Ex 'attacked by human flesh chef'
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A chef accused of killing a man and cooking his flesh attacked an ex-partner with a meat cleaver, a court hears.
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Murder squad check on Citroen car
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Police investigating the death of a West Yorkshire woman want to trace the movements of a car.
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City's academy scheme under fire
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Plans to create an educational academy in South Leeds draws criticism from a teaching union.
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Girl fed school staff hash cakes
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Two teaching assistants at a Leeds school go to hospital after eating "hash cakes" given to them by a pupil.
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'Closed' parish tells its Bishop to get lost
Holy Smoke (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The West Yorkshire parish of St John the Evangelist, Allerton Bywater, supposedly closed by Bishop Arthur Roche of Leeds, is continuing to hold Masses in the church in defiance of the diocese. And the celebrant is none other than Fr Mark Lawler, its parish priest, who is ignoring Bishop Roche's decision to suspend him from his priestly functions. Fr Lawler and the parish - acting on the advice of...
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Darren Appleton
Inside Pool (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
At the age of 29 Darren Appleton is the World Ranked No.1 player in English 8-Ball Pool, and with so many years ahead of him he has already achieved a legendary status in the game. This is how he has managed to achieve so much in so little time. Appleton lives in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England [...]
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Festival to thank Shannon estate
BBC News (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
A festival is held to thank residents who helped search for Shannon Matthews when she went missing.
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Landlord tied up in pub robbery
BBC News (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The landlord of a secluded Leeds pub is woken by robbers, threatened with a knife and tied up.
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Hunt for witnesses in rape charge
BBC News (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Police in Leeds are trying to trace two people who may be potential witnesses in a rape inquiry.
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Three people injured in bus crash
BBC News (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Three people are taken to hospital after a bus and a tractor collide in West Yorkshire.
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Child poverty ranked high in city
BBC News (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
An area of Bradford is ranked eighth highest in the UK for the number of children living in or close to poverty.
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‘Bradford & Bingley gambled our cash and the town’s heritage. They made fortunes but destroyed the business’
Times Online (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
The giant wall banner outside Bradford & Bingley’s West Yorkshire head office is a proclamation of faith in a secure and certain future.
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Arrest Over Burglary At Batley Museum
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
West Yorkshire Police A 35 year old man has been arrested in the Rochdale area in connection with a burglary which occurred at Bagshaw Museum at Wilton Park in Batley. Between 11 March 2005 and 12 March 2005 around £150,000 worth of Egyptian artefacts and a human skull were taken after shutters were broken and a double-glazed window smashed at the premises. Around £5,000 worth of damage was caused....
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HMG Acquires Bradford & Bingley
Tom Jackson Online (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
The Bradford & Bingley is to be nationalised, after becoming the latest casualty of the ailing mortgage market and property crunch. News is breaking this evening that the West Yorkshire based bank, which lost 90% of its value over the past year, could be taken into public ownership as early as tomorrow. It's believe that B&B could be merged with Northern Rock , which was nationalised earlier this year...
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Ex-policeman guilty of voyeurism
BBC News (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
An ex-policeman is found guilty of filming a teenage couple having sex for his own "gratification".
