Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) back issues from February 2008:
Leeds woman evicted over 24-hour Dolly Parton.
Feb 01, 2008 ... DOLLY Parton fan Diane Duffin will be thrown out of her council house on Monday after plaguing neighbours with loud music around the clock. Neighbour from hell Duffin, 36, appeared at Leeds County Court on Thursday and failed to overturn an order to have for making her ...
Job losses at Leeds Blood Centre.
Feb 01, 2008 ... AROUND 70 jobs are to be lost at the Leeds Blood Centre. Plans for the future of Leeds Blood Centre were announced by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), following a review of its three-year strategy for the National Blood Service (NBS). The jobs will go over the next ...
Leeds surgery attacked by arsonist.
Feb 01, 2008 ... A LEEDS doctor's surgery was targeted by arsonists after petrol was poured through the letterbox and set alight. A woman was arrested over the attack on the surgery at 27, Carlton Gardens, Little London, at 7.30pm last night. The foyer was left badly damaged while the ...
Style guru's warning over city's future path.
Feb 01, 2008 ... Style guru and urban design specialist Wayne Hemingway added a touch of glamour and gritty realism to a debate on the future of Leeds city centre. The entrepreneur behind iconic clothing label Red or Dead offered a healthy dollop of constructive criticism, condemning the city's ...
Strong winds force school to shut again.
Feb 01, 2008 ... Hundreds of youngsters at a new [pounds sterling]20million high school in Leeds were sent home because the doors could not cope with the high winds. Conditions became so bad that the school's ancillary staff walked out for health and safety reasons yesterday. The ...
[pounds sterling]1m cocaine empire boss gets 13 years.
Feb 01, 2008 ... The ringleader of a cocaine and heroin supply monopoly in Leeds has been jailed for 13 years. Amjad Malik set up a sophisticated mobile phone system to control his network of dealers who controlled the trade in south Leeds. Police estimate thousands of deals earned ...
Two in hospital after six car pile up on A1.
Feb 01, 2008 ... A pile up on the A1 in West Yorkshire last night has left two motorists in hospital after a six-car collision. The northbound carriageway had to be closed at Junction 42 near Selby Fork after the smash at 10pm on Thursday A Land Rover Defender was in collision with a ...
The street soldiers who ran an empire of cocaine.
Feb 01, 2008 ... Amjad Malik built up a drugs empire within months of leaving prison - surrounding himself with a network of street dealers. Today, as the powerfully-built six footer starts a 13-year-old jail sentence, the YEP can reveal the full extent of his estimated [pounds sterling]1m ...
Leeds teenager stabbed in front of classmates.
Feb 01, 2008 ... A teenage boy is in hospital after being stabbed in front of classmates at a Leeds school. The knife attack was in a science classroom at Allerton Grange high school in Moortown, north Leeds shortly after school started today. A pupil said that the 14-year-old was ...
Murder accused nurse 'had no motive'.
Feb 01, 2008 ... A male nurse accused of killing four elderly women by giving them massive insulin overdoses at two Leeds hospitals had no motive to commit the crime, a court heard. The jury at the trial of Colin Norris, 31, also heard how the evidence given by the prosecution was "inherently ...
Stabbed schoolboy was Leeds United trialist.
Feb 01, 2008 ... A TEENAGER stabbed in front of horrified classmates at a Leeds school was an aspiring Leeds United footballer, the Yorkshire Evening Post can reveal. Shaquille Ashley Clarke-Adams - who was still recovering in hospital today - was in the Under 13's squad at Leeds United's ...
Our daughter could never have killed Meredith, says dad.
Feb 02, 2008 ... The parents of a 20-year-old accused of killing exchange student Meredith Kercher say their daughter could never have committed such a crime. Amanda Knox's parents said their daughter knew nothing abourt the killing of 21-year-old University of Leeds Miss Kercher in Italy last ...
Gift to hospital from Laura and family.
Feb 02, 2008 ... HEART-transplant tot Laura Whitworth and her family have said a big thank you to medics who saved her life in a dramatic race against the clock. Charity auctions organised by the family from Mirfield raised [pounds sterling]3,522, divided between Leeds General Infirmary ...
Jim's recipe for successful Yorkshire puddings.
Feb 02, 2008 ... YORKSHIRE puddings were on the menu at Saviles Hall in Leeds yesterday. As part of the build-up to the first ever British Yorkshire Pudding Sunday tomorrow, Sir Jimmy Savile, after whom the event and exhibition venue at Clarence Dock is named, agreed to mix up some batter with ...
Trying times for Emmerdale star.
Feb 02, 2008 ... MUSCULAR Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher will go from sinner to Saint today when he makes a special guest appearance in Great Britain rugby league star Paul Sculthorpe's testimonial. Kelvin - jailed farmer Andy Sugden in the show - will line up alongside the double Man of Steel ...
It's Lucas Radebeer!
Feb 02, 2008 ... LEEDS United fans can now drink their team to promotion - all thanks to a pint called Radebeer. A Leeds micro brewery went to the Elland Road club to ask its supporters to name their latest ale. More than a thousand did online, and the overwhelming favourite was to ...
Two will face murder trial this summer.
Feb 02, 2008 ... TWO men accused of murdering a former policeman at his home in West Yorkshire are to stand trial this summer. Michael Sharp, 24, of Queens Drive, Ossett, and Ryan Hill, 28, of Fernley Place, Knottingley, have been charged with murdering car dealer David Ward at his home on Denby ...
Brick-throwing campaigner is evicted from flat.
Feb 02, 2008 ... A DISGRACED Leeds residents' campaigner sentenced for attacking neighbours' homes is to be evicted from his flat. Liam Jordan, 52, led a residents' campaign for more police and more security, including security cameras, at his flats complex in Wykebeck Valley Road, Killingbeck, ...
No proof nurse gave overdoses, murder trial told.
Feb 02, 2008 ... A MALE nurse accused of killing four elderly women by giving them massive insulin overdoses at two Leeds hospitals had no motive to commit the crime, a court heard. The jury at the trial of Colin Norris, 31, also heard how the evidence given by the prosecution was "inherently ...
In Anne's footsteps.
Feb 02, 2008 ... A step-sister of Anne Frank has brought her powerful message of peace to Leeds. Eva Schloss, a Holocaust survivor herself who lived to tell the horrors of the Auschwitz death camp, visited Ralph Thoresby High School, in Holt Park. Eva, like Anne Frank, went into ...
60 second Leeds film at Baftas.
Feb 02, 2008 ... A film director from Leeds is bidding for glory in this year's Orange BAFTA 60 Seconds of Fame competition. Unite, directed by Sam Donovan, tells the story of a Penguin-suited entertainer who is confronted by a mob of kids. The 31-year-old, who lives in Hyde Park, is ...
World War 1 memorabilia is set for auction.
Feb 02, 2008 ... WORLD WAR I memorabilia items will be auctioned today at Mirfield Trinity Church to raise money for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Amongst the treasures are photographic records, and all the goods have been collected around Mirfield by Mirfield Rotary Club. Frank ...
Lorry hijack pair win cut in sentence.
Feb 02, 2008 ... TWO Leeds lorry hijackers put behind bars after a vehicle heist have both won cuts in their sentences on appeal. Joseph Conners, 20, of Gelderd Road, Morley, Leeds, admitted theft at Northampton Crown Court on October 8 last year and was sentenced to 18 months' detention in a ...
Drivers on mobile phones cut the speed - of their reaction time.
Feb 02, 2008 ... SWITCH OFF before you drive off - that was the message when shoppers in Leeds had an opportunity to test their reaction times with and without using a mobile phone. As part of a [pounds sterling]1.5 million campaign named THINK!, shoppers in The Light were shown the dangers of ...
School is sports and language specialist.
Feb 02, 2008 ... IT ALREADY uses sporting superstars to encourage pupils to strive for their best. And now Carr Manor High in Leeds has joined a growing list of schools using excellence in specific subject areas to raise standards in all areas. The 700-pupil school has been ...
Tommy Steele is talking to the animals as Doctor Dolittle in Leeds!
Feb 02, 2008 ... THEATRE impresario Bill Kenwright is bringing the legendary Tommy Steele to Leeds. One of Britain's best-loved musical stars returns to the stage this month in the title role of the smash hit production of Doctor Dolittle at Leeds Grand Theatre. It will run from ...
No flash in the Pan.
Feb 02, 2008 ... A WEST Yorkshire panto has broken all records. Bradford Theatres' Peter Pan, which has just finished its seven-week run at the Alhambra, has pulled audiences totalling 101,544 from all over the country. Yorkshire favourite Billy Pearce starred in the fairy tale as ...
Thanks for my life.
Feb 02, 2008 ... Heart-transplant tot Laura Whitworth and her family have said a big thank you to medics who saved her life in a dramatic race against the clock. Charity auctions organised by the family from Mirfield raised [pounds sterling]3,522, divided between Leeds General Infirmary ...
He 'didn't have a motive'.
Feb 02, 2008 ... A MALE nurse accused of killing four elderly women by giving them massive insulin overdoses at two Leeds hospitals had no motive to commit the crime, a court heard. The jury at the trial of Colin Norris, 31, also heard how the evidence given by the prosecution was "inherently ...
Commuter road hit by repairs for weeks.
Feb 02, 2008 ... ONE of Leeds's busiest commuter routes is heading for weeks of traffic disruption. Work on the A65 Kirkstall Road through Burley, which carries 23,000 vehicles a day, will lead to delays for drivers. Resurfacing work will begin on Monday and is likely to continue ...
Pupils are aiming high to help charity.
Feb 02, 2008 ... PUPILS from a Leeds school plan to climb the height of Mount Everest in a week to raise money for cancer care. The 150 students from Crawshaw High in Pudsey will tackle its climbing wall in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care on March 3. They hope to climb the 29,000 feet ...
Leeds school stabbing: boy charged.(Medical condition overview)
Feb 03, 2008 ... A 13-year-old boy is to appear in court accused of stabbing a fellow school pupil. The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is charged with causing grievous bodily harm to 14-year-old Shaquille Clarke-Adams. He will appear before Leeds Youth Court on ...
Rottweiler shot dead in Leeds.
Feb 03, 2008 ... AN AGGRESSIVE Rottweiler dog sparked terror on a Leeds estate before being shot dead by a police marksman. Officers were called to a report that a Rottweiler was on the loose in the vicinity of Kentmere Avenue on the Seacroft estate at about 12.30pm on Sunday. A ...
Match of the day as Carolynne prepares to marry footballer.
Feb 04, 2008 ... FAME Academy's Carloynne Good has revealed she will marry professional footballer David Poole this summer. But when it came to telling her Leeds United-mad dad Michael what her fiance did for a living, the 27-year-old could not bring herself to confess he once played for ...
Sex offender worked for Leeds child charity.
Feb 04, 2008 ... A CONVICTED sex offender has been working for a Leeds Christian charity in a mission to help orphans in Romania. A Charity Commission investigation has found that The Smiles Foundation did not carry out a standard criminal background check on the volunteer as it "already knew ...
Leeds service remembers city's forgotten homeless.
Feb 04, 2008 ... A civic service was held in Leeds as a memorial to those who have died homeless in the city. The Candlemas Evensong and service of dedication, commitment and remembrance was held at Leeds Parish Church on Friday evening. It brought together homeless people, civic ...
Liz Dawn's battle against lung disease.
Feb 04, 2008 ... CORONATION Street legend Liz Dawn today - Monday - gives a moving insight into the toll that chronic lung disease has taken on her life. Leeds-born Liz was recently forced to quit her role as Corrie's loveable loudmouth Vera Duckworth because of the effects of emphysema. ...
Plane engine scare sparks rescue alert at airport.
Feb 04, 2008 ... A PASSENGER plane bound for Leeds Bradford Airport sparked an emergency alert when its pilot radioed the control tower to report engine problems. Police, ambulance crews and the fire service raced to the airport shortly before 3pm on Saturday following the call from the Austrian ...
Council pays [pounds sterling]2.5m in claims...
Feb 04, 2008 ... [pounds sterling]2.5m has been paid out in compensation by Leeds City Council in just two years. Every day it receives six new claims for incidents with by far the most common claims are for damage caused to vehicles by potholes - 907 between 2005 and 2007. Tripping ...
Leeds band gets Kaiser Chiefs' blessing.
Feb 04, 2008 ... The city's next big thing The Shakinouts, tipped for the top by industry expers THEY have the celebrity stamp of approval and have gone from bedroom jams to interest from major record labels. The Shakinouts are a Leeds band busy building a loyal fanbase and causing ...
Social worker in breach is struck off.
Feb 04, 2008 ... A SOCIAL worker from Leeds has been removed from the Social Care Register at a hearing held by the General Social Care Council (GSCC), after being found to have breached the code of practice. Alan Rhodes, who was employed by Leeds City Council, was found guilty of misconduct by ...
Uninsured Leeds motorists targeted.
Feb 04, 2008 ... MOTORISTS driving without insurance are the target of a month-long Yorkshire-wide campaign. It follows revelations that in some areas almost 60 per cent of divers have no insurance cover. Experts recognise that many uninsured cars are used by criminals and those ...
Medical firm's [pounds sterling]3m research deal.
Feb 04, 2008 ... A LEEDS-BASED medical company has won a [pounds sterling]3m deal to help to develop revolutionary techniques that could replace organ donors and mechanical parts. Tissue Regenix Ltd, based at Leeds Innovation Centre in Clarendon Road, has worked on ways of allowing tissue to ...
VIDEO Leeds Dolly Parton fan evicted for loud music.
Feb 04, 2008 ... SHE'S been evicted from her home - but Dolly Parton fan Diane Duffin was today still singing her heroine's songs. As council officials this morning arrived to check and seal up Ms Duffin's Armley home, the mum-of-four, her partner Wayne Wonnacott and a group of friends struck up ...
Barbara sings praises of Varieties rescue.
Feb 04, 2008 ... A SINGING star who helped with the restoration campaign of Harrogate's Royal Hall says wishes success for those involved in a [pounds sterling]9.2m project to enhance the City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds. Barbara Simpson, who first sang in public at New Blackpool Methodist ...
Murder accused nurse denies he 'hated' older patients.
Feb 04, 2008 ... A male nurse accused of killing four elderly women by giving them massive insulin doses at two Leeds hospitals has denied telling a colleague that he "hated" older patients. Colin Norris, 31, told Newcastle Crown Court that he "never said that", adding that he saw dealing with ...
Have say on Leeds' future.
Feb 04, 2008 ... IS Leeds heading in the right direction? People across the city who care about its future will have the chance to answer this question and give their views on the subject at a meeting later this month. Leeds might be the top financial centre after London, with ...
Leeds train sex act ends in court.
Feb 04, 2008 ... A MAN who performed an indecent act in front of a woman on a train from Leeds to Ilkley has been placed on the Sex Offenders' Register. William Murphy, 24, of Brighton Road, Ilkley, sat opposite the woman during the journey on March 29 last year and started staring at her, ...
Saturday night feeder for the city's clubbers.
Feb 05, 2008 ... Leeds edges closer to being a 24 hour cosmopolitan city - with pasties and sausage rolls round the clock! FOR many revellers, a night out in Leeds city centre isn't complete without a burger or a kebab on the way home. But the newest ...
From prop to lock for ex-RL star.
Feb 05, 2008 ... A FORMER Rhinos rugby league international who hung up his professional boots three years ago is forging a new career as a prison officer. Darren Fleary, 35, was a tough, uncompromising prop for Rhinos from 1997 to 2001, after which he played for his home town side Huddersfield ...
Amy quits rehab - to get a visa.
Feb 05, 2008 ... The latest twist in the ongoing Winehouse saga Singer Amy Winehouse took a break from rehab today to apply for a US visa. The Back To Black star left her London clinic for a few hours to meet officials at the US Embassy. She was also accompanied by a nurse ...
Ski centre death fall.
Feb 05, 2008 ... A SCAFFOLDER has died after falling from an escalator at West Yorkshire's indoor ski complex. Thomas Garnham, 21, had been drinking with pals when it is believed he mounted banisters on the 20-foot escalator at Xscape and fell. Paramedics and police were called to the ...
Nurse denies predicting time of patient's death.
Feb 05, 2008 ... A MALE nurse accused of injecting four elderly women with fatal amounts of insulin at Leeds hospitals has denied predicting the time of death of his last alleged victim. Colin Norris, 31, also denied he reacted with "detached amusement" when another alleged victims, Irene ...
How airport hero and school building share same name...
Feb 05, 2008 ... HE BECAME an international hero after helping to thwart a terrorist attack on a UK airport. And now baggage handler John Smeaton is set to leave his mark on Leeds after accepting a rather unusual honour. The 31-year-old has agreed to officially open a new [pounds ...
Knife victim Shaquille out of hospital and on the touchline.
Feb 05, 2008 ... A TEENAGER stabbed during a lesson at his school has been discharged from hospital ... and immediately went to watch his team mates play in a local football match. Shaquille Clarke-Adams, 14, from Harehills, Leeds was stabbed during a science lesson at Allerton Grange High in ...
'Find job or lose council house'.
Feb 05, 2008 ... UNEMPLOYED people in council houses should be expected to actively seek work as a condition of their tenancy, the new housing minister will propose today. Caroline Flint will suggest that new council tenants who can work would sign "commitment contracts" when getting a tenancy. ...
No link between MMR injection and autism.
Feb 05, 2008 ... THERE is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism, according to a new study published today. The findings in this research - the most comprehensive ever completed - contradict a controversial article by Dr Andrew Wakefield 10 years ago which said there could be a connection ...
Chef tosses Leeds's highest pancake.
Feb 05, 2008 ... CHEF Paul Huddlestone needed a head for heights as he tossed one of Leeds's highest pancakes. He took his pan and cooking equipment onto the roof of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Wellington Street to show off his ...
Photographer's pictures of city's dark and dingy places.
Feb 05, 2008 ... A PASSION to preserve his city's past led snapper James Lester into some dark and dingy places. The 21-year-old amateur photographer wanted to record the derelict buildings and factories of Leeds before they are knocked down. So James used his trusty Canon camera to ...
Burglar jailed after being lured into sting at house.
Feb 05, 2008 ... A BURGLAR has been jailed after being caught in a police sting aimed at weeding out criminals who break into houses in Leeds. Dwayne Mitchum, 23, was among the first of the city's criminals to fall foul of a new initiative in which unsuspecting burglars break into "capture ...
Boy arrested over arson attack on mobility scooter.
Feb 05, 2008 ... A 12-year-old boy was arrested today by police investigating a sickening arson attack on a woman's mobility scooter. The scooter was set alight yesterday evening while it was parked outside its owner's bungalow at a sheltered housing complex in Boldmere Road, Halton, Leeds. ...
Leeds bride court case: guilty verdicts.
Feb 05, 2008 ... Four members of a family were today found guilty of allowing the death of a young bride who was savagely beaten by her arranged marriage husband. Sabia Rani, 19, was murdered by her husband Shazad Khan in May 2006, following three months of beatings and physical abuse at his ...
Video: Holocaust project for Leeds pupils.
Feb 05, 2008 ... A project aimed at ensuring that a new generation of young people learn the awful lessons of the Nazi Holocaust has been launched in Leeds. The launch coincided with a Government announcement of plans to send two young people from each of Britain's secondary schools to visit ...
Boy of 12 arrested after mobility scooter is torched.
Feb 06, 2008 ... A 12-year-old boy was arrested today after a woman's mobility scooter was set alight. The arson attack happened yesterday evening as the scooter was parked outside its owner's bungalow at a sheltered housing complex in Boldmere Road, Halton Moor, Leeds. The fire ...
Killer who etched pattern on victim's face in jail until 2012.
Feb 06, 2008 ... A thug who killed a homeless man so he could rob him was today ordered to remain behind bars until at least 2012 after a judge reviewed his case. There was "evidence of sadism and gratuitous violence" in the killing carried out by Andrew Fretwell, 29, who used his victim's own ...