- PM to vow action on whiplash claims
- Student denies Collymore race abuse
- Houston's hits set to storm charts
- Most hate crimes feature racism
- £500,000 seized from canoeist wife
- Perjury file over Lawrence trial
- Qatada deportation talks continue
- Solo Kate in Valentine's city visit
- Osborne defends cuts after warning
- Inflation plunges to 14-month low
- True jobless total '6.3 million'
- Actor Penn urges Falklands talks
- Crackdown on 'lone' parents benefit
- Qatada deportation talks continue
- Solo Kate in Valentine's city visit
- O'Leary top TV choice as Valentine
- Stand up for faith, says peer Warsi
- Public ban 'reduces home smoking'
- Corrupt officer Dizaei jailed again
- Vandals damage murdered Pc memorial
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Exclusive: Church probes how priest was ordained after abuse sacking
THE Roman Catholic church is to launch an inquiry into how it dealt with allegations surrounding a priest who was ordained despite being previously sacked for sexually abusing boys at a Yorkshire children’s home.
Huddersfield cage fighter jailed for 35 years over IRA drugs plot
A FORMER cage-fighter from Huddersfield has been jailed for life for gunning down two gangland enforcers linked to an IRA drugs gang.
Rail firms get paid twice for replacing trains with buses
THE Government is to axe the “crazy” arrangement where some rail companies get paid twice for replacing trains with buses.
Cunard children’s worker on sex attack charge
A FORMER Cunard cruise ship worker from Pontefract has been charged with a sex attack on a child, police said today.
Journey into space for family of twelve in three-bed house
A FAMILY of 12 who were living in a three-bedroom house have got their wish and been handed the keys to an eight-bedroom former children’s home.
Sport
Coventry City v Leeds United: Leeds warned against complacency for the visit to struggling Coventry
NEIL REDFEARN has urged Leeds United to ignore Coventry City’s perilous league position.
Have your say: Yorkshire trio still gunning for title
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN manager Lee Clark insists the League One title is still up for grabs on a night when a quirk of the fixture list means the top six will go head-to-head.
Huddersfield Town v Sheffield United: Clark looks for Town to repeat their whirlwind beginning
THREE years ago today, Lee Clark had a particularly memorable response to his Huddersfield Town side claiming a thrilling derby win over Leeds United.
Finn ensures Cook’s fine work with the bat ends England’s long wait for victory over Pakistan
Alastair Cook and Steven Finn’s career-best performances carried England to an emphatic, and overdue, win over Pakistan.
Doncaster Rovers v Blackpool: Rovers may be able to profit from Pompey’s financial misfortunes
Portsmouth’s likely lurch back into administration could offer Doncaster Rovers a helping hand in the race for survival.
Video
Victims left homeless by metal theft blast demand crackdown video
RESIDENTS whose lives were devastated in a gas blast caused by metal thieves stealing cable last night joined calls for more to be done about the problem.
Business
BusinessTalk: What will it take to get banks to lend more to small firms?
IN what is being seen as an embarrassing blow to the Chancellor’s Project Merlin agreement, lending by Britain’s top five banks shrank every quarter last year. Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.
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Profile - Rory Clarke
THE expected boom in the renewables industry will offer “a huge opportunity for this part of the world” and JR Rix & Sons has its own part to play, said Rory Clarke, managing director of Rix Petroleum.
Growing company looks at home and abroad
Tucked away in a corner of West Yorkshire, lies one of the region’s biggest retail success stories.
Yorkshire Bank owner insists on changes
NATIONAL Australia Bank chief executive Cameron Clyne made one thing clear when he launched a strategic review of Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks – the status quo cannot remain.
Osborne defends cuts after warning
Chancellor George Osborne defended the Government’s austerity package today after Britain was threatened with the loss of its AAA credit rating amid fears over weaker growth prospects and potential shocks from the eurozone crisis.
Lifestyle
A series of firsts keep the visitors coming to Hepworth
The Hepworth Wakefield announces with each new exhibition that ‘this is a first’.
Neon love signs bring a touch of romance to Wakefield commuters
Love and song, two things that connect us all.
Words and music of a man called Ada
Journalist and writer Ada Wilson has received praise from, among others, David Peace, for his latest book. Ian McMillan reviews the work.
How an enduring classic was born – against all the odds
As Casablanca celebrates its 70th anniversary, Tony Earnshaw looks at a film that succeeded by happenstance.
Interview: Ian Broudie
Ian Broudie is arguably one of the great pioneers of the 90s pop song, as the legions of fans who have followed him and his music all around the country will no doubt testify once again as he embarks on his latest ten date tour with his most successful creation, The Lightning Seeds.
Audio & Video
BusinessTalk: What will it take to get banks to lend more to small firms?
IN what is being seen as an embarrassing blow to the Chancellor’s Project Merlin agreement, lending by Britain’s top five banks shrank every quarter last year. Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.
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Victims left homeless by metal theft blast demand crackdown video
RESIDENTS whose lives were devastated in a gas blast caused by metal thieves stealing cable last night joined calls for more to be done about the problem.
Country Week: The fight to save the traditional butcher’s shop
FOR years the butcher’s shop has been a staple of the British high street and village. But in recent years, with the rise of supermarkets and chain stores, the proud British butchery has been disappearing from our towns at an alarming rate. Listen to informed debate, in our weekly programme for Yorkshire’s country communities.
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In the running: Businesses are urged to take up the 10K Corporate Challenge video
IT takes dedication to pound the icy streets of Leeds, when most people are curled up on their sofas.
Stunning steam train video as new life begins for an icon of Victorian age video
A SURVIVOR of Britain’s railway past that has travelled many miles in its working life has been restored – to become a national treasure for many keen to see a glimpse of its Victorian origins.
- ‘A sea change in Leeds Utd ownership’: Marchers demand Ken Bates resignation
- Checks on office put paid to 70 sham marriages
- Leeds United 1 Brighton & HA 2: Unwanted record in sight as Leeds face fans revolt
- Dizaei’s career over after guilty verdict at retrial
- Cash-crisis hospital could not take mother to see dying baby
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Tuesday 14 February 2012
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