Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) back issues from June 2008:
Castleford dog attack girl out of hospital.
Jun 02, 2008 ... A girl mauled by a dog at a family party has been discharged from hospital. Zoe Stenton, nine, was bitten on the face by the Japanese Akita cross Alsatian dog on Thursday. Zoe, pictured, of Wood Green in Castleford, had wandered into a neighbour's garden in nearby ...
Back to 60s for Leeds theatre company.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Leeds-based theatre company Red Ladder is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a play that taps into the revolutionary spirit of the Sixties. Where's Vietnam? is set around the anti-war protest which took place in London's Grosvenor Square in 1968 - the year Red Ladder was ...
New Leeds gym is boxer Danny's dream come true.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Should Tory leader David Cameron ever want to try his hand at boxing, a trip to Leeds might be in order ... New Wortley Conservative Club has become home to Rebel's Gym where Danny Thornton and fellow coaches teach the noble art. Danny rents the upper floor of the ...
Death road's limit of 60mph 'ridiculous'.
Jun 02, 2008 ... An accident blackspot claimed the life of a Leeds teenage student just three weeks before another fatal smash on the same stretch of road. An inquest heard Rhys Thomas, 17, died in the crash while in the car with a rookie driver on a notorious section of the A660 Ilkley Road ...
Help to raise the standards of child care.
Jun 02, 2008 ... ARE you passionate about raising the standard of child care and education for children aged under five? If so a free taster session is to be held at Chapeltown Children's Centre on Wednesday from 4pm to 5.15pm about how you can gain Early Years Professional (EYP) status. An EYP ...
Leeds crime campaigner murdered.
Jun 02, 2008 ... A LEEDS mother who had championed a national campaign against gun and knife crime has been found brutally murdered at her Leeds home. Pat Regan, 53, who had spearheaded the Mothers Against Violence campaign, was found stabbed to death at her maisonette close to the city centre ...
Four killed in jet crash.
Jun 02, 2008 ... A Miami-bound jet overshot a runway, raced on to a busy street and slammed into an embankment in the Honduran capital, killing the pilot, two passengers and a motorist. At least 65 people were injured, including the former head of Honduras' ...
Action on Lockerbie.
Jun 02, 2008 ... The US and Libya have agreed to try to quickly compensate families of American victims of the Lockerbie bombing and two other 1980s terror attacks blamed on Libyan agents. The two countries pledged to work together ...
Shirley home.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Dame Shirley Bassey has been discharged from hospital where she was recovering from an emergency operation on her stomach, ...
Crippling break.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Britain's Got Talent winner George Sampson said today doctors have warned his breakdancing routines risk crippling him ...
Two die as crane collapses.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Two building workers were killed and one was seriously injured when a crane collapsed in a Manhattan neighbourhood, smashing into a 23-storey apartment building as it fell. It was the second deadly crane accident in two and a half months in New York, which is undergoing a ...
Confusion over Jolie twins birth.
Jun 02, 2008 ... The Brangelina clan settled into a villa in the south of France at the weekend as a report claiming the couple's twins had been born was denied. Entertainment Tonight first reported on its website on Friday that Angelina Jolie had given birth in ...
Amy turns up late.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Amy Winehouse gave a brief performance in front of 90,000 people in her first concert since leaving rehab - after turning up nearly an hour late. When the troubled ...
Leeds councillors' expenses smash [pounds sterling]2m barrier.
Jun 02, 2008 ... ALLOWANCES and expenses paid to councillors in Leeds have smashed through the [pounds sterling]2m barrier for the first time. Figures just released show they picked up a total of [pounds sterling]2,011,348 during 2007-08 - up from [pounds sterling]1,893,165 for the previous 12 ...
Stuntman puts his life on the line for world record.
Jun 02, 2008 ... AS WORLD speed record attempts go, it's one of the more unlikely. That's because Yorkshire stuntman Rob Jarman won't be behind the controls of a high-powered car, superbike or speedboat. Instead, Rob, of Harrogate, will be pushing the pedals of a FOLDING BICYCLE. ...
Leeds grandad breaks drug law to tackle multiple sclerosis.
Jun 02, 2008 ... THIS man is so ill he spends days in agony and can barely walk. But under a recent Government decision he could be jailed for FIVE YEARS for using the only drug that eases his pain. The Leeds grandfather-of-eight, who has Multiple Sclerosis, takes small amounts of ...
Morley leisure centre closure date confirmed.
Jun 02, 2008 ... MORLEY Leisure Centre is set to close next month for work to start on its long-awaited replacement. The building, in Scatcherd Park, is to be demolished and a new centre built in its place. It is set to open in 2010. The project is part of a [pounds sterling]30m ...
Death trap fear at kids' den in old Bramley mill.
Jun 02, 2008 ... RESIDENTS in Leeds are calling for action over a dilapidated former mill which they claim could become a "death trap". Homeowners living near the old Brown's textiles and Winerite Ltd site in Stanningley Road, Bramley, claim it has recently become a trouble magnet and a drinking ...
Famous Leeds pub facing last orders.
Jun 02, 2008 ... A BITTER row between a landlord and one of Britain's biggest pub companies has left a famous Leeds pub facing closure. The iconic Prince of Wales, in Swinegate, looks set to be cut back to weekend hours only and its long-term future hangs in the balance. The classic ...
Seacroft hospital future left in limbo.
Jun 02, 2008 ... TALKS over whether to move out of dilapidated parts of Seacroft Hospital and eventually sell them off have been put on hold. Hospital bosses had been asked to give the green-light to plans to vacate the oldest buildings on the east Leeds site and use only the higher quality ...
Artwork puts Leeds patients in the picture.
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE first phase of artworks in Leeds's hi-tech new cancer centre has been officially launched. More than [pounds sterling]1m has been raised for the installation of pieces of art and the creation of gardens at the [pounds sterling]220m Bexley Wing at St James's Hospital. ...
Fifth person charged with Dewsbury park murder.
Jun 02, 2008 ... A 16-year-old has been charged with the murder of teenager Amar Aslam. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is the fifth person charged with the killing of Amar, 17, found beaten to death in the walled garden at Crow Nest Park in Dewsbury. He is also ...
Home Secretary pays tribute to murdered Leeds gun campaigner.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Tributes were being paid today by family, friends, politicians and campaigners to murdered Leeds campaigner Pat Regan who was found stabbed to death. Among those paying tribute were Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, Leeds MP Hillary Benn and Mrs Regan's son Shane. Mrs ...
Son's tribute to murdered Leeds gun campaigner.
Jun 02, 2008 ... The son of an anti-violence campaigner who was brutally murdered has spoken about his grief. Tragic Pat Regan, 53, was stabbed to death on Sunday night at her flat in Leeds. Since her son, Danny, 27, was shot to death in a suspected gangland killing in 2002 Pat had ...
Pat Regan: Campaigners vow to continue fight against gun crime.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Campaign group Mothers Against Violence Yorkshire today vowed that its work will continue in tribute to Pat Regan. Lorraine Fraser, 43, first met Pat Regan four years ago after her son Tyrone, 16, was killed in a knife attack in April 2004. Laying flowers outside ...
Leeds death plunge trainee doctor "bullied" - inquest.
Jun 02, 2008 ... A trainee doctor who leapt to his death from a building after failing his final exams was harassed and bullied by a tutor, an inquest heard. Amir Mahmood, 25, was a fifth year student at the Leeds School of Medicine when he suffered multiple injuries after jumping ...
Kinky Leeds burglar jailed.
Jun 02, 2008 ... A kinky burglar who stole women's underwear from student homes in Leeds has been jailed for six years. Kevin Dickinson, 39, broke into two properties in Headingley and ransacked drawers and laundry bags for knickers, Leeds Crown Court was told. But his behaviour ...
Another 100 post offices under threat.
Jun 03, 2008 ... ANOTHER 100 post offices in West Yorkshire could be shut even after the government's controversial closure programme is over, it has been warned. An influential committee of MPs has voiced alarm at the Post Office's reluctance to set a minimum number of outlets for its future ...
1,500 sign as town steps up post office closure protest.
Jun 03, 2008 ... ANTI-POST Office closure protests are mounting across West Yorkshire and Morley is at the forefront. Local councillors and residents joined forces outside the town hall to gather 1,500 signatures on a petition opposing the closure of Newlands and Britannia Road post offices. ...
Election candidate leads fight to save post office.
Jun 03, 2008 ... PARLIAMENTARY candidate Matthew Lobley is leading the fight to save a post office on a Leeds shopping parade. Miles Hill Post Office on Scott Hall Road is one of 22 in the city threatened with closure. Coun Lobley (Con, Roundhay) was stepping outside his ward, but ...
Walk-in thieves take crypt's safe.
Jun 03, 2008 ... THIEVES have stolen the safe from St George's Crypt in Leeds - the renowned city-centre haven for homeless people. The safe contained cash, vouchers and stamps totalling around [pounds sterling]1,700. Managers at the crypt in Great George Street, said the crime was ...
Court gives Knaresborough teenager last chance.
Jun 03, 2008 ... A teenager making a first appearance in an adult court was told there was no second chance of leniency. Philip Watson, 18, admitted resisting arrest and criminal damage when he appeared before Harrogate magistrates. Prosecutor Zoe Simpson said Watson had been wanted ...
Gazza released after sectioning.
Jun 03, 2008 ... Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne was released from hospital today after being sectioned under the Mental Health Act. Gascoigne was sectioned yesterday after approaching a member of the public in an agitated state in Hemel Hempstead, Herts. A Hertfordshire ...
A good heart.
Jun 03, 2008 ... Actress Imelda Staunton threw her weight behind a new campaign to raise money for research into heart disease. ...
Queen marks coronation aboard namesake.
Jun 03, 2008 ... THE Queen spent the 55th anniversary of her Coronation making a farewell visit to the ship which has sailed so proudly throughout most of her reign. Touring the 70,000 tonne QE2 docked at Southampton, the Queen was making her last tour of the ship she launched on the Clyde in ...
Brought to book.
Jun 03, 2008 ... Mini biographies of Hollywood actor Heath Ledger and crocodile hunter Steve Irwin have been included in the latest edition of the Collins ...
Hats off to Zara.
Jun 03, 2008 ... ROYAL fashionista Zara Phillips has topped this year's Celebrity Hat Wearers list. The Queen's grand-daughter beat her cousin Princess Beatrice to the women's title, ...
Actress Tatum on crack charge.
Jun 03, 2008 ... Oscar-winning actress Tatum O'Neal has been arrested after buying crack cocaine near her home in Manhattan, police said. She has been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. O'Neal, ...
Three injured in Leeds sports car smash.
Jun 03, 2008 ... Three men were hurt when their sports car swerved off a country road and into a field. The driver of the sporty red Audi, belived to be in his mid 20s, suffered serious injuries and was airlifted out of the enclosed field in Pool in Wharfedale after the smash on Monday ...
Police appeal after Leeds crash.
Jun 03, 2008 ... Police are appealing for witnesses after a 50-year-old man was knocked down in Leeds on Saturday night. The pedestrian, who hails from Liverpool, had been on Woodhouse Lane at its junction with Cliff Road when he was in collision ...
Leeds sex shop worker caught fiddling.
Jun 03, 2008 ... A sex shop employee was caught with his hand in the till after the store's owners set up secret cameras. David Harper was caught three times stealing up to [pounds sterling]40 on each occasion from Pulse and Cocktails in Armley, Leeds. Leeds Crown Court heard how shop ...
Pat Regan tributes SLIDESHOW.
Jun 03, 2008 ... Click here to see a slideshow of the tributes left at the block of flats where Leeds anti-violence campaigner Pat Regan was found stabbed to death. To read the full story, click ...
Pat Regan mourned in Leeds SLIDESHOW.
Jun 03, 2008 ... Click here to see a slideshow of images of mourners paying tribute and leaving flowers to murdered Leeds campaigner Pat Regan. To read the full story, click here. ...
Arrest drama revealed in death of anti-violence campaigner.
Jun 03, 2008 ... THE suspected killer of crime campaigner Pat Regan had to be wrestled to the ground by six railway staff. The five men and a woman grappled with 20-year-old Rakeen Regan after he was spotted on tracks at Leeds rail station on Sunday. Seven hours later Rakeen was ...
Heartbeak of mums who have lost a campaigner and 'great woman'.
Jun 03, 2008 ... HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to Pat Regan by two Leeds mums who shared her pain of a lost loved one. Lorraine Fraser and Maureen Miller worked side by side with Mrs Regan on a number of Mothers Against Violence campaigns. Like Mrs Regan, the two had both lost ...
Pat Regan murder: The toll of knife crimes.
Jun 03, 2008 ... THE killing of anti-violence campaigner Pat Regan is the latest in a string of fatal knife attacks to hit Leeds. Some 2,000 crimes involving blades are reported each year to West Yorkshire Police. In the nine months between April 1 and December 31, 2007 there were a ...
Pat Regan: Mother who turned grief into a force for change.
Jun 03, 2008 ... HER'S was a strident voice. It was the voice of a still-grieving mother who passionately campaigned against gun and knife crime after her son Danny was shot dead. But the voice of Pat Regan has been brutally silenced - by the violence that she desperately tried to stem. ...
Don Revie's pad could be yours....for [pounds sterling]850,000.
Jun 03, 2008 ... IT would be a top-flight des res for any Leeds United fan fond of reminiscing about the club's glory years. For this house in the leafy Leeds suburb of Alwoodley was once home to legendary United manager Don Revie. And the good news for Leeds supporters who fancy ...
Arson attack costs RSPCA thousands.
Jun 03, 2008 ... FIREBUGS have cost an animal charity thousands of pounds after torching several delivery vans. Four RSPCA vehicles were gutted in the arson attack, which happened on Sunday night. They were parked outside the charity's furniture and clothing distribution centre at Sandway ...
Pervert Leeds pensioner receives suspended jail sentence.
Jun 03, 2008 ... A pervert Leeds pensioner who preyed on young girls using public transport has received a two year suspended jail sentence. Trevor Bentley, of Hepworth Avenue, Churwell, appeared before Leeds Magistrates to plead guilty to indecently assaulting three teenagers. Two of ...
'Priceless' Revie shirt stolen from Elland Road.
Jun 03, 2008 ... An England football shirt once worn by legendary Leeds United boss Don Revie has been stolen from Elland Road. Thieves took the framed shirt from the reception area of the ground's West Stand on Saturday evening. Today the club appealed for the return of the shirt, ...
Leeds United dream comes true for Lotto winner.
Jun 03, 2008 ... A chef who won [pounds sterling]2.6m in the National Lottery aims to celebrate by organising a dream trip ...to Leeds United's Elland Road ground. Herbert Plant, a chef at a hospice for the homeless in Worcester, said he would treat himself to a holiday and, as a United fan, ...
Leeds doctor denies bullying death-plunge student.
Jun 03, 2008 ... A Leeds hospital consultant accused of bullying a medical student who took his own life by jumping from a university building today denied the allegations and insisted: "I'm not a racist." Dr Richard Fuller was giving evidence at the inquest into the death of Amir Mahmood, who ...
Fatal accident on busy Leeds Bradford road.
Jun 03, 2008 ... A man was killed after he collided with a lorry at on a busy Leeds to Bradford road. Police are appealing for witnesses following the fatal accident on Stanningley Bypass which happened just after 9.20am on Tuesday morning. Police said an HGV had been in collision ...
Wakefield car dealer battered to death in own home.
Jun 03, 2008 ... A car dealer was battered to death in his own home after a bungled burglary which his ex lover helped to plot. David Ward, 38, was found covered in blood with his ankles and wrists bound by belts in his bathroom after the botched raid at 2am on January 23. The ...
Pat Regan: Candlelit vigil for Leeds campaigner.
Jun 03, 2008 ... A candlelit vigil is being held tonight for much-mourned Leeds anti-violence campaigner Pat Regan who was found stabbed to death on Sunday night. Friends and family of the 53-year old were due to gather outside her flat in Marlborough Grange, near Leeds city centre, at 7pm. ...
Leeds man dies in M1 smash.
Jun 03, 2008 ... A 40-year old Leeds man has been killed in a motorway accident. The tragedy happened between Junctions 46 and 47 of the M1 on Tuesday lunchtime on the northbound carriageway. Police said the man, who has not yet been named, was hit by a car in lane one after he pulled ...
Pat Regan: Grandson charged with Leeds campaigner's murder.
Jun 03, 2008 ... The grandson of Leeds anti-violence campaigner Pat Regan has been charged with her murder. Rakim Regan, 20, was charged on Tuesday evening after he was arrested by police late on Sunday. Rakim Regan has also been charged with wounding with intent in connection with ...
Young revellers litter Leeds park.
Jun 04, 2008 ... Partying young people caused more damage to a popular Leeds park when hundreds of them lit barbecues. Woodhouse Moor at Hyde Park has become a regular venue for overnight parties. As reported in the YEP, tonnes of rubbish, broken bottles, cans and disposable ...
Police shoot Taser at knifeman three times.
Jun 04, 2008 ... A man holding his ex-partner and two children hostage had to be shot with a Taser gun THREE times before he could be restrained. James Clarke - brandishing two knives - staged a 50-minute stand-off with armed response officers when a late-night visit to his former girlfriend ...
Investment bank backs exhibition by two top Yorkshire artists.
Jun 04, 2008 ... Barclays Wealth investment bank is celebrating the work of two of the Yorkshire region's most celebrated artists at an exclusive exhibition in Leeds. Internationally acclaimed artist Ashley Jackson and renowned sculptor Graham Ibbeson will be exhibiting previously unseen works ...
Cash incentive for Leeds tenants to downsize.
Jun 04, 2008 ... Single people and couples living in family-sized Leeds council housing could be offered thousands of pounds to move out of their homes into smaller properties. Housing chiefs are drawing up plans for the cash incentive scheme to increase the number of larger homes available to ...
Minister battles to save closure threat Pontefract post office.
Jun 04, 2008 ... Cabinet minister Yvette Cooper is fighting to save a Post Office earmarked for the axe as part of a controversial closure programme agreed by the Government. Ms Cooper, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, says the residents of Pontefract are being "unfairly treated" by the ...
Second chance to join Jane's Run.
Jun 04, 2008 ... GREAT news for all those who thought they had missed out on a place in the Leeds 10k Jane Tomlinson's Run For All. Entries re-open for a limited period from today - first-come, first-served - thanks to returns from people who, through injury or personal circumstance, are now ...
I'm no racist bully, tutor tells Leeds inquest.
Jun 04, 2008 ... A university tutor accused of harassing a trainee doctor who jumped from a building denied he was a racist bully. Amir Mahmood, 25, right, plunged off the library building of the Leeds College of Medicine, based at Leeds Infirmary, in June last year, just days after he was told ...