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- Harry becomes Everest trek patron
- Double-murder accused found hanged
- Argentina to state Falklands case
- Hague: No plans to arm Syria rebels
- MoD budget claims 'over-optimistic'
- Lord Prescott to seek police role
- Barclays slashes 2011 bonus pool
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- PM support for NHS change 'drifted'
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- Redknapp 'hasn't thought about' job
- Nine bomb plot terrorists jailed
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At a Glance
Repair bill for region’s crumbling roads to top £700m
THE £700m bill for bringing Yorkshire’s crumbling and pot-holed roads back to an acceptable state of repair can be revealed for the first time today.
Friday travel chaos as fresh snow falls in Yorkshire
SNOW is again causing Widespread disruption on transport routes this morning, with train services already crippled in some parts of Yorkshire.
Police chief mauled by watchdog over £11,000 ‘executive coaching’
A POLICE watchdog has criticised a Yorkshire police authority and former Deputy Chief Constable after he obtained “executive coaching” from public funds despite receiving a special allowance for personal development training as part of his salary.
80 Yorkshire schools threatened by Ofsted downgrading
MORE than 80 “outstanding” schools in Yorkshire could lose their status under tougher new inspection rules because their teaching is not good enough.
‘Arrogant’ fraudster to face six years in prison
A CROOKED accountant, who financed a luxury lifestyle by swindling clients, has been jailed for six years after a judge said he was motivated by “pure selfish greed”.
National News
Three million CRB checks in a year
Three million background checks were carried out in England and Wales last year, figures show.
Harry becomes Everest trek patron
Prince Harry has become the patron of an expedition to climb Everest being staged by a group of war-wounded soldiers.
Double-murder accused found hanged
A lodger accused of the murders of his landlady and her mother has been found hanged in his prison cell.
Argentina to state Falklands case
Argentina's foreign minister is due to arrive at the United Nations to officially protest about Britain's "militarisation" of the seas around the disputed Falkland Islands.
Hague: No plans to arm Syria rebels
Britain has no plans to arm Syrian rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad, the Foreign Secretary has said.
Features
Fashion Kaiser Karl should stay clear of the weighty issues
THE web is in a froth because that outspoken kaiser of fashion Karl Lagerfeld has let rip with another rant, branding top-selling British singer Adele “too fat”. He also says Russian men are so ugly that if he were a Russian woman he’d be a lesbian.
A new stage in life for the writer who refused to be a casualty of TV system
Mark Catley is returning to the theatre where it all began. Nick Ahad talks to the outspoken Beeston boy who made a name for himself.
Peter’s history: a life of facts, figures and a 40-year wait to find out his diagnosis
Autism can now be diagnosed when a child is only a few months old, say scientists, but previously people could grow up undiagnosed. Sheena Hastings reports.
The family who found fresh energy from life in the future
From a talking fridge to a lawnmower which drives itself, Sarah Freeman reports on the Yorkshire family who moved into the house of the future.
Surprise in store... the apprentices with a lifetime of experience to put to work
They might have been designed for the young, but Sarah Freeman meets the over-60s who are signing up to apprenticeships in their droves.
Around Yorkshire
Station footbridge campaigners plan to take battle to very top
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to keep the footbridge through Sheffield railway station open to non-passengers will take their battle to the very top at a meeting to be held at the end of this month.
Council divided over £12.4m HQ switch to old police station site
A POLITICAL rift has split open in Harrogate over the council’s intended new £12.4m move to the town’s former police station site.
Decision looms on regeneration cash for stalled housing scheme
REGENERATION planners in Hull will find out within weeks if a bid for millions of pounds of Government funding is successful, triggering major investment in one of the city’s most rundown neighbourhoods and potentially creating hundreds of jobs.
Guardsmen’s parade forever captured in artist’s work
Artwork commemorating last month’s visit by the Regimental Band of the Scots Guards to Rotherham will feature in the next phase of the Gallery Town project in the town centre.
Campaign turns heat up for elderly
Some elderly people in the East Riding have been living without heating or hot water for up to four years, a charity has found.
Debate
Kevin Austerberry: Nurses will fight on to halt the turmoil of NHS reforms
CALLING a halt to the Health and Social Care Bill is now the only way we can protect patient care and nursing standards in the NHS. The Royal College of Nursing did not take the decision to oppose this bill lightly.
David Blunkett: The human rights of this terrorist must not prevent the protection of our people
BRITAIN reflected in the 1990s, as it did 100 years earlier, a view that those who didn’t immediately threaten the life and well-being of this country should receive refuge and with it the freedom to speak, write and yes, plot what they liked.
Jayne Dowle: I want head teachers who are firm and fair
WHAT should we expect from a head teacher? It’s a question we parents need to ask. Sir Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector of schools, warns that poor leadership is blighting up to a quarter of England’s primary and secondary schools. This means that up to 5,000 leaders are not getting to grips with sub-standard teaching and continue to “trot out excuses” such as poverty and deprivation for low exam grades.
Bernard Ingham: Mutiny of the mandarins and the plight of a Premier
OUR mandarins are getting restive. It seems they are quitting in droves, even though their bonuses perversely rise while those of some bankers fall.
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Sarah Wellard: Key role of grandparents holding families together
ARE you a grandparent with grandchildren under 16? If so, then the chances are you are supporting your grandchildren and your adult children by helping out with childcare.
Showbiz
Lea set to star in Spring movie?
Glee star Lea Michele might be heading to the big screen again for a new movie.
Emeli Sande: I may become a doctor
Emeli Sande has revealed she may still qualify as a doctor - and that the title would look good on her album cover.
Wood to join Long in A Case Of You
Evan Rachel Wood has signed up to the cast of Justin Long's new indie film A Case Of You.
Washington: I didn't need stuntman
Denzel Washington turned down a stuntman and insisted on shooting a tough waterboarding scene himself in new film Safe House.
Jessica can't wait for MacLaine
Downton Abbey star Jessica Brown-Findlay can't wait to see Shirley MacLaine and Dame Maggie Smith acting together.
International
Adventurer calls home for rescue help
A BRITISH adventurer whose tent was destroyed in a massive storm in Iceland called his father back in the UK for help.
Murder officers to visit Libya ‘soon’
Scotland Yard detectives investigating the murder of Wpc Yvonne Fletcher are expected to be able to visit Libya “soon”.
Mortars and rockets kill scores in Syrian city
Syrian forces have fired mortars and rockets killing scores of people in the rebellious city of Homs, activists say.
Power systems struggle to cope as Europe battles the big freeze
Serbia is struggling to keep its power system going, after weeks of record low temperatures in Europe.
Late, late deal to seal fresh bailout for Greece
Taking negotiations to the eleventh hour, Greece finally announced an agreement on new austerity cuts demanded by its international creditors to release a 130 billion euro (£109 billion) bailout, shortly before a crucial meeting of finance ministers in Brussels.
Community
Ian McMillan: I dreamed a dream – of misery
I wake up from The Dream and I’m sweating and thrashing and disorientated. I’m mumbling: “Take the big wings away! I don’t want to see those giant spots any more! I’m sorry! I’m really sorry!” I drag myself out of bed and go downstairs and drink lots of water, lots of lovely water with no wings or spots. I calm down a tad. But I can’t go back to bed because, like somebody from a cheap horror film, I might fall asleep and then... I might dream! I might dream The Dream again! (At this point you should hear crashing doomy chords in a minor key and a terrifying scream but as this is a newspaper not a film perhaps you could just hum some crashing doomy chords in a minor key and give us a bit of a scream. Ta.)
Chris Wood
CHRIS Wood, the man responsible for instigating a wealth of major projects during his time working for the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, has died at the age of 64.
Tony Cherry
TONY Cherry, who has died of cancer at the age of 46, was a businessman whose life became increasingly focused on promoting the aims of the Federation of Small Businesses.
Jacky Pickersgill
JACKY Pickersgill, the former principal of the Lightcliffe Preparatory School, has died after battling cancer, aged 58.
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