North Yorkshire County, England News Archives

Jobless youngsters in Wakefield will soon be earning a wage thanks to a new council-run scheme.

An investigation has been launched after a fire caused extensive damage to a supermarket early yesterday.

A man has been remanded in custody accused of killing his ex-wife who was stabbed to death as she prepared to host her divorce party in Cleveland.

A plan for a new care home in Leeds has been attacked by a councillor. Designs have been drawn up for a modern care home to replace St Joseph's care home in Outwood Lane, which closed two years ago and is in the process of being demolished and the site cleared.

An armed robber targetted 19 shops across Leeds, and gave some of the stolen money to Big Issue sellers.

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Ben Bradshaw invites bids for first independently funded news consortiums, seeking more local service.

One woman has died and another is seriously ill in hospital after they were involved in a road accident in North Yorkshire.

MYSTERY surrounds how a blaze broke out at a Low Hawsker farm on Wednesday night.

MORE than 65 years after he landed on Normandy's Gold Beach on D-Day, North Yorkshire Second World War veteran George Chapman has died, aged 86.

A sergeant allowed a vulnerable Cross Gates man to leave a police station despite his colleagues showing him suicide notes and a noose they found at his home, an inquest heard.

A MAN has been charged with double murder over the deaths of two young jockeys in a blaze which ripped through a North Yorkshire block of flats.

A MOTHER who was held hostage with her two-year-old child for 24 hours has spoken about how she feared they would be killed.

SIX people were taken to hospital following a pile up on the A1 near Doncaster. The crash happened on the southbound carriageway between junction 36, Warmsworth, and junction 37, Marr, when a lorry collided with several cars which were in standing traffic, police said.

Protesting Leeds children put on face masks as they prepared for the worst a ' a giant, stinking tip right across the road from their school.

A boy was airlifted to hospital after being cut free from the wreckage of a car involved in a crash with an empty school bus and another car.

A Middlesbrough man has denied murdering a grandmother of six who was found dead in her bed.

WITNESSES are being sought following an accident in Hawsker which left a 17-year-old with serious injuries.

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A further five people with swine flu have died in the past two weeks in Yorkshire.

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FIRECREWS had to give emergency oxygen to cats they rescued from a house fire in a rural market town.

A YORKSHIRE MP who was last week forced to step down from the parliamentary standards committee he chaired says he has done nothing wrong.

RESIDENTS of a small rural village in the region are celebrating after they were named best village in the country in a national competition.

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A new poster campaign appealing for help to find missing York chef Claudia Lawrence is to be launched on buses across Yorkshire.

Roundhay Golf Club is flying its flag at half mast to pay tribute to an "irreplaceable" secretary killed in a fire at his home.

A Teesside town is to have its very own giant observation wheel - the only one of its kind in the North East.

THE stately home immortalised both TV and film versions of Brideshead Revisited is celebrating a recession-busting year.

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A PAEDOPHILE sexually assaulted a teenager after grooming her on the internet just five months after being released from serving a 14 year prison sentence for raping another young girl, a court heard today.

Police joined a coroner in appealing for a convicted murderer to reveal where he has dumped the remains of his teenage lover from North Yorkshire.

A talented Leeds rugby league player who collapsed and died during a match unknowingly suffered from a rare heart condition, an inquest has heard.

A Teesside council worker who was harassed and sacked for blowing the whistle on her management has been awarded 442,466 in compensation.

STOLEN property has been found, a suspected sex attacker arrested and suspicious behaviour reported since the opening of Eggborough Police Station.

GANGS of youths are believed to be behind a string of arson attacks in Old Goole.

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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.

A thug from Middleton has been jailed for 12 months after launching a second racist attack on taxi drivers.

BUSINESSES and tourist attractions across the Whitby area are celebrating being the cream of the crop after making the shortlist of a competition.

CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati police are putting criminals on notice: crime fighting 2010 style has arrived in the form of video cameras in the downtown business district and high-crime areas in other neighborhoods.

A major High Street discount chain has been fined after an elderly customer suffered a broken arm after visiting its in Middlesbrough.

THE local debut by Tribe, the Harrogate metal band backed by Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, IS taking place at Fusion in Knaresborough shortly, though it seems the club on the Market Place isn't called Fusion any longer but The Stonehouse.

WAR medals steeped in North East history are set to stay in the region thanks to the generosity and community spirit of an ex-soldier. Former National Serviceman John Close, 80, from Aycliffe Village, County Durham, noticed medals awarded to Teesside-born Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Cohen were up for sale at a local auction and, not wanting them ...

A DRIVER was killed and the passenger seriously injured following a head-on collision between two cars in North Yorkshire.

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A YORK man who pleaded guilty to starting a fire at house where two people were asleep upstairs has been told to expect a prison sentence.

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Worldwide tributes to Driffield crash victim biker Chris Benn - see tomorrow's Driffield Times for funeral report and photographs TRIBUTES have been pouring in from all over the world following the death of a Driffield motorcyclist in a collision near Whitby.

By Carl Gavaghan A MUCH-loved champion of Whitby who dedicated herself to serving the town and its people has passed away.

Redcar and Cleveland Council is introducing four new gritters to its fleet for the winter.

A MINOR accident caused major tailbacks during rush-hour with two cars blocking off a sliproad.

A woman police officer was cut free from a patrol vehicle after it flipped on to its roof in Leeds when it collided with a car it was chasing.

SUFFERING bus passengers are still waiting for a shelter at the main stop for the 121 service in Scarborough, despite being assured they would get one "by autumn". As winter sets in, users of the service have been left windswept, wet or shivering a ' although the new location has been welcomed as a great improvement on Valley Bridge.

A PENSIONER appeared in court after admitting committing a sex act with a horse.

Make seeing a badger a special treat this Christmas. Despite popular belief, they don't hibernate in winter and a glimpse of their distinctive black and white coats against the snow as they forage in the moonlight is a rare delight.

A coach driver has been jailed for five years and three months after a court heard that his out-of-control bus killed a married couple after it sped down a steep hill near Scarborough and smashed into a car.

TWO people have been killed in separate crashes on the region's roads. A 30-year-old woman died after her VW Golf collided with a white panel van near Coxhoe, County Durham, at about 10am today.

Read the latest scribblings from Oliver Cross. Let me eat cake At this time of year, with the days shortening and Christmas approaching, I like to change the subject.

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LEEDS: Simmering tensions between the two Four Nations forward packs have boiled over just days out from the final at Elland Road, with Kangaroos second-rower Anthony Watmough vowing to use a slur from England's skipper Jamie Peacock as motivation for victory on Saturday, firing back that ''if they bring it, we're going to take it straight back to ...

THE award-winning North Yorkshire restaurant which closed its doors following the outbreak of a stomach bug among staff and customers has reopened.

Eighteen-year-old Rifleman Craig Wood, from Doncaster, United Kingdom, watches a paper poppy fall during a remembrance ceremony Wednesday under the Menin Gate in Ieper, Belgium.

A builder and his son are facing jail for conspiring to kidnap a mother and daughter from their home.

A maintenance worker from Kippax was killed after being struck on the head trying to free a valve.

CRIME in the Mulgrave ward area has fallen by 33% in the past month. The latest figures for the ward, which spans from Sandsend to Staithes, were revealed at Thursday night's Hinderwell Parish Council meeting by Whitby police inspector Dave Barf.

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The wife of back-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin has offered to return more than half a million pounds of money the couple obtained fraudulently.

Police have warned locals to beware of a doorstep conman who has been calling at homes in north west Leeds offering carbon monoxide detectors or smoke alarms.

An optician was warned today that "no promises" would be made about him having to serve time in jail after he masturbated while giving a field vision test to a 14-year-old girl.

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A Leeds counterfeiter jailed in his absence for eight years was officially handed his sentence yesterday after being brought back from Spain following four years on the run.

Dales grandfather Fred Harrison has criticised "petty" national park authority planners who want to ban his trampoline.

Ten suspected drug dealers were arrested in a police sweep in Lancaster. More than 100 officers from across the force carried out Operation Nimrod raids early on Tuesday morning to target drug dealers.

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British nurse Helen Smith who has finally been laid to rest. The coffin is taken into Wakefield Crematorium.

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Two men on trial for the murder of a Leeds drug dealer have been cleared after a judge directed a jury to return not guilty verdicts.

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A funeral will be held for a British nurse who died 30 years ago in Saudi Arabia.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury has joined senior officers and ordinary soldiers to mark Remembrance Sunday at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire.

Civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and other members of the community will gather together this Sunday to pay their respects to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in times of war.

Leeds will be set alight with a bang next week when fireworks displays take place across the city to celebrate Guy Fawkes night.

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NEW figures today reveal the toll swine flu is taking on the region's hospitals.

Four candidates are standing in the Ormesby Ward By-Election for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, which takes plave on Thursday 3rd December 2009.

RUSWARP and Lealholm were on flood alert on Sunday after it was feared continuous heavy rain would cause the banks of the River Esk to burst.

Police have seized A 350,000 worth of cars in Leeds as part of a probe into an alleged car clocking fraud and money laundering.

A former Leeds Rhinos player rugby-tackled a bouncer as a star-studded charity night turned into a violent alcohol-fuelled scrum.

Two women thieves targeted an 82-year-old woman in Otley after grabbing her handbag from her walking frame.

VANDALS have destroyed a sculpture created to celebrate one of the countrya s most spectacular landscapes.

Detectives have swooped to smash a suspected A 1m car fraud and money laundering scam in Leeds.

An aunt of abducted schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is facing jail after admitting benefit fraud.

A lapdancing club in Leeds could be the first in the city to open for 24 hours a day.

A Knottingley optician pleasured himself while giving an eye test to a schoolgirl, a court heard today.

A TOP restaurant has closed for investigations after more than 80 customers developed sickness and diarrhoea and members of staff contracted norovirus.

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THE father of a Lancaster soldier killed in Iraq feels let down by the government after failing to be invited to attend the inquiry into the conflict.

Harrogate's King's Road is set to become a leafy boulevard after the council announced a A 438,000 improvement plan.

Police sealed off a house in Leeds, after a man's body was found. Officers were called to the terrace house in Bexley Place, Harehills, Leeds, shortly after 1pm yesterday.

A MOTORCYCLIST killed on the A174, just north of Hinderwell, near Whitby last Wednesday has been named as Christopher Benn, aged 51, of Middle Street North, Driffield.

By Emily Heward A TEENAGE rugby player's sudden death was from natural causes, a coroner has ruled.

A vulnerable woman, who has been known to visit Clifton, in Bristol, has gone missing from her home in Bath.

A huge police operation to control two demonstrations in Leeds cost West Yorkshire taxpayers tens of thousands of pounds, the YEP can reveal.

Young Muslims have been urged to stay away from parts of Leeds on Saturday as the English Defence League stages a protest against Islamic extremism.

The number of sex offenders under supervision in West Yorkshire has increased to 1,467. Police and probation teams are monitoring an extra 41 sex offenders in the region this year, compared to last year.

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By Graham Chalmers THERE are so many talented musicians in the Harrogate 'scene', it's sometimes easy to take it all for granted but some long-term figures, old friends, in fact, are now threatening to make a name for themselves far and wide.