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Killer lorry ‘floated like hot air balloon’ in Leeds city centre gale
A MAN was crushed to death after a lorry “floated through the air like a hot air balloon” in gale-force winds and landed on him in the centre of leeds, an inquest heard today.
Leeds school suspends six pupils for throwing snowballs
SCHOOL bosses in Leeds today defended a decision to suspend six pupils for throwing snowballs.
Three-inch blanket of snow heading our way today
AREAS of Yorkshire could be blanketed by up to 3in (8cm) of snow today as the country continues to shiver in the Arctic freeze.
Burglars ransack couple’s home on their wedding night
A PAIR of newlyweds have spoken of their devastation after they were forced to cancel their honeymoon following a break-in at their West Yorkshire home on their wedding night.
Six years for accountant who swindled clients out of tax money to finance luxuries
A CROOKED accountant who financed a luxurious lifestyle, including a secret mistress and a box at Leeds United, by fleecing clients of thousands of pounds intended for the taxman, has been jailed for six years.
Sport
Barnsley’s Keith Hill invokes Fawlty Towers over link with Leeds job
BARNSLEY manager Keith Hill has expressed an interest in the Leeds United job.
2 commentsStart Super League season earlier: Rhinos’ McDermott
LEEDS Rhinos’ Grand Final-winning coach Brian McDermott has called for a later start to the Super League campaign in future as the weather threatens to cause more early-season disruption.
Alan Shearer in list of favourites for Leeds and England jobs: Latest odds
ALAN Shearer features in the list of favourites to take over the vacant manager’s jobs at both Elland Road and Wembley. These are the rest of SkyBet’s latest odds...
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Redknapp clear favourite if FA can sway Spurs
THE FOOTBALL Association will have to persuade Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy that Harry Redknapp will not find it too taxing doing two jobs if, as expected, they turn to him as their new England manager.
Finn feels ready to make up for all his frustration
Steven Finn is out to prove a point once more in Abu Dhabi – where he first showed himself to be an England fast bowler of the future.
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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.
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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.
British Land could sell half stake in Meadowhall
British Land is thought to have put half its 50 per cent stake in the Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield up for sale.
Fusion IP backs keyhole surgery investment
Fusion IP, the group that turns University research into business, said its investment Asalus Medical Instruments has raised £300,000 in funding following a successful pre-clinical study of its electrosurgical smoke clearance device Innervision.
Let’s not talk our way into recession, says boss
A YORKSHIRE-based entrepreneur has warned that Britain could be talking itself into a recession, after his business sealed a $2.1m (£1.33m) order to round off a record month.
Reckitt targets emerging markets
DETTOL to Nurofen maker Reckitt Benckiser is ramping up its expansion in emerging markets to counter sluggish growth in Europe and the United States.
Lifestyle
Recipes: Celebrating and sharing life together at the table
Jean Brillat-Savarin, the 18th century politician, lawyer and gastronome wrote that a mutual enjoyment of the pleasures of the table has an enormous influence on the happiness that can and should be found in a marriage.
Choose carefully and a great evening is bound to follow
Worried that your special romantic Valentine meal might go wrong? Daniel Gill gives his top tips on making it right.
Pub Of The Week: The Orchard, Husthwaite
Sad is the country village without a cosy pub. Everyone needs a local and those living in remote rural outposts need it more than most.
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Tech Talk: A new set of options
OPINIONS are divided on whether seven or 10-inch screens are best suited to tablets, but here’s a third option... one with no screen at all. Evolve, a little gadget from the radio and loudspeaker company Intempo, does away with the need for an LCD display by using your TV set instead. The omission of such an expensive component means they can flog it for as little as £150.
Restaurant Review: Drewton’s Supper Club, East Yorkshire
A couple of years ago, not many people would have bet on the A1034 between South Cave and Market Weighton becoming a key culinary route through East Yorkshire. Yet today this pleasant but unremarkable eight-mile stretch of minor road can boast a multiple award winning gastropub in the shape of the Star at Sancton. There has also been the relocation of Hull’s popular Boar’s Nest to the Rudston Walk hotel and now the arrival of Drewton’s at the Drewton Estate. If this pattern continues the A1034 may well soon find itself renamed Restaurant Row or possibly Gastronaut Gulch.
Audio & Video
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.
Video: ‘Turn that camera off - these puppy protesters may be terrorists’ video
A POLICE force has apologised to an animal rights campaigner after a community support officer said a protest group had links to “known terrorists”.
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Video: A Tale of two Charleses and a Dickens of a quiz video
LUMINARIES from the literature world joined the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at Westminster Abbey yesterday to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens.
BusinessTalk: Jobs and branches under threat at Yorkshire Bank
NATIONAL Australia Bank Is about to restructure its UK operation – including the Yorkshire bank – after a rise in bad debts and sluggish growth. What will it mean for jobs? Listen to informed debate in your weekly business programme from the Yorkshire Post.
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- McCormack feels United search can be narrowed down
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- Redfearn throws down gauntlet as queue builds at Elland Road
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Weather for Yorkshire
Thursday 09 February 2012
Today
Light sleet
Temperature: -1 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: -8 C to 1 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: South east
