Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) back issues from July 2008:
Leeds wheelchair man refused beer - because 'he'd be over limit'.
Jul 01, 2008 ... DISABLED Leeds man Lee Cook was refused a beer in a pub - by staff who said he'd be over the drink-drive limit in his electric wheelchair. The cerebral palsy sufferer was left stunned when he was told he could have no more than two bottles of Budweiser during a visit to the ...
Welcome signs in wrong place, say 'excluded' of East Ardsley.
Jul 01, 2008 ... PEOPLE in East Ardsley have found out that they live in the middle of nowhere after welcome signs were put up in the wrong place. The signs went up on Moor Knoll Lane, leaving people who live in and around Common Lane to feel 'excluded' from the village. Neil ...
Farmers say their market is dying.
Jul 01, 2008 ... WORRIED traders at Pudsey's farmers' market fear their monthly showcase is "dying on its feet" because of an apparent failure to promote it properly. In the past few months stallholders have seen customer vanish - and now traders have started to follow suit. The ...
Nurse on a mission to Kenya.
Jul 01, 2008 ... HOSPITAL sister Helen Herbert is to leave behind her Leeds hospital to face the tough challenges at a clinic in a Kenyan slum. Helen, 51, from Wetherby, is spending two weeks with a medical mission team - including a doctor and two other nurses - manning the clinic in a tent in ...
Computer award honours fresh start by Catherine, 72.
Jul 01, 2008 ... ANYONE who thinks you need to be young to have computer know-how should take a look at Catherine Atack. The 72-year-old, of Cookridge, Leeds, who has had multiple sclerosis for 51 years, beat hundreds of nominees to win one of six Inspirational Story Awards given out by UK ...
New clues in hunt for rape suspect.
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE nationwide hunt for a man sought by police investigating a Leeds rape and an attempted murder on Ilkley Moor, focused heavily on Cornwall last night. Detectives confirmed Knottingley man David Newton, 55, checked into a guest house in St Ives on Saturday and left on Sunday ...
Metro boss raps bus firms over price rise.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A ROW has broken out over an inflation-busting rise in the cost of bus travel cards in West Yorkshire. The price of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual MetroCards is due to go up by more than eight per cent this month. Metro, the publicly-funded body which oversees ...
Driver killed in Wakefield road smash.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A driver was killed when his car smashed into the central reservation of a busy bypass. The 41-year old, from the Crigglestone area of Wakefield, was in a VW Golf travelling along the A650 Wrenthorpe Bypass in Wakefield towards J41 of the M1 when it left the carriageway and ...
Teenager charged on Yorkshire hoax death.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A teenager has been charged with making a hoax call to the fire service following an incident in which a Sheffield woman died and her 10-year-old daughter was left critically ill when their car was in collision with a fire engine. ...
Leeds Harehills shooting: e-fit issue.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Police have issued an e-fit of a woman they want to speak to over the doorstep murder of a Leeds father-of-one. Twenty year old Adam Chadwick died following the shooting in Clifton Mount, Harehills, last Tuesday night. Detectives believe that the killers got the wrong address - ...
Missing teenage boy found.
Jul 01, 2008 ... POLICE have found a 14-year-old boy who went missing from home last Thursday. ...
LET US PLAY - city's park shame.
Jul 01, 2008 ... PARENTS across the city are backing our campaign for more playgrounds in Leeds. Few seem happy with their local facilities. The worst tales are of bullying, anti-social behaviour, boozing and broken glass, left behind after teenage yobs take over the spaces. ...
Fiancee in desperate appeal to help find bone marrow donors.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A STUDENT from Leeds is desperately seeking bone marrow donors who could save the life of her seriously ill fiance. Nicola Godfrey, from Garforth, has been told a bone marrow transplant is crucial for Matt Carver, who has leukaemia. Nicola's parents Byron and Louise ...
Belated honour for town heroes.
Jul 01, 2008 ... PUBLIC recognition has come at last for 10 Morley men who died in the service of their country and freedom. come at last for Somehow when peace broke out, the names of the 10 who died in the 1914-18 and 1939-45 wars were never added to their hometown's memorial, ...
LET US PLAY - Give us your pictures and views.
Jul 01, 2008 ... SEND us your pictures of decrepit parks and plagrounds and your views on the state of play in Leeds. The YEP is campaigning for more playgrounds and playable spaces ...
Leeds youngsters get into carnival mood.
Jul 01, 2008 ... THE rain clouds just held off as carnival time came to two Leeds communities. Cross Gates Carnival went ahead for the fifth year in a row at Manston Park with attractions including a fairground organ, circus skills, football, puppet shows, Irish dancing and a drumming circle. ...
Karate kids celebrate black belt success.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A COMMUNITY group set up to keep kids off Leeds's streets has tutored two students to their karate black belts. East Leeds teenagers Karl Hardcastle and Charlotte Whittles have become the first members of Gipton Together's Ken Toh Kai Karate Club to make the top grade. ...
Portuguese police drop McCann investigation.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Media students in Leeds were among the first to hear Portuguese police had dropped the investigation into the whereabouts of missing girl Madeleine McCann after receiving a visit from the McCann's spokesman, Clarence Mitchell. Mr Mitchell arrived at Trinity All Saints College in ...
Leeds boy left behind on school trip.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A TWELVE-year-old Leeds boy was left behind by school staff on a theme park day trip. The youngster, from Primrose High in Burmantofts, had spent the day at Lightwater Valley near Ripon in North Yorkshire. But when his classmates boarded a coach for the return ...
Leeds rape investigation: man returns to Yorkshire.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A DAD from Knottingley sought by police probing a rape and an attempted murder was today being escorted back to Yorkshire after a four-day manhunt. The nationwide search for David Newton ended 400-miles away in the quiet north Cornish town of Hayle when the bedraggled ...
Leeds campaign to get rid of plastic bags.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Leeds councillors are planning a city-wide campaign to stop shops and businesses handing out free plastic bags. Each person in Britain uses an average of 300 plastic bags each year. They last up to 400 years and most end up dumped in landfill sites. Now the city ...
[pounds sterling]22m Leeds homes repair cash anger.
Jul 02, 2008 ... TENANTS in Leeds are having home improvements cancelled - while housing chiefs sit on millions of pounds, claim angry councillors. According to the latest council accounts, the city's three arms-length management organisations (Almos) - which manage the local authority's housing ...
Rail tickets from Leeds '7 times dearer on the day'.
Jul 02, 2008 ... RAIL passengers in Leeds who buy tickets on the day of travel could be shelling out nearly SEVEN times more than people who pay in advance. Nationally, walk-on fares for many journeys are five times more expensive than pre-booked tickets, according to figures released by the ...
An opportunity to feel a sense of achievement.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Previous winners include motormouth DJ Chris Moyles and Leeds beauty Nell McAndrew - but you don't have to be famous to win a Yorkshire Young Achievers Award. The accolades, now in their 16th year, recognise outstanding under-35-year-olds from across the region who have made an ...
Sex menace ignored mum's plea.
Jul 02, 2008 ... A PAEDOPHILE ignored a frantic mum's plea to leave her daughter alone before abducting and abusing the schoolgirl he groomed in an internet chat room. Married dad Ziad Patel, 29, pestered his 13-year-old victim on the highfive website and bombarded her mobile phone with calls, ...
VIDEO: Unseen Doctor Who episode.
Jul 02, 2008 ... BATTLING aliens and saving the world from destruction is a run-of-the-mill task for the Doctor and his team. But a group of Leeds youngsters also survived a high-speed adventure in the Tardis ...after working with two Doctor Who writers to create their own episode of the hit TV ...
Hammer blow for noisy Leeds neighbours.
Jul 02, 2008 ... IT was the turn of noisy neighbours to be left with a headache for a change. Council chiefs dealt a hammer blow to nuisance behaviour by smashing up the stereos, TVs and speakers that have made life unbearable for many Leeds residents. Coun Steve Smith helped dish ...
VIDEO: It's on yer bike from now on for Leeds City Council leader Richard.
Jul 02, 2008 ... THE leader of Leeds City Council has some advice for those wanting to save money as oil prices surge to record highs - get on yer bike. And to highlight his "four wheels bad, two wheels good" message, Coun Richard Brett abandoned his car and made the journey to his Civic Hall ...
Nominate your 'hero' to win [pounds sterling]10,000 for their work against drug problems.
Jul 02, 2008 ... UNSUNG heroes who work tackling Yorkshire's drug problems are up for awards which could net them [pounds sterling]10,000. The Government's Tackling Drugs Changing Lives Awards recognise, reward and celebrate people working to fight drugs. This year's awards were ...
Warming news as cash is made available for free home insulation in Wakefield.
Jul 02, 2008 ... OVER-60s in Wakefield will be getting more help keeping their homes warm. Wakefield Council has secured more funding to provide free insulation to local people in poor health or who are over 60. The Health Action Wakefield Grant Scheme offers free cavity wall and ...
Chance to join Tomlinson ride.
Jul 02, 2008 ... Cyclists can join Mike and Rebecca Tomlinson as they retrace one of the rides tackled by cancer victim Jane. Father and daughter set out on July 11 on a 21-day, 1,400-mile ride from John O'Groats to Land's End. They hope the public will join them on their two ...
Woman died after hour-long wait for Yorks ambulance.
Jul 02, 2008 ... A woman died following an hour-long wait for an ambulance - despite living just one mile from a hospital, it has been claimed. Claims have been made in Parliament about the emergency response of Yorkshire Ambulance Service following the collapse of a woman in her 30s at a ...
LET US PLAY: Let's get some dream playgrounds.
Jul 02, 2008 ... DEPUTY council leader Andrew Carter has urged ward councillors to help create dream playgrounds for local youngsters. The leader of the Conservative group in Leeds said they had the power to ensure their communities had safe, fun play areas. He said this year each ...
LET US PLAY: Campaign is about changing attitudes.
Jul 02, 2008 ... The YEP campaign to improve opportunities for play is not just about providing equipment or creating new spaces - it's also about changing attitudes. People need to accept that if children are going to enjoy themselves and exercise outside, there's going to be an increase in ...
Athletes coming to Leeds for World Corporate Games.
Jul 02, 2008 ... MORE than 5,000 athletes from across the world will be arriving in Leeds for the World Corporate Games next week. The four-day event - being held in England for the first time since 1992 - will feature more than 20 sports from rugby to tenpin bowling and dragonboat racing to ...
BREAKING NEWS: Driver killed on bypass named as West Yorkshire police officer.
Jul 02, 2008 ... The driver who was killed when his car smashed into the central reservation of a busy bypass on Monday morning has been named as a West Yorkshire Police sergeant. David Heptinstall, 41, of Crigglestone, a detective sergeant in the crime division, was driving a VW Golf along the ...
Trucker denies dumping dead cyclist's bike.
Jul 02, 2008 ... A TRUCKER who claims he was not aware he had crushed a cyclist to death told a jury he did not stop to drag the dead man's bicycle from under his lorry and dump it in a field. Andrew Stubbs told Leeds Crown Court he did pull over in a lay-by on the Ossett by-pass for around two ...
Drug accused gran had Wakefield jail keys.
Jul 02, 2008 ... A WIDOWED pensioner accused of smuggling heroin in to Wakefield jail had her own keys and could move around the maximum security prison as she wished, a jury was told. Leeds Crown Court heard 69-year-old grandmother Jessie 'June' Cooper was the prison's most senior prison ...
Great Yorkshire Show set to be big success.
Jul 02, 2008 ... THE 150th Great Yorkshire Show looks set to be a thundering success as ticket sales are already up by 40 per cent on last year. A visit from the Queen, a boom in internet use and the fact it's an anniversary year have all played a part, say show bosses. Show director ...
Tyrone Leeds murder appeal thrown out.
Jul 02, 2008 ... FOUR men jailed for the savage murder of a Leeds teenager four years ago have had their appeals thrown out by the UK's top judges in a landmark ruling. Five Law Lords unanimously rejected their appeals against conviction for the slaying of 16-year-old Tyrone Clarke. ...
Glenn's hedges are shipshape.
Jul 02, 2008 ... GARDENING experts spend hours tending to their prize-winning roses ... but Glenn Tabor's hedge is simply oar-some. And the best part of Glenn's canoe-shaped hedge, which comes complete with a Native American rower, is that he only needs to spend one hour a week keeping it ...
Flame of Olympic ambition burns brightly as store giant lends a hand.
Jul 03, 2008 ... THESE are Yorkshire's own Olympic hopefuls who are now a step closer to their dream. The seven young athletes are among the best in the region - and now they're ready to reach for the stars. From gymnastics to athletics, most of these talented teens have one aim in ...
Anger over new housing scheme for Moortown sports field.
Jul 03, 2008 ... A PUBLIC consultation over a Leeds housing plan has been branded an "absolute sham." Yorkshire Bank wants to sell its sports field off Shadwell Lane, Moortown, for redevelopment and has found a partner in David Wilson Homes. A previous plan for 55 homes was withdrawn ...
Leeds driver cut free after crash with taxi.
Jul 03, 2008 ... A driver escaped with minor injuries when his car was severely crushed in a collision with a taxi in Leeds. The accident between the grey Vauxhall Vectra taxi and a green Citroen Saxohappened outside the Esso garage in Wetherby Road at Whinmoor shortly before midnight on Monday ....
'Shoddy' building work blamed for flood delays.
Jul 03, 2008 ... SHODDY building work has been blamed for families evacuated in last year's flooding still having to wait to move back home. Sir Michael Pitt blamed poor building techniques and materials for the huge delays. The Government adviser made his comments as he published his ...
Leeds owner fined after dog kills pet cat.
Jul 03, 2008 ... A DOG owner has been fined after the family pet escaped and mauled a cat to death. A court heard how the dog may have slipped its chain after a failed attempt to steal the animal from the garden of the property in Leeds. Amanda Longley, 41, of Cambridge Gardens, ...
Tories: We'll dump plans for Leeds eco-town.
Jul 03, 2008 ... THE Tories will dump plans for an eco-town in the Leeds region if they win the next election. Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps announced he was withdrawing Conservative support for what he described as an "eco-con". He accused the Government of watering down the ...
Headingley student found hanged months after assault.
Jul 03, 2008 ... A LEEDS student who killed himself while high on cocaine had been the victim of a vicious assault months earlier, an inquest heard. Dipesh Miyanger, 22, was found hanging by an electrical flex ligature from the garage roof of his home in Headingley Mount, Headingley, on January ...
Leeds merger school gets new crest.
Jul 03, 2008 ... The opening of the new Grammar School at Leeds is now a step closer after the unveiling of a new feature. A specially-commissioned stone, in the shape of the Leeds Girls' High School Crest, has been placed alongside an existing Leeds Grammar School stone in a special ceremony. ...
Thousands flock to new Wakefield market.
Jul 03, 2008 ... THOUSANDS of visitors have flocked to Wakefield's spectacular new market hall. The [pounds sterling]3m building welcomed more than 10,000 through its doors in its first week. Coun Denise Jeffery, deputy leader of Wakefield Council and cabinet member for regeneration, ...
Yeadon residents 'abandoned' by bus service.
Jul 03, 2008 ... A DISABLED resident says locals are forced to fork out for taxis as the community's "lifeline" bus service frequently fails to turn up. James Holden claims the community's sole service has stopped coming to part of Yeadon - blaming the relocation of First's bus depot from ...
Teenager metered out retribution at fury over thefts.
Jul 03, 2008 ... A TEENAGER meted out his own retribution to a youth whose crimes included stealing money from him while he was in hospital after he had put a roof over his head. Harrogate magistrates heard how a 17-year-old had twice stolen from John Forrester who had taken him in when he was ...
Youngsters' tribute to man who started junior Morley soccer club.
Jul 03, 2008 ... THE changing rooms of a Morley football club have been officially named after one of the town's late soccer heroes. A memorial garden was also opened at Glen Juniors JFC in memory of founder Eddie LeHuray, who died last December at the age of 76. The garden, and a ...
Leeds garden hedge is a cut above the rest.
Jul 03, 2008 ... GARDENING experts spend hours tending to their prize-winning roses ... but Glenn Tabor's hedge is simply oar-some. And the best part of Glenn's canoe-shaped hedge, which comes complete with a Native American rower, is that he only needs to spend one hour a week keeping it ...
Harrogate property firm hit by credit crunch.
Jul 03, 2008 ... A YORKSHIRE-based firm has become the first major residential developer to fall victim to the credit crunch with around 250 of its unsold properties - including some in Leeds - placed into receivership. City Lofts Group Ltd, which is based in Harrogate, has apartments in at ...
Sex attack ordeal on Leeds train.
Jul 03, 2008 ... Police are hunting a man following a sex attack on a woman waiting for a train to Leeds. A 32-year-old woman was waiting at Bradford Interchange for the 7.05am Northern Rail service to Leeds on Saturday, June 7, when a man sexually assaulted her. When the train ...
Wakefield granny smuggled heroin into jail.
Jul 03, 2008 ... A TRUSTED 69-year-old prison-visiting granny who had her own set of keys faces being locked up for smuggling heroin into one of Britain's toughest jails after being convicted at Leeds Cown Court. Retired St James's Hospital nurse Jessie "June" Cooper was yesterday convicted by a ...
Sports cars seized in West Yorks fraud raids.
Jul 03, 2008 ... FIVE people have been arrested and vehicles worth a total of [pounds sterling]200,000 - including high performance sports cars --were seized during raids by police probing organised fraud. Detectives from Bradford South CID targeted addresses in Bradford, Baildon and Wakefield. ...
Leeds youngsters sign up for free tennis lessons.
Jul 03, 2008 ... IT'S a world away from the glitz and glamour of Wimbledon. But as British stars like Andy Murray take centre stage at the grand slam, these children are planning to follow in his footsteps - by getting on the courts at a Leeds tennis club. More than 40 youngsters, ...
Forklift trucks needed to lift dead 35-stone lorry driver.
Jul 03, 2008 ... FIREFIGHTERS were called in to remove the body of a 35-stone German lorry driver from the cab of his vehicle after he died there while parked at a Leeds freight depot. The driver and vehicle arrived in Britain on Monday. Their destination was the freight depot next to Leeds ...
Leeds mantelpieces inspire book and exhibition.
Jul 03, 2008 ... MINI terracotta warriors, a bust of Lenin, a herd of My Little Ponies, a dancing brass bear, unopened champagne bottles and a plate emblazoned with the Queen's head. No, it's not the world's weirdest shopping list. It's actually a selection of some of the wacky and ...
Leeds atomic test campaign veteran dies at 70.
Jul 03, 2008 ... AN EX-SERVICEMAN from Leeds who was fighting for compensation over Cold War atomic bomb testing, has died. William O'Neill, 70, of Willow Close, Burley, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer about eight months ago. Mr O'Neill had been one of 1,000 from The Atomic ...
LET US PLAY! Fight for cash has long way to go.
Jul 03, 2008 ... DESPITE a cash boost of [pounds sterling]1.62m last year play provision in Leeds has a long way to go, says the city's child's play tsar. Around half of that Big Lottery Fund cash is being spent on improving six playgrounds across the city and building two new ones. The other ...
300 jobs go as Leeds transport firm goes bust.
Jul 03, 2008 ... Leeds transport firm Macfarlane Transport has gone bust with the loss of around 300 jobs. The firm is a victim of spiralling fuel costs which have left the [pounds sterling]20m business unsustainable. Joint administrators Richard Fleming and Brian Green, from ...
Student rubbish leaves Leeds residents fuming.
Jul 03, 2008 ... A WASTE disposal scheme for students leaving Leeds has led to overflowing skips and streets clogged with rubbish. Residents and business owners contacted the YEP to complain about the state of the Hyde Park area, home to one of Leeds's biggest student communties. ...