West Yorkshire

Jail term for gas mask arsonist

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

A woman who set fire to her own home in West Yorkshire is told she may not be released from prison for "many, many years".

Yes, British councils were right to invest in Iceland

Dave's Part (Free subscription) | yesterday

ICELAND has – to use the technical term employed by trained economists – gone tits up, and such staid bodies as Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council and West Yorkshire Police Authority are suffering the collateral damage. Incredibly, Gordon Brown has...

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Finance Director

BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

The Brontë Society is looking for a Finance Director, do you feel qualified? Finance Director, CFA Executive Search and Selection * Employer: CFA Executive Search and Selection * Posted: 09 Oct 2008 * Contact: Judith Lovelace * Location: Haworth, West Yorkshire * Contract: Permanent * Hours: Part Time (2 days a week) * Position: Finance Director * Salary: Salary or Fees Finance Director The Brontë...

Council put £1m in Iceland bank

BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008

A local authority in West Yorkshire may have lost £1m of taxpayers' money it invested in an Icelandic bank.

Doctor Who News -- Patrick Stewart Reportedly Cast as Meddling Monk

I Am A TV Junkie, A Blog For The Cl (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008

Last of the Time Lords my ass! John Simm and now Patrick Stewart have something to say about that.Huddersfield Daily Examiner in West Yorkshire, England (my first excerpt from that...

Tests find 'illegal' curry sales

BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008

Trading standards officers find illegal levels of chemicals in curries tested throughout West Yorkshire.

Murder squad check on Citroen car

BBC News (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008

Police investigating the death of a West Yorkshire woman want to trace the movements of a car.

Don't you leave me here, West Yorkshire Playhouse

The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008

He was known as the "man of a thousand songs". He may even have invented jazz. But little is known of the life of Tony Jackson except what was scantily recalled by his friend and protégé Ferd "Jelly Roll" Morton.

If You Think KFC Treated You Badly…

PETA Europe's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

Natalie Jackson, from West Yorkshire, was a big fan of KFC. In fact, she liked it so much she ate there three times a week, and has been known to stay for nearly an hour and a half. That was until she got a £150 parking fine for overstaying her welcome. Now she refuses to [...]

'Closed' parish tells its Bishop to get lost

Holy Smoke (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008

The West Yorkshire parish of St John the Evangelist, Allerton Bywater, supposedly closed by Bishop Arthur Roche of Leeds, is continuing to hold Masses in the church in defiance of the diocese. And the celebrant is none other than Fr Mark Lawler, its parish priest, who is ignoring Bishop Roche's decision to suspend him from his priestly functions. Fr Lawler and the parish - acting on the advice of...

Darren Appleton

Inside Pool (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008

At the age of 29 Darren Appleton is the World Ranked No.1 player in English 8-Ball Pool, and with so many years ahead of him he has already achieved a legendary status in the game. This is how he has managed to achieve so much in so little time. Appleton lives in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England [...]

Top Cops in fight back as Boris fixes a toxic brew

Tory Troll (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

A senior police officer ruled himself out of replacing Sir Ian Blair yesterday as the Association of Chief police officer warned of a 'toxic mix' brewed up by the Mayor. The chief of West Yorkshire Police said that Boris Johnson had instigated a dangerous new constitutional settlement, in which he did not wish to play a part: "I am not prepared to set aside my professional judgment and integrity, forged...

Met job 'possible' criticises Mayor

Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

The head of West Yorkshire Police has ruled himself out of the running for the top job at Scotland Yard.

Met job 'possible' criticises Mayor

icWales (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

The head of West Yorkshire Police has ruled himself out of the running for the top job at Scotland Yard.

Met job 'possible' criticises Mayor

Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - UK & world news (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008

The head of West Yorkshire Police has ruled himself out of the running for the top job at Scotland Yard.