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Leeds street dug up 12 times over gas leak.
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Yorkshire Evening Post (Leeds, England)
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July 11, 2008
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Residents are kicking up a stink over a gas leak which they say has seen their street dug up 12 TIMES in as many years.
Apart from being fed up with the traffic problems created, frustrated neighbours on Copley Lane in the Robin Hood area of Leeds fear for their safety every time the pipe springs another potentially deadly leak near their homes.
Workmen are just finishing yet another week of repairs on the pipe for the second time this year, where the road joins Leadwell Lane.
Ian Brown, 54, has been worst affected as most of the digging over the past decade has taken place at the end of his driveway.
He said: "Last year we came back from holiday and a long ...
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Truck slide.(News)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);
March 27, 2007 ;
38 words
...A landslip left this truck at a crazy angle in Shelley. The wagon slid down a banking off Copley Lane as work was being carried out. No-one was hurt but the lorry had to be hauled clear. The accident happened below the Kirklees Light Railway.
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Attack victim dies
Belfast Telegraph;
January 2, 2002 ;
54 words
......attacked after chasing two young men who were trying to steal a car, as "sickening". Kevin Jackson was found severely beaten in Copley Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Sunday evening. He was taken to hospital but died yesterday. Mr Jackson, a father of two, was...
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Car death dad arrest.(News)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);
January 4, 2002 ;
60 words
......suspect was being quizzed after the widow of 31-year-old Kevin Jackson made an emotional appeal for clues to catch the killers. Kevin Jackson was stabbed in the head and severely beaten in Copley Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Sunday morning.
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Local briefs: Plan rejected.(News)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);
March 5, 2008 ;
62 words
...PLANNERS have refused to allow a bedroom to be built over a garage. Mr P Robinson had wanted to build the bedroom at Copley Lane in Shelley. But Kirklees Council refused permission in November, 2006, saying it would be out of character with the...
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Wife makes 'catch the killers' plea.(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);
January 3, 2002 ;
91 words
......down in tears as she made an emotional appeal for help in finding the killers. Kevin Jackson was found severely beaten in Copley Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Sunday evening. The 31year-old father-of-two was taken to hospital but died on New Year's Day...
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Farmer ducks and dives to stay afloat
Yorkshire Post;
January 11, 2006 ;
121 words
......Leeds farm isn't a sight you expect to see every day. But they are not trying to make an escape from Lotherton Park Farm, Copley Lane, Aberford - they are for sale. The animals are carvings made from bamboo root imported from Indonesia by former pigswill farmer...
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Murder hunt police name men
The Northern Echo;
January 17, 2002 ;
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......thieves. Rangzaib Akhtar, 19, and Raees Khan, 20, were named as suspects wanted in connection with the attack on Mr Jackson in Copley Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, on December 30. West Yorkshire Police believe the two, from the Manningham area of Bradford, are...
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News in Brief: Mass. Pike roadwork to detour traffic.
The Boston Herald;
December 19, 1997 ;
101 words
......Square exit (exit 22) to the end of the Turnpike this evening from 11:30 p.m. until 6 a.m. Through traffic should take the Copley lane on the exit. Drivers bound for Interstate-93 should take Stuart Street/Kneeland Street to Surface Artery, turning left onto...
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Britain: Yorkshire.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);
January 17, 2002 ;
82 words
......thieves. Rangzaib Akhtar, 19, and Raees Khan, 20, were named as suspects wanted in connection with the attack on Mr Jackson in Copley Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, on December 30. West Yorkshire Police believe the two suspects, both from the Manningham area of...
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Montgomery Home Sales
The Washington Post;
October 21, 2004 ;
787 words
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Widow's plea to catch killer of husband; HALIFAX.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);
January 4, 2002 ;
276 words
......broke down in tears as she praised her husband's heroic efforts. Kevin Jackson was stabbed in the head and severely beaten in Copley Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Sunday morning. Mr Jackson, 31, a father-of-two, was taken to hospital but died on New Year's...
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Man held by police over car death dad.(News)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);
January 4, 2002 ;
183 words
......Jackson made an emotional appeal for clues to catch the killers. Kevin Jackson was stabbed in the head and severely beaten in Copley Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Sunday morning. The 31-year-old father-of-two was taken to hospital but died on New Year's Day...
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Wife hails dead hero husband; Man stabbed after chase.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);
January 4, 2002 ;
376 words
......yesterday broke down in tears as she hailed her husband a hero. Kevin Jackson was stabbed in the head and severely beaten in Copley Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Sunday morning. The 31-year-old father-of-two was taken to hospital but died on New Year's Day...
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Md. Couple Killed in Head-On Crash
The Washington Post;
July 23, 1995 ;
115 words
......Jose Quintanilla fell asleep behind the wheel of their Dodge Shadow and crossed the dividing line on New Hampshire Avenue, at Copley Lane in Colesville. The Shadow crashed into another vehicle, police said. The driver of the other car, Robert Horne, of Silver...
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Widow of `hero' begs for help to catch killer
The Independent - London;
January 4, 2002 ;
Arifa Akbar;
537 words
......husband as a hero and appealed for witnesses to the attack. Kevin Jackson, 31, was stabbed in the head and severely beaten in Copley Lane, Halifax, West Yorkshire, on Sunday morning after chasing the men. Mr Jackson, who was the father of two sons, Jake, seven...
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