Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) back issues from March 2008:
SEARCH FOR SHANNON: Specialist dogs brought in to search buildings.
Mar 01, 2008 ... SPECIALIST body search dogs have been brought in to help police in their hunt for missing Dewsbury girl Shannon Matthews. The dogs from Greater Manchester Police will help carry out a large number of searches of houses and other premises - alongside West Yorkshire's own tracker ...
'Let's try closing slip road for week'.
Mar 01, 2008 ... By Howard Williamson CLOSE a slip road for a week and see what happens - that was the radical call from Headingley councillor Martin Hamilton. He said highways officials made policy on the basis of computer models but that was not necessarily the real world. ...
Charity worker wins [pounds sterling]15,000 sex taunt payout.
Mar 01, 2008 ... A VICTIM of a campaign of sexual bullying at the Leeds charity where she worked has won a [pounds sterling]15,000 payout. Former secretary Elizabeth Beck, 49, from Middleton, was awarded compensation and damages for "direct" sexual discrimination and sexual harassment following ...
Body of ex-policeman was bound hand and foot.
Mar 01, 2008 ... THE BODY of a former policeman was found bound hand and foot in the bathroom of his Wakefield home after an alleged bungled robbery, an inquest has been told. Det Supt Bill Shackleton toldWakefield Coroner's Court yesterday that David Ward, 38, was found by officers responding ...
Police catch the bus to tackle vandals.
Mar 01, 2008 ... POLICE are taking the bus to tackle crime and vandalism in Leeds. But their transport is no ordinary single-decker. It is a spy wagon fitted out with a battery of cameras to infiltrate vandalism hotspots in the city. From the outside, it looks the same as any other ...
'Worst school' now a winner, say inspectors.
Mar 01, 2008 ... A MERE 14 months ago John Smeaton Community College was slammed by Ofsted. In giving the school its worst possible grade and a "notice to improve", the education watchdog said standards and teaching were unacceptable. * Click here for more Cross Gates news. ...
World crown for student king of cards.
Mar 01, 2008 ... HE has dazzled the world with his sleight of hand since the age of five, now teen magician Darren McDonald has been named a world champion. But the 19-year-old who is taking a law degree at Leeds University maintains that for now magic will remain just a hobby. Darren ...
Chaos as thieves set blazing van rolling down Leeds street.
Mar 01, 2008 ... AMAZED residents watched a blazing van roll by their windows after thieves dumped it in a street before setting it on fire. The white Ford Transit was abandoned in Peel Street, Morley, shortly before midnight yesterday. The fire spread from inside the van to its brake ...
Pulling pints is on the agenda for Leeds councillor at beer festival.
Mar 03, 2008 ... One councillor will be on the pull during this year's Pudsey beer festival. Josie Jarosz (Pudsey Labour) will tie on her pinny in preparation for this year's CAMRA Leeds Beer, Cider and Perry Festival. HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THE YEP'S NEW COMMUNITY WEBSITES? ...
Good Samaritan tried in vain to revive man on Leeds street.
Mar 03, 2008 ... A passer-by tried desperately to revive a homeless alcoholic after he keeled over and died on a Leeds street. Mark Anthony Troy, 42, died in Spencer Place, Sheepscar, where he was found slumped over a wall struggling to breath. HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THE YEP'S NEW ...
Video: Man found nailed to wooden cross moved for his own safety.
Mar 03, 2008 ... A man found nailed to a wooden cross outside his house has been moved to live in another property for his own safety, the Yorkshire Evening Post understands. Police were called to the home of the 43-year-old after neighbours heard his cries for help as he lay on the lawn in ...
Plan for a house in green belt rejected.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Plans to build a detached home on a green belt site at Knaresborough have been overwhelmingly rejected. A spokesman for objectors told Harrogate Borough Council Planning Committee that if the property was allowed, the development might as well have been dumped in a nearby ...
Teenager speedway sensation roars back into GB reckoning.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Teenage speedway sensation Josh Auty is riding high after being picked to race for Great Britain once again in this year's international championships. The 17-year-old from Dewsbury won a silver medal with the British under-21s team in the World Cup held in Germany last year. ...
Snare warning after fox badly maimed.
Mar 03, 2008 ... A fox was found almost severed in half after being trapped by a snare in West Yorkshire, prompting warnings about the dangers of the devices. The RSPCA is highlighting the dangers of snares after the fox was found seriously maimed behind the Shoulder Of Mutton Pub on Leeds Road, ...
Students visit [pounds sterling]25m water works site.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Students were given an eye-opening visit to a major West Yorkshire construction site. About 40 civil engineering students from Leeds University visited building work at the Mitchell Laithes waste water treatment works at ...
Leeds Leap year baby ahead of her time.
Mar 03, 2008 ... This bouncing baby faces a lifetime of birthdays which are few and far between. For the 7lb 4oz newborn came into the world - on Friday, February 29 - and was one of six Leap Year Day babies born at the LGI in 2008. And it seems that fate played a part in the accolade ...
Future of Leeds: 'People want a say in how their city's run'.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Organisers of a debate on the future of Leeds want the public to continue to have a say on the development of the city. Hundreds of people from all walks of life gathered at Leeds University of Leeds last week to share their views on positive and negative aspects of the city ...
The Leeds youngsters who stand out from the crowd.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Pupils at a Leeds school certainly stand out from the crowd. The youngsters, from Corpus Christi Catholic Primary in Halton Moor, have teamed up with Specsavers Opticians as part of a road safety campaign. The firm has donated high-visibility jackets as part of Be ...
Rail plans for more trains to Yorkshire.
Mar 03, 2008 ... More frequent trains with extra carriages could soon be running on the East Coast Main Line (ECML) under plans published by rail infrastructure company Network Rail (NR). The improved services are proposed under a route utilisation strategy document from NR. NR said ...
Fire staff are urged to get on their bikes.
Mar 03, 2008 ... AT least 150 fire staff have shown an interest in a new cycle to work scheme. Coun Graham Kirkland told a meeting of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority he hoped to promote healthier lifestyles and ease traffic congestion and pollution. ...
Battle to let family remain in Leeds.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Anti-deportation campaigners are fighting to halt the removal to Pakistan of a family who were seized in Leeds. Saima and Saleem Saddiq and their children Zulekha, 3, and Abdul, 1, were arrested in a dawn raid on their home in Harehills. At around 6.30am last Tuesday ...
Charity is looking for Leeds runners to raise cash.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Fundraisers at Marie Curie Cancer Care are looking for runners in West Yorkshire to take to the streets of the North East on Sunday, October 5, and take part in this year's Great North Run. People who agree to take up the challenge and raise money for the charity will be ...
Leeds canoeist dies in weir accident.
Mar 03, 2008 ... A Leeds man has died after being trapped in a river weir. Radiologist Mark Watson, 37, of Swillington was pulled from the Calder near Halifax in a major rescue operation. CLICK HERE TO SEND US YOUR TRIBUTES TO MARK WATSON. WE WILL PUBLISH THE LOT. He was ...
Leeds road turned into "race track" by [pounds sterling]3m revamp.
Mar 03, 2008 ... A [pounds sterling]3m scheme to improve safety on a busy Leeds inner city road has turned it into a race track, it has been claimed. Kirkstall councillor Liz Minkin, who has monitored the Burley Road improvement scheme, said cars are now doing up to 45mph on the 30mph limit ...
SEARCH FOR SHANNON: "I don't want cards, just Shannon back" says her mum.
Mar 03, 2008 ... A Mother's Day plea for missing Dewsbury schoolgirl Shannon Matthews to return home has so far gone unanswered. Mum Karen Matthews issued her emotional statement in the desperate hope of receiving the best gift she could wish for - having her nine-year-old daughter back home. ...
Yorkshire escapes damage after weekend of high winds.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Strong winds persisted all weekend but surprisingly caused little damage or disruption. Leeds fire crews were called to House of Fraser in the city centre yesterday to take down its 30ft sign after it nearly blew away. They also had to remove loose bricks from the ...
Body discovered in Leeds garage fire wreckage.
Mar 03, 2008 ... An investigation is under way after firefighters tackling a garage blaze found a man's body in the wreckage. Fire crews from Stanningley made the grim discovery as they put out a fire in the garage behind the Why Eat Chinese takeaway in Bradford Road, Woodhall, Pudsey, at 2.32am ...
Till operator duped supermarket out of [pounds sterling]800.
Mar 03, 2008 ... SUPERMARKET till operator Keiran Mason, who duped his firm out of more than [pounds sterling]800, has escaped a prison sentence. Harrogate magistrates heard how ex-Ripon Grammar School pupil and Harrogate College drop-out Mason, 18, used a correction button on his till at ...
Medvedev wins by a landslide.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Dmitry Medvedev won a landslide victory in the election to replace his patron Vladimir Putin as Russia's president. Mr Medvedev has promised to continue on Mr Putin's path, and to appoint him prime minister. The result promises a smooth leadership transition, but ...
Palestinian president calls off peace talks after attacks.
Mar 03, 2008 ... ISRAELI ground troops pulled out of northern Gaza before daybreak today, following fighting that has left more than 100 dead. Israel's first extended sweep in their offensive against Palestinian rocket salvos has led the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas to call off ...
Brown's warning to alcohol traders.
Mar 03, 2008 ... By Mark Hookham Political Editor ROGUE shopkeepers caught selling booze to under-age youngsters more than once will be stripped of their licence, Gordon Brown said today. The Prime Minister unveiled a new "two strikes and you're out" rule against shops, ...
Top mum Kym.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Coronation Street star Kym Ryder has been crowned Tesco Magazine's Celebrity Mum of the Year. The judges, including PM's wife ...
Tory jail shake-up.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Conservative leader David Cameron was today setting out plans to build 5,000 additional jail places in a radical shake-up of the prison system. Under the Tory plans, to be set out in a "green paper", the extra capacity will be used to end the systematic ...
EU protest before vote.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Demonstrators scaled a crane in Parliament Square today in an apparent protest over the EU Treaty. Activists climbed the structure shortly after 2am before unravelling banners ...
55 academies to be opened each year.
Mar 03, 2008 ... SCHOOLS Secretary Ed Balls has announced a further acceleration in the government's city academy programme in the next two years. The Normanton MP has unveiled plans for 55 academies to be opened in both 2008/09 and 2009/10. ...
Two thirds of firearms offenders walking free in West Yorkshire.
Mar 03, 2008 ... More than two thirds of offenders found guilty in West Yorkshire for having illegal firearms are not jailed, new figures have reveal. According to the Ministry of Justice, 47 people were found guilty of being in possession of a prohibited gun or ammunition in 2006. ...
Anger as Leeds suburb "still in the dark".
Mar 03, 2008 ... A councillor has expressed her disbelief that parts of Pudsey are still in darkness - following the installation of new street lights six months ago. The street columns were put up in several areas including Clarendon Terrace, Victoria Road and the footpath running between ...
Two-thirds of firearms offenders walking free in W Yorks.
Mar 03, 2008 ... MORE than two thirds of offenders found guilty in West Yorkshire for having illegal firearms are not jailed, new figures have reveal. According to the Ministry of Justice, 47 people were found guilty of being in possession of a prohibited gun or ammunition in 2006. ...
Leeds benefit fraud brothers jailed.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Two plotting benefit fraud brothers pocketed almost [pounds sterling]225,000 using "phantom tenancies" in the biggest Leeds case of its kind. Javeid Akhtar, 34 years old father of seven, of West Park Avenue, Leeds, and Banaras Ali, a 30 years old father of three, of Mexborough ...
Video: Nurse found guilty of murdering four patients.
Mar 03, 2008 ... A staff nurse was today convicted of murdering four frail patients by giving them overdoses of the diabetes drug insulin. Colin Norris, 32, from Egilsay Terrace, Glasgow, who once said he disliked caring for "geriatric patients", killed the elderly women and tried to murder ...
Body of man found in Leeds suburb.
Mar 03, 2008 ... Horrified workmen found the body of a man in a beck in Wortley. Police were alerted after the grim discovery in a beck close to Branch Place - opposite Ringways garage - on Monday, March 3. HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THE YEP'S NEW COMMUNITY ...
SEARCH FOR SHANNON: Mum urges anyone holding nine-year-old to let her go.
Mar 03, 2008 ... In an emotional plea the mother of missing nine-year-old Shannon Matthews urged anyone holding her to let her go. An exhausted and weepy Karen Matthews said today that she believed someone had Shannon and pleaded for her safe return. The 32-year-old admitted that her ...
Yorkshire thermal firm turns up the heat for British soldiers.
Mar 04, 2008 ... They have warmed the cockles of many a chilly celebrity's heart and even helped a world-renowned explorer cope in arctic conditions. Now a West Yorkshire firm's famous thermals are helping our troops to deal with the freezing cold abroad. Damart, based in Bingley, is ...
Memorial garden for Leeds family in fire tragedy.
Mar 04, 2008 ... A memorial garden has been created on a Leeds estate where a young mum and her two children died in a tragic fire. Michelle Osbourne, 25, and her sons Kyle, seven, and Ceirian, four, were killed in the blaze at their home in Amberton Crescent in Gipton, east Leeds, in September ...
Leeds University bid to turn around decline in interpreter numbers.
Mar 04, 2008 ... Leeds University is leading a major bid to tackle a looming language crisis. Back in the 1960s, the demand for multi-lingual interpreters to translate speeches and policy documents for delegates was fuelled by the growth of organisations such as the United Nations and European ...
Leeds supermum is a mum in a million.
Mar 04, 2008 ... Supermum Janet Knight is a mum in a million. She has fostered several babies and toddlers, taught youngsters with special needs and even adopted three children of her own. HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT THE YEP'S NEW COMMUNITY WEBSITES? Click here for a full run down ...
Service station's hotel gets the green light.
Mar 04, 2008 ... A 126-BEDROOM hotel at a new service station on the A1 near Wetherby has been given final approval by Harrogate Council planners. Objections to Moto Hospitality Ltd's plans for the site near junction 46 had been raised by Kirk Deighton Parish Council. But a report to ...
Leeds charity wagons set to roll to Ukraine.
Mar 04, 2008 ... A team of Leeds charity workers is preparing to take a six-wagon aid convoy thousands of miles across Europe to Ukraine. Yorkshire Aid Convoy, founded 16 years ago by Mark Murphy and Simon Hartley, will transport more than 80 tonnes of aid to the impoverished former Soviet ...
West Yorkshire Police chief victim of Wikipedia pranks.
Mar 04, 2008 ... West Yorkshire Chief Constable Sir Norman Bettison has instructed staff to check online encyclopaedia Wikipedia to stop its users posting rude comments about him. A website carrying details about the Chief Constable has reportedly been altered more than 100 times in the last few ...
Paintings of Staithes in Leeds school exhibition.
Mar 04, 2008 ... Dazzling paintings inspired by the picturesque Yorkshire fishing village and artists' haven of Staithes are bringing A Breath of Sea Air to Otley this spring. David R Bamford Chartered Architects, who are based in the Old Grammar School, Otley, will showcase artworks on loan ...
Pudsey 10k race joy as council pledge to pick up bill.
Mar 04, 2008 ... Council leader Andrew Carter has lifted a financial threat hanging over the annual Pudsey 10k Challenge race in July. Organisers were faced with a [pounds sterling]2,000-plus bill to advertise road closures for the event and warned that this would put their charitable giving in ...
Foot on the ladder for would-be Leeds actors.
Mar 04, 2008 ... A radical theatre company is celebrating its 40th birthday by offering would-be actors their big break. Red Ladder Theatre Company, based in York Street, Leeds, is to hold newcomer auditions for its performance of Where's Vietnam? The play has been written by ...
Leeds fairtrade fortnight: 'My life changed thanks to fairtrade'.
Mar 04, 2008 ... A SOUTH African farm worker whose life has changed dramatically thanks to the fairtrade movement is in Leeds to help celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight. Maria Mallan lives in the Western Cape region of South Africa. She started working at Stellar Farming in 1976 after her mum died ....
Leeds fairtrade fortnight: Students make a day of it.
Mar 04, 2008 ... Students at Leeds University are throwing their weight behind Leeds Fairtrade Fortnight. On Thursday they will stage a Fairtrade exhibition at the university's Parkinson Court from 10 am to 4pm. From 10 am to 5 pm shops in the university union building will stage a ...
Support for referendum on new EU treaty in Leeds suburb.
Mar 04, 2008 ... Voters in Pudsey have backed a call for a referendum on the EU Constitution, say organisers of an independent poll. The pressure group, I Want A Referendum, carried out polls in 10 constituencies across the country and found broadly the same results everywhere. Some ...
Leeds scheme's volunteers are good neighours for the elderly.
Mar 04, 2008 ... Good neighbours really do make good friends is the message to older people in Chapel Allerton from a new council-backed scheme. The North East Inner Area Committee has given [pounds sterling]6,000 to set up a Good Neighbours network in the area, with a team of volunteers ...
Budding Leeds circus stars can show off their skills.
Mar 04, 2008 ... Wannabe jugglers and acrobats can strut their stuff in the Big Top at an event in Leeds this month. The Beautiful Octopus Club, at Leeds University Union on Tuesday, March 18, is run by and for people with learning disabilities. Organised by West Yorkshire Playhouse, ...
Leeds businessman killed in freak accident.
Mar 04, 2008 ... A Leeds businessman has died after plunging 80ft down a crevasse during a winter sports holiday in the French Alps. Phil Tate, 32, was with his partner and two friends on an off-piste route in the Mont Blanc range above Chamonix when the accident happened on Sunday morning. ...
"They have nothing on me" Norris told YEP.
Mar 04, 2008 ... The cold-blooded killer of four elderly patients walked into the YEP office and said: "They have nothing on me." Colin Norris will today be given life sentences for the murders of four women in Leeds hospitals, and the attempted murder of a fifth, by injecting them with massive ...
Dealer faces jail for selling boy killer pill.
Mar 04, 2008 ... A drug dealer who sold a gifted schoolboy a [pounds sterling]1 pill which led to the tragic youngster's death has been told he will be jailed. Jonathan Higgins, 15, was among a group gathered outside Wakefield Cathedral when David Adams, 27, pestered him to buy drugs. ...
Miners' compensation scheme was 'seriously mismanaged'.
Mar 04, 2008 ... Former miners have been forced to wait more than 10 years for government compensation for crippling illnesses, a committee of MPs said today. Some former pitmen died while their claims for lung disease were being processed because ministers underestimated the size and complexity ...
Body hunt in Jersey continues.
Mar 04, 2008 ... A specialist military team were searching for human remains today at a former Jersey care home after discovering other possible remains yesterday. The team will use hi-tech radar equipment to help forensic officers, who also found part of a child's skull at the Haut de la ...
Cops 'fail on rape'.
Mar 04, 2008 ... A top officer has criticised police "mediocrity" in investigating rape cases. Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner John Yates, told a newspaper many officers failed to take rape allegations as seriously as other crimes. He said victims often met an ...
Brown 'plans UK ban on Zimbabwe athletes'.
Mar 04, 2008 ... Athletes from Zimbabwe could be banned from competing in Britain under plans reportedly being considered by the Government. The BBC's Inside Sport programme reports the option is being discussed to stop Zimbabwe's cricket team from touring England next year. The ...
Rapist jailed for attack on fiancee.
Mar 04, 2008 ... A CONVICTED rapist has been jailed indefinitely for a knifepoint attack on his fiancee - who fell for him while a prison visitor at Wakefield's maximum security jail. A Leeds Crown Court jury took just two hours to find the man guilty of affray and committing an offence with ...