Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England) back issues from August 2008:
Retired Leeds roofer hammers out homage to city's buildings.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Roofer Keith Dennett found an unusual use for his trusty rubber mallet after he shut his toolbox for the last time. The retired 71-year-old uses it and a sharpened centre punch to make intricate artworks in sheet metal with minute puncture marks. He is proudest of ...
Sacked Yorks charity boss still waiting for payout.
Aug 01, 2008 ... A sacked charity boss awarded tens of thousands of pounds in compensation for unfair dismissal today spoke out about her fight. The YEP reported last month that an employment tribunal had ordered Disability Action Yorkshire (DAY) to pay former chief executive Judith Oliver just ...
Leeds mum dumped toddler.
Aug 01, 2008 ... A mum dumped her toddler son at the side of a road junction in Leeds on a freezing winter's night, a court heard. Lucy Myers abandoned three-year-old son Sonny on the Whinmoor Estate for up to 40 minutes in the early hours in January, Leeds Crown Court was told yesterday. ...
Crash victim named.
Aug 01, 2008 ... A woman killed in a collision with a 24-seater Mercedes minibus has been named. Marie Christine Newbury, 32, of Hayden Avenue, Stanley, Wakefield suffered multiple injuries from the incident on Merrion Street in Leeds city centre, an inquest was told. The crash ...
VIDEO: Leeds teenagers back to rock 'n' roll school.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Thundering away in the heart of Armley, a bunch of budding musicians are hell-bent on one thing ... rock 'n' roll! But these are no professionals, they are a handful of Leeds teenagers who have been given the chance to live the dream. It's all thanks to Rock School, a ...
Woman in death plunge from Leeds tower block.
Aug 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN died after plunging from the 12th floor of a block of flats in Leeds last night. Police today revealed that three men had subsequently been arrested on suspicion of murder and were today still in custody. Det Supt Dave Pervin, of West Yorkshire Police Homicide ...
Leeds residents braced for fuel price misery.
Aug 01, 2008 ... This week British Gas put up prices by a record 35 per cent despite its parent company reporting profits of almost [pounds sterling]1 billion. Suzanne McTaggart reports on the impact mounting bills will have on everyday life Fuel poverty is having a huge impact on vulnerable ...
Missing Leeds man found safe and well.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Missing pensioner Alan Grayshon has been found by members of the public after a media appeal to trace him. The 71-year-old, who lives in the Belle Isle area of Leeds and had not been seen for over a week, is now undergoing medical checks at Pinderfields Hospital. A ...
Automatic ticket gates at Leeds City Station.
Aug 01, 2008 ... NEW automatic ticket gates are to be installed at Leeds City Station in a [pounds sterling]1.6m investment by Northern Rail. Work begins today on replacing the existing ticket booths with the 25 new gates, which are expected to make it easier for passengers to travel through the ...
Mum's tribute to Leeds fire victim.
Aug 01, 2008 ... THE devastated mother of a young woman killed in a fire at her home has spoken publicly for the first time of her daughter who "lived life to the full". Natalie Harriman, 23, died when the blaze engulfed the ground floor of the family home in Lea Farm Place, Hawksworth. ...
Yorkshire Day...and let's be proud.
Aug 01, 2008 ... YORKSHIRE Pride took centre stage today as the White Rose County celebrated its heritage in style. Yorkshire Day officially took place today but celebrations are set to run all through the weekend as Tykes come out in force to show just how proud they are to be Yorkshiremen and ...
Passenger couldn't remember death crash.
Aug 01, 2008 ... A VAN passenger who downed around 10 pints on a Bank Holiday drinking session told a jury he couldn't remember anything about a crash which killed a cyclist. Jonathan McDonald said he couldn't recall getting in the van and said his "so-called friend" - van driver David Chandler ...
Police appeal to trace dead baby's mother.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Two years after a baby's body was found in a bin liner in the garden of a mansion house under renovation police have reappealed for help in tracing his mother. The cause of the baby's death is not believed to be suspicious, but police are keen to trace Angela Owen who was living ...
Tell bosses why Leeds and Dewsbury POs should be saved.
Aug 01, 2008 ... POST office users in Leeds and Dewsbury are being asked to tell bosses why their local branches should be saved from the axe. A cull of more than 60 outlets in West Yorkshire was announced a fortnight ago as part of an overhaul of the national network. Twenty-two ...
Barry George cleared of Jill Dando murder.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Barry George was cleared at the Old Bailey today after eight years of trying to prove he did not kill television presenter Jill Dando. George, 48, was found not guilty of murder after his second trial and two appeals. George, an epileptic with mental disability, was ...
Terror plot jury fails to reach verdict.
Aug 01, 2008 ... The jury trying three men accused of helping the July 7 suicide bombers plan their attack by carrying out a two-day reconnaissance mission in London has failed to reach verdicts. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil visited the London Eye, the Natural History Museum and ...
Hundreds at funeral of Leeds gun victim Adam Chadwick.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Mourners packed a Leeds church to bid farewell to dad Adam Chadwick who was gunned down on his sister's doorstep. The 20-year-old's parents Martin and Jackie and sister Gemma led the emotional gathering at the Church of the Venerable Bede in Greenhill Road, Armley this ...
Leeds plunge-death woman had been questioned.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A WOMAN who died after plunging from a high-rise block of flats in Leeds had been questioned by police about a man's death earlier this year. The dead woman was named by neighbours as Susan Lenihan, aged 40. She died on Thursday night after plunging from the window of ...
Leeds Council deny bus blunder as stops keep on moving.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A BUS stop farce has left the residents of a Leeds estate bemused and confused. First council workers painted yellow dotted 'clear ways' by bus stops and shelters on Bodmin Road leading to Bodmin Crescent, in Middleton. Some of the bays, which are no parking zones, ...
Leeds CCTV cameras get [pounds sterling]970,000 investmet.
Aug 02, 2008 ... BIG brother is going 21st century after civic leaders in Leeds pledged to build a CCTV superhub in the city, Senior councillors announced today that more than [pounds sterling]970,000 will be injected into the Leedswatch CCTV system. It will replace the city's three ...
1,100 Leeds council workers face pay cuts or sack.
Aug 02, 2008 ... LEEDS City Council is to sack 1,100 workers and tell them they can have their jobs back only if they accept pay cuts. Wages will be protected from the cuts for three years - but the workers have been told they must accept them or stay sacked. Letters were delivered on ...
Batley mill destroyed by fire.
Aug 02, 2008 ... FIRE wrecked a mill building and damaged a neighbouring factory in Batley early today. The alarm was raised at 2 am when the blaze broke out in an unoccupied three-storey mill in Bradford Road. Fire crews from Batley, Dewsbury, Morley and Ossett were called out. An ...
Famous Headingley pitch to be dug up.
Aug 02, 2008 ... IT'S one of the most famous sporting stages in the world and has been graced by all the cricketing great. Now the hallowed turf of Headingley could soon be shifted to a sports club near you. After 117 years, the pitch that provided the setting for Bradman's triple ...
And now for my next trick...
Aug 02, 2008 ... PICKING up the phone and emptying the washing machine are not jobs normally associated with dogs. But Hal, Gabby and Ossie are special - they are just three of the four-legged friends who will soon become a lifeline for disabled people after the launch of a new training centre ...
Playing fields 'left devastated'.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A RUGBY league club have had their plans for the new season thrown into chaos after travellers set up an illegal camp on their pitches. Farnley Falcons were faced with filthy, churned up pitches littered with rubbish a day after around 40 caravans left after an eight-day illegal ...
Leeds triple fatal: Man appears in court.
Aug 02, 2008 ... An American who was acccused of three counts of causing death by dangerous driving was given bail at Leeds Magistrates Court yesterday. Nathan James Doud, 26, field service engineer, of Ventura, California, must return to court on Tuesday, August 5. The charges arise ...
Is this the aria manager... or was a tenor deposited?
Aug 02, 2008 ... YOU'VE heard of Opera in the park - now you can try Opera at the bank. Customers queuing at the Albion Street branch of Yorkshire Bank had a live operatic performance to take their minds off the wait. On one of the busiest banking days of the year, Yorkshire Bank teamed up with ...
Hundreds back post office fight.
Aug 02, 2008 ... MORE than 400 people turned up at a public meeting to back calls to save their local Post Office. People living in Thornhill, Dewsbury met at the local working men's club on Wednesday evening . Dewsbury South Tory councillor Khizar Iqbal said he had been astounded by ...
Drink-drive mum: 'I have let my children down'.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A WOMAN facing a drink-drive charge after a tip-off told a court she believed her new partner's former wife was responsible for calling the police. Harrogate magistrates heard how officers had been told to watch out for Clare Gould's black Peugeot 206 which was heading across ...
Security guard shot by armed robbers in Roundhay.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A SECURITY guard shot in the leg by armed robbers in Leeds was in a stable condition in hospital today. The victim was blasted at close range by a masked gunman as he delivered cash to the Abbey Bank in Street Lane, Roundhay, around 8.30pm last night. The injured ...
Gang violence yob locked up.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A TEENAGE yob from Leeds has been locked up for a vicious assault on a schoolboy during a night of gang violence in Harrogate town centre. Matthew Melody, 16, of Primley Park Avenue, Alwoodley, rained at least 10 blows on 14-year-old Miles Heward in the unprovoked attack. ...
Unwanted bras take flight.
Aug 02, 2008 ... WOMEN are being urged to donate their unwanted bras in a bid to save lives. Sainsbury's is behind the campaign which is raising funds for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. The 'BAGITUP Bra Campaign' aims to collect half-a-million unused bras. The campaign, ...
Inquest told of bus death.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A MINIBUS mounted a pavement in Leeds city centre and was in collision with a pedestrian, an inquest was told. Mrs Marie Christine Michelle Newbury, 32, of Haydn Avenue, Lofthouse, Wakefield, suffered multiple injuries at 4.10pm on Monday, July 21, and was admitted to Leeds ...
Naked ambition.
Aug 02, 2008 ... THE Roman town of Malton is planning its cheekiest bid ever to attract new visitors. Among a catalogue of events is the staging of a ...
Sporting chance for children in free August taster sessions.
Aug 02, 2008 ... YOUNGSTERS have a chance to get fit for free this summer. Children, aged eight to 16, can try a range of games and activities in Kirklees Council's new three-year initiative, which is launching this month. On the August sports menu will be weekend archery taster ...
Tributes to triple death crash victim.
Aug 02, 2008 ... FRIENDS and colleagues have paid tribute to a "bright and cheerful" man after he died in a car crash with two pals . David Bell, 51, from Purbeck Grove, Garforth, was driving home after an evening out in Sherburn in Elmet when his Ford Fiesta was in collision with a Citroen near ...
Security guard shot by armed robbers.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A SECURITY guard shot in the leg by armed robbers in Leeds was in a stable condition in hospital today. The victim was blasted at close range by a masked gunman as he delivered cash to the Abbey Bank in Street Lane, Roundhay, around 8.30pm last night. The injured ...
Cannabis factory found after raid on house in'quiet area'.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A CANNABIS factory was discovered after police raided a house in Leeds. Plants and equipment used to cultivate the drug were seized after police hammered down the door of the property on Dolphin Lane, Thorpe, near East Ardsley, pictured. No one was inside the house ...
Plunge-death woman had been questioned.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A WOMAN who died after plunging from a high-rise block of flats in Leeds had been questioned by police about a man's death earlier this year. The dead woman was named by neighbours as Susan Lenihan, aged 40. She died on Thursday night after plunging from the window of ...
Alwoodley gang violence yob locked up.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A TEENAGE yob from Leeds has been locked up for a vicious assault on a schoolboy during a night of gang violence in Harrogate town centre. Matthew Melody, 16, of Primley Park Avenue, Alwoodley, rained at least 10 blows on 14-year-old Miles Heward in the unprovoked attack. ...
Footbridge in world architecture contest.
Aug 02, 2008 ... CASTLEFORD'S stunning new footbridge has made the shortlist for a prestigious global architecture award. A total of 224 projects from 43 countries have been shortlisted for the inaugural World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards. The awards are for buildings completed ...
Council deny bus blunder as stops keep on moving.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A BUS stop farce has left the residents of a Leeds estate bemused and confused. First council workers painted yellow dotted 'clear ways' by bus stops and shelters on Bodmin Road leading to Bodmin Crescent, in Middleton. Some of the bays, which are no parking zones, ...
Cyclist attacked by group of seven youths.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A CYCLIST was ambushed and attacked by seven youths as he rode home. The 40-year-old was riding home on the cycle path past Birkby Junior School in Huddersfield when a youth stepped in front of his bike and tapped him on the helmet. The man, who lived locally, stopped but was ...
Gun gang jailed for 86 years.
Aug 02, 2008 ... Seven men convicted of flooding the criminal underworld of Sheffield, Leeds and Bradford with guns have been jailed for a total of 86 years at Manchester Crown Court. Among them was a "thrill-seeking rich kid" who helped run the biggest gun-running gang ever uncovered in the UK ....
Tax plan may help fuel poor.
Aug 02, 2008 ... The Government is actively considering a windfall tax on energy companies amid fury over spiralling fuel costs. The cash generated would be used to help hard-pressed families struggling to pay their bills over the winter. It would also be popular with Labour ...
Accused leads police in Brazil body-part hunt.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A Brazilian accused of murdering and dismembering a British teenager was helping police locate the missing parts of her body. Mohamed D'Ali Carvalho Santos, 20, was charged with killing Cara Burke, 17, after her torso was found in a suitcase dumped on a rural riverbank. ...
George 'in shock' at Dando verdict.
Aug 02, 2008 ... Barry George said he was "overwhelmed" after he was cleared of the murder of Jill Dando. George, 48, was found not guilty at the Old Bailey after a re-trial. An epileptic with mental disability, he was originally found guilty of murdering the TV star in 2001. In a ...
Law firm come up with a Beast of a fundraiser for centre.(Theater review)
Aug 02, 2008 ... A LEEDS law firm is aiming to raise thousands for the Yorkshire Evening Post's Yorkshire Cancer Centre Appeal. DLA Piper in Leeds is backing a series of events to help raise [pounds sterling]3m for the new [pounds sterling]220m cancer centre at St James's Hospital in Leeds. ...
Superhub for city's CCTV cameras.
Aug 02, 2008 ... BIG brother is going 21st century after civic leaders in Leeds pledged to build a CCTV superhub in the city. Senior councillors announced today that more than [pounds sterling]970,000 will be injected into the Leedswatch CCTV system. It will replace the city's three ...
Put a fork in it... it's done.
Aug 02, 2008 ... IT'S one of the most famous sporting stages in the world and has been graced by all the cricketing great. Now the hallowed turf of Headingley could soon be shifted to a sports club near you. After 117 years, the pitch that provided the setting for Bradman's triple ...
Jury fails to reach a verdict in suicide bomb plot trial.
Aug 02, 2008 ... The jury trying three men accused of helping the July 7 suicide bombers plan their attack by carrying out a two-day reconnaissance mission in London has failed to reach verdicts. Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem and Mohammed Shakil visited the London Eye, the Natural History Museum and ...
Hundreds back Thornhill post office fight.
Aug 02, 2008 ... MORE than 400 people turned up at a public meeting to back calls to save their local Post Office. People living in Thornhill, Dewsbury met at the local working men's club on Wednesday evening. Dewsbury South Tory councillor Khizar Iqbal said he had been astounded by ...
'An outstanding young man who'll be fondly remembered by us all'.
Aug 02, 2008 ... MOURNERS packed a Leeds church to bid farewell to dad Adam Chadwick who was gunned down on his sister's doorstep. The 20-year-old's parents Martin and Jackie and sister Gemma led the emotional gathering at the Church of the Venerable Bede in Greenhill Road, Armley, yesterday. ...
Threat to 1,100 council jobs.
Aug 02, 2008 ... LEEDS City Council is to sack 1,100 workers and tell them they can have their jobs back only if they accept pay cuts. Wages will be protected from the cuts for three years - but the workers have been told they must accept them or stay sacked. Letters were delivered on ...
Leeds rugby club seeks new home after playing field 'devastated'.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A RUGBY league club have had their plans for the new season thrown into chaos after travellers set up an illegal camp on their pitches. Farnley Falcons were faced with filthy, churned up pitches littered with rubbish a day after around 40 caravans left after an eight-day illegal ...
Wakefield dogs trained to help disabled.
Aug 02, 2008 ... PICKING up the phone and emptying the washing machine are not jobs normally associated with dogs. But Hal, Gabby and Ossie are special - they are just three of the four-legged friends who will soon become a lifeline for disabled people after the launch of a new training centre ...
Fourt hurt in Leeds crash.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A CHAOTIC road accident left four young people injured and several vehicles damaged early on Saturday morning. A car carrying five young adults smashed into other vehicles and ended up on its roof. Firefighters had to free one trapped woman passenger who had serious ...
Wakefield teenager hit by car.
Aug 02, 2008 ... A 19-YEAR-OLD pedestrian was injured when he was hit by a car in Wakefield early on Saturday morning. A silver Ford Puma was travelling along Denby Dale Road towards Wakefield when it was in collision with the male pedestrian before the junction ...
Wakefield father and son killed in M62 horror smash.
Aug 03, 2008 ... A Wakefield father and son were killed in a horror motorway smash today as they drove to the airport to begin their summer family holiday in America. Gary Proctor, 47, and his son James, 16, died in hospital after their Fiat Punto collided with an Audi Quattro on the M62 in ...
Leeds ice mystery during summer heatwave.
Aug 04, 2008 ... It was the hottest day of the year - yet there was ice on the lawn of a Leeds garden. It came from out of the blue and hit a bird feeder before splintering. Harry Pollard, 80, retired heating engineer, of Vesper Gate Mount, Kirkstall, was astonished and took a ...
Leeds mum's plea after son died on railway.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A MUM grieving the loss of her son has made an impassioned plea to Leeds kids to stay off the tracks. Wendy Smith's son Ricky died at the age of 15 after being hit by a train near his home on Halton Moor in 1997. She joined a Network Rail campaign to speak out to ...
Driver of speedboat which hit Leeds woman faces prosecution.
Aug 04, 2008 ... THE driver of a speedboat which struck and killed a young Leeds woman in Malaysia will face criminal charges over the incident. Joanna Stillwell, 23, from Guiseley, was hit by the boat while snorkelling during a dream holiday on the island of Redang in July 2004. Her ...
Ex-Leeds soldier learns to combat battle stress.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A soldier who served in Iraq, Bosnia and Northern Ireland is looking for former troops to take part in a charity event to help veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Mark Smith, 36, went to jail for assault after leaving the army in 1996 and hit the bottom of a deep pit ...
Bishop shares new Leeds home with bats.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Generations of tradition will come to an end when the Anglican Bishop of Ripon and Leeds moves to the city. But the move from the Bishop Mount residence in Ripon to his new home in Leeds has been delayed - by the discovery of two colonies of bats. Bishops of the ...
Jail-dodger escapes prison again.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A SERIAL thief who escaped jail for trying to steal Christmas presents from a hospital childrens' ward walked free from court AGAIN despite carrying out three burglaries at West Yorkshire Playhouse. A Leeds Crown Court judge dubbed Kyron Callaghan, 30, a "wretched nuisance" who ...