Leeds folk got into the fundraising spirit by carried out a series of wacky events to raise money.

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A RAPIST from Harrogate was yesterday jailed for at least four years for a series of assaults in the town.

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CHRISTMAS shoppers have been urged to spend some of their cash at Filey School PTFA's craft and gift fayre on Saturday November 28 a ' to help raise funds for school activities.

A businessman caught driving his BMW at 140mph in treacherous conditions on the M62 near Leeds has been jailed for four months.

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FORMER pupils of retired headteacher John Barber may shortly have difficulty recognising him when he loses the beard he's sported for the past 36 years.

MYSTERY surrounds the reason why Sneaton and Hawsker Show will not go ahead next year.

Police swooped on a flat in a Leeds city centre apartment block and shut down a suspected brothel after complaints from local residents and business people.

CHILDREN and young people have the chance to make North Yorkshire safer thanks to a new fund being launched tonight by the Queen's representative in legal affairs.

A molester turned rapist has been jailed indefinitely for sex attacks in Harrogate ten years apart.

A TRAUMATIC accident in a village workshop severed Malcolm Pipes's hand and left him fearing for his life.

MORE than 200 people in North Yorkshire have been spared from losing their homes as they battle to cope with the credit crunch thanks to an emergency scheme.

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A 70ft tree crashed through a Leeds home as a family slept inside. Mum-of-two Julie Colley leapt out of bed when she heard an "enormous crash" as the poplar in her back garden snapped off at the trunk.

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A feisty five-year-old girl confronted a knife-wielding burglar in her home by shouting: 'Put my Daddy's car keys down'. Chloe Edwards heard noises at 2am and ventured downstairs to see who was in the kitchen of her Middlesbrough home.

Comment about "Britain to take 10 refugees from Malta" Phone Name Comment 0 Wednesday, 18th November 2009 - 16:05CET Britain to take 10 refugees from Malta Britain is to take ten migrants from Malta as part of the EU's pilot project for the resettlement of refugees.

A man appealing his conviction for murdering a British student in Italy testified Wednesday that he heard the victim arguing with an American defendant in the case minutes before she was slain.