hospitals because of the highly contagious stomach bug sweeping the city. Two wards at St James's Hospital, one at Leeds General Infirmary and another at Wharfedale are still closed to new admissions. Two other wards shut because ...
Nurses told beds must face Mecca.
Dec 04, 2007 ... Hospital nurses in West Yorkshire have been ordered to turn Muslim patients' beds to face Mecca. Mid Yorkshire Hospital Trust will also provide halal meals and separate shower and bathing facilities, which have running water and not water which is standing. The ...
Trio jailed for murder of OAP.
Dec 04, 2007 ... A woman, her boyfriend and another man have been jailed for life for a drunken assault on a pensioner which left him "drowning in his own blood". Leeann Lamb, 21, and her partner Jonathon Langley, 22, both of Prospect Road, Six Lane Ends, Heckmondwike, and Ian Trafford, 46, of ...
Kaisers' Happy Mondays inspiration for Elland Road gig EXCLUSIVE VIDEO.
Dec 04, 2007 ... Guitars and flash cars go together like a hellraising match made in heaven. Noel Gallagher once took delivery of a chocolate brown Rolls-Royce - even though he couldn't drive. To read and add comments on the gig, click here. Keith Moon confirmed his ...
80 arrests in police blitz on drug dealing.
Dec 04, 2007 ... A POLICE operation against drug dealers has been hailed a major success with 80 people arrested. In the second phase of Operation Fishley which ended on Saturday, 41 people were detained and charged with a total of 104 drugs trafficking offences. Charges for offences ...
Research gives the story of monuments of Leeds Parish Church.
Dec 04, 2007 ... NINE years of research by a Canadian woman have produced the definitive story of memorials at Leeds Parish Church. Margaret Pullan, who settled in the city after getting a degree here, began her work following a chance conversation. She had time on her hands in 1998 when a ...
River footpath takes time.
Dec 04, 2007 ... MOVES to reopen a riverside footpath between Collingham and Wetherby are taking time. The path has been added to the definitive footpath map following a public inquiry in February this year, but it is still not accessible by the public. Coun John Procter, Leeds City ...
Wedding invitations held up - by ribbon!
Dec 04, 2007 ... A GROOM-TO-BE had to spend [pounds sterling]50 on new wedding invitations after some got stuck in the post - because a ribbon on the cards meant they were classed as Large Letters. Other invitations simply got lost or were left waiting to be collected from sorting offices. ...
Thugs 'rugby-tackled' man off his bike in mugging attempt.
Dec 04, 2007 ... TWO young thugs "rugby-tackled" a man off a bicycle in an attempted mugging. It was only when passers-by and one of the attackers' own friends intervened that the victim was allowed to get away with his belongings. The incident happened in Tadcaster Road, near York ...
Asda thanks all its staff with a [pounds sterling]12m Christmas present.
Dec 04, 2007 ... LEEDS-based supermarket group Asda today wished its staff a [pounds sterling]12m "Merry Christmas". The "thank you" package, to be shared by all the 160,000 staff at its 347 stores and depots across the UK, includes discounts and extra time off work. David Smith, ...
'Adventure' of the teddy teacher.
Dec 04, 2007 ... A BRITISH teacher jailed for letting her pupils name a teddy bear Mohammed arrived home today and declared: "I went out there to have a bit of an adventure and got more of an adventure than I bargained for." Speaking at Heathrow airport today, Gillian Gibbons thanked West ...
Police aim to piece together canoeist's life.
Dec 04, 2007 ... Detectives were today trying to piece together the last five-and-a-half years of a canoeist's life after he "came back from the dead". Relatives thought John Darwin drowned in heavy seas after his canoe was found smashed close to his home in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, in March ...
Leeds lunch to raise money to help cyclone survivors.
Dec 04, 2007 ... A LUNCHEON is being held in Leeds to raise funds for survivors of the devastating cyclone which hit Bangladesh last month. The lunch takes place tomorrow from 12 noon until 2pm at the Bangladeshi Community Centre, on Roundhay Road. A minimum donation of [pounds ...
Enterprising mother wins business award.
Dec 04, 2007 ... A MOTHER of twins who set up her own recruitment company so she could care for her babies has won a prestigious business award, less than 10 years after moving to Leeds from Nigeria. Abigail Udenzi, who lives in Alwoodley, was given the Inspiring Success award by Jobcentre Plus ...
Ken Bates pays [pounds sterling]10,000 for dinner - and leaves early.
Dec 05, 2007 ... HE once bought footballing giants Chelsea for a quid. But Ken Bates didn't get the same value for money when he attended a glittering fund-raising dinner in Manchester at the weekend. Mr Bates, now in charge at Leeds United, paid a whopping [pounds sterling]10,000 for ...
'Whistleblower' prison warder tribunal claims.
Dec 05, 2007 ... A WOMAN prison officer says she was bullied, harassed and intimidated by colleagues at Wakefield's high-security jail. Emma Howie, 34, claimed she was "blanked" and ignored by colleagues after being a witness in a 2005 industrial tribunal, in which the prison service paid ...
Photographer Eric returns to see how the view looks now.
Dec 05, 2007 ... A SWISS photographer who captured the essence of Leeds in the 1960s returned to the city to see how it had changed. The corner shops and cobbled streets he photographed almost 40 years ago have gone. Satellite dishes, office blocks and flats have appeared, but many of the red ...
Drugs baron must pay [pounds sterling]300,000.
Dec 05, 2007 ... A YORKSHIRE drug trafficker who fled Britain to evade justice has been ordered to pay up more than [pounds sterling]300,000 - more than 12 years since he first came under investigation. A judge ordered 44-year-old Peter Grubesic, formerly of Melrose Drive, Burley-in-Wharfedale, ...
OAP's [pounds sterling]10m will decision 'troubling'.
Dec 05, 2007 ... A JUDGE has described as "extraordinary" and "troubling" an elderly widow's decision to leave her [pounds sterling]10m fortune to the owners of a Chinese restaurant rather than to her own family. Golda 'Goldie' Bechal died aged 89 in January 2004, leaving almost her entire ...
Chief faces police revolt.
Dec 05, 2007 ... POLICE in West Yorkshire are on a collision course with their chief constable over plans to put more bobbies on the beat at peak times. Sir Norman Bettison, less than a year into his job as chief constable, wants to change the shifts of more than 5,000 constables and sergeants ....
Iconic building up for sale.
Dec 05, 2007 ... AN iconic Leeds landmark is to be auctioned tomorrow with an estimated [pounds sterling]1 million price tag. Mike's Carpets - the historic former chapel building in Armley has been put up for sale after almost 30 years. Owner Mike Smith revealed up to 40 potential ...
Woman robbed thousands from widow.
Dec 05, 2007 ... AN elderly widow was milked of her life savings after she was befriended by a "greedy" woman. Muriel Smith, 82, relied on a legacy from her husband after his death together with his war pension, Leeds Crown Court heard. But after an attempted burglary at her home, ...
Families celebrate lives of loved ones: SLIDESHOW.
Dec 06, 2007 ... YORKSHIRE Evening Post Readers and their families came together to celebrate the lives of absent loved ones at a festive service in Leeds. They each sponsored a Christmas tree light in memory of a relative or friend as part of this year's Light Up a Life Appeal service which ...
Teenager tortures hamster in 'act of senseless cruelty'.
Dec 06, 2007 ... A 15-year-old boy from Harrogate subjected a hamster to a half-hour ordeal in which he put her in a freezer, a tumble-dryer and a washing machine before she died, a court has heard. The RSPCA described the teenager's treatment of the animal called Poppy as "an act of senseless ...
Meanwood primary is simply the best.
Dec 06, 2007 ... PUPILS at St Urban's Catholic Primary School put in a gold star performance by earning their school the title of the best in Leeds. The school in Meanwood came out top in the city in league tables published today by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. ...
Job fears at property firm.
Dec 06, 2007 ... MORE than a quarter of staff employed by millionaire Simon Morris in his Leeds city-centre property business could be axed. An employee at Morris Property told the Yorkshire Evening Post about 25 of around 90 staff were being made redundant this week. But a ...
School moves to top of the class.
Dec 06, 2007 ... A POPULAR inner city Leeds school criticised for poor standards has now won praise from inspectors. Staff at Cockburn College of Arts in Beeston were shocked last December when an Ofsted team issued them with a Notice to Improve. They protested vigorously and their ...
Civil servants in pay strike.
Dec 06, 2007 ... THOUSANDS of Yorkshire civil servants were expected to walk out on strike today over pay. The 48-hour stoppage by staff at the Government's Department of Work and Pensions was expected to hit Jobcentres, the pension service and the Child Support Agency. The staff are ...