It's a Dogs Life (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
So dad was bored last week and decided to escape to West Yorkshire for a night out. The drive up was really good, dad let me sit on the front seat (with my doggie seat belt on of course), and I settled down for the journey nestled in between my two fleeces, ah luxury. It was cosy, and when we were in traffic jams, dad gave my nose the odd stroke. On arrival at the hotel I was of course recognised by...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Lenny Henry wins an award for his role as Othello.
News From Nowhere (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
I was sorting through some books and papers today and I came across a collection of photographs of Old Yorkshire. One caught my eye - it was a view looking over Halifax taken in 1958 and there is a copy of it above. It was a familiar view for me, I would see it every day as I sat on the upstairs front seat of the bus taking me from my home in the village of Northowram and into Halifax and my school....
Rambles from my Chair (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
It was BBC’s Children in Need on Friday night and already it has raised over £23m for children’s charities in the UK. An annual event in the UK calendar, the evening of entertainment and money-raising /pledging is great fun, all united behind the ‘Pudsey’ banner. The yellow mascot, "Pudsey" Bear, was created in 1985 by Joanna Ball. The bear was named after her...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Seven men, including three from West Yorkshire, are jailed after the theft of £1.4m from an insurance company in York.
Oh Beautiful girls (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sexy Hot Girly Gallery Nell McAndrew (born Tracey Jane McAndrew , 6 November 1973, Belle Isle, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) is an English Glamour Model . McAndrew started her modelling career as a catalogue and magazine model and as Marilyn Monroe look-a-like. She was required to shave her head for a modelling assignment in Germany. In the UK she was featured as a Page Three girl in the Daily Star...
The Lay Scientist (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Coming soon to a town near you – healing through the power of prayer. A group called The Healing Rooms is spreading its tentacles across the UK. The Starbucks of faith healing, their mission statement is: We have a vision to see every town and city in England with at least one Healing Room and many Healing Rooms in larger cities. This is part of a wider vision to see Healing Rooms set in around...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Contemporary Music Festival is a real ear-opener
BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Can the game of bridge help with maths skills?
CNC CNC Machines Information (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Craftsman Tools has just installed a third Mazak Integrex 400Y turn-mill centre in its main subcontracting cell to increase capacity, reduce costs and give more flexibility. It is also working on an in-process gauging project that will also reduce costs for the customer. Craftsman has a dedicated cell producing pump parts for Sulzer Craftsman’s managing director, Robert Johnson, said: “The...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
A man is charged with recklessly endangering life after a gas explosion ripped through a house in a south Leeds suburb.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Data about care given over the past 20 years at Martin House children's hospice near Wetherby is used to aid a research project.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The classic book is adapted into a stage musical
Web Dev Blog (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Recently we’ve had quite a surge in the number of clients who have come to us for SEO services. On of the sites that underwent some SEO treatment in October was that belonging to Cloudfree IT, who are a team of IT consultants in Keighley, Shipley and Bingley in West Yorkshire. This site was an interesting [...]
BBC News (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Collections of recycling bins across Leeds resume after a recruitment drive as the city's bin strike enters its 11th week.
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