Apr
2008
Articles from 26th Apr 2008
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Artists aid cancer charity
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
CHARITABLE artists donated £160 to Cancer Research. Read
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£10k for hospice
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
BUSINESSMAN Graham Leslie has donated £10,000 to charity. Read
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Lunch guests find out about life in the Army
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
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Man in court over 1987 rape
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A 48-year-old man will appear in court on Monday accused of a rape in Huddersfield 21 years ago. Read
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Bank card fraud clues lead to Huddersfield shop
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
MORE victims of a major bank fraud in Huddersfield have come forward. Read
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Stone ‘stolen from Yorkshire’
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
POLICE believe this stone was stolen in Yorkshire. Read
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Mum’s the word!
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
TEENAGE parents are being given basic tips to help them come to terms with coping with kids. Read
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All our own work say proud pupils
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
IT wouldn’t look out of place in a professional gallery space. But the masterwork, a map depicting Elland, is the handiwork of an entire school. Read
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Watchdog warning over dodgy modelling agencies
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
CONSUMER watchdogs have warned wannabe models to watch out for duff agencies. Read
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Waste plant is facing shutdown
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
HUDDERSFIELD’S giant incinerator is out of action for major refurbishment. Read
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Conmen trick man, 80
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
CALLOUS conmen tried to trick an elderly man out of £2,000 – but he was saved from the thieves by vigilant bank staff in Cleckheaton. Read
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Speeding police cost £2m
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
MORE than £2m was paid out by Yorkshire’s police forces to people involved in accidents with speeding police cars, new figures have revealed. Read
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Baroness ace public servant
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi of Dewsbury (pictured), Shadow Minister for Community Cohesion and Social Action, has won a Lloyds TSB Jewel Award for Public Service Excellence. The awards highlight British Asian achievement. Baroness Warsi, also Shadow Minister for Sheffield, was nominated in recognition of her successful bid to Sudan to free UK teacher Gillian Gibbons in December 2007, as well as her ongoing work on community cohesion. Ms Gibbons innocently allowed a class teddy bear to be named Mohammed. Read
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Armley prisoners prove discrimination claim
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
FIFTEEN former inmates of Leeds Prison have won a legal battle over claims they were mistreated and discriminated against on racial and religious grounds. Read
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HISTORY LESSON
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A FAMILY home has been transformed into a medieval museum. Read
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Casting doubt on the prophecy of the well
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
MOTHER Shipton is England’s most famous prophetess. Read
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Action on media
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Russia: Politicians voted 339-1 to allow authorities to suspend and close down news media outlets for libel and slander after a Moscow newspaper reported President Vladimir Putin had divorced his wife and planned to marry a champion gymnast. The tough new law makes libel and slander subject to the same sanctions as promotion of terrorism, extremism and racial hatred. Read
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Child star is 80
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
USA: Shirley Temple Black (pictured) quietly celebrated her 80th birthday this week after breaking her arm in a fall at her home. Her spokesman Rick Ross said the former child star is doing fine. Shirley Temple was the top box-office draw in the USA from 1935 to 1938. Read
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Parish church is gallery for artist
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
POPULAR artist Steve Simpson is exhibiting his work for the first time in Huddersfield with a show at Huddersfield Parish Church. Read
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Village pub in hours row
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A VILLAGE’S residents have voiced fears over a pub’s bid to change its licence. Read
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Torch protest
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
JAPAN: Riot police, protesters and Chinese well-wishers converged on Nagano in central Japan as the embattled Beijing Olympic torch arrived on one of its final international stops before moving on to China. Read
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Parcel bomb on bus kills 24
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
SRI LANKA: A suspected rebel bomb exploded on a bus, killing 24 and wounding more than 30 others. The explosion took place while the vehicle was at a bus stop in the town of Piliyandala, just south of the capital Colombo. Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said the bomb was an act of rebel group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The bomb was in a parcel on the overhead rack. Read
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Easy to smuggle guns says crooked soldier
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A FORMER Yorkshire soldier jailed for being in a plot to smuggle guns out of Iraq says it was easy to obtain the weapons and transport them to Europe. Read
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Hurt in crash with police
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CRASH involving a police car left a young man badly bruised. Read
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Charities slam drug ban
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A CANCER charity formed in memory of Scholes-born entertainer Roy Castle has slammed the decision to restrict a life-prolonging drug. Read
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Just the job for teens
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
PLUMBING, catering and engineering have been just the job for 70 teenagers on Saturdays. Read
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Students in bid for glory
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
TWO fashion design students from Huddersfield University made a bid for glory. Read
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Granny’s thanks for lung research cash
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A GRANDMOTHER with a life-limiting illness thanked a Lions club for a “generous” charitable donation. Read
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New name set for big Hoyle Cup
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
BAY ATHLETIC and Uppermill will fight it out for the Hoyle Cup. Read
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Shame of ‘Shannon’ estate
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE headlines were uncompromising. Read
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Nurses plan to abseil for hospice
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
TWO nurses are taking the plunge for charity to raise vital funds for Overgate Hospice in Elland. Read
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Call for witnesses to fatal pile-up on M62
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
POLICE have released photographs of two vehicles involved in chain of events which claimed a young boy’s life. Read
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It’s a roam with a view
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
Combs Hill Lane, edged by a boundary wall that sports elegant capping stones – a sign of wealth in times past Read
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Attack with iron bar
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A MAN was hit with an iron bar when he confronted thieves stealing from his car. Read
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Big city charity runners remember best friend
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
THE best friend of a doctor who died of leukaemia is running 10km in her memory. Read
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SITE’S NEW LIFE
Apr 26 2008 | Local West Yorkshire News
A COMMUNITY orchard has been completed. Read
