- PM accepts White House invitation
- PM picks up shopping on way home
- British passenger 'fell from liner'
- I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
- Paedophile jailed over porn seizure
- Three die in Legionnaires' outbreak
- Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
- New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'
- Widespread snow looms for weekend
- John Terry loses England captaincy
- Redknapp has 'back to the wall'
- No pub assault charge for Downing
- Ex-PCSO jailed for rape of girl, 12
- Facebook stalker guilty of murder
- 21 years for street killer husband
- BT in 'ultra-fast' broadband pledge
- Disruption as freight train derails
- Royal college blasts health reforms
- Dale Farm clearance costing £7m
- Jobs fear as glass-maker cuts back
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Tragic Leeds tot’s hanging - inquest
A three-year-old girl from Leeds was discovered hanging from a curtain pole, an inquest heard.
Ticket trouble for traveller caravans UPDATED
Traveller caravans moved into a Leeds leisure centre car park – and had parking tickets slapped on them.
Leeds needs 70,000 new homes - report
A development blueprint that will help shape the future of Leeds predicts the city will need up to 70,000 new homes by 2028 as its population continues to grow.
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Simon Grayson sacked: Host of names linked with Leeds United job UPDATED
A host of names have been linked with the vacancy at Elland Road – created on Wednesday when Leeds United sacked Grayson after three years in charge.
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Leeds fire crews back op fund for girl
Firefighters turned fundraisers to boost a schoolgirl’s hopes of one day being able to walk.
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Wakefield Cathedral verger cleared of groping woman UPDATED
A verger was today found not guilty of groping a woman in a cathedral.
Latest Leeds planning applications for week ending February 2
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Man, 31, discovered hanging from scaffolding outside Leeds home
Workmen discovered a Leeds man hanging from scaffolding outside his home, an inquest heard.
Pontefract man’s world hip op record at 102
True Yorkshire grit has put a Pontefract man on the verge of making it into the record books after having a hip replacement at the age of 102.
Leeds Esprit Gymnastics Club to go extra mile for Sport Relief
Leeds Sport Relief Mile promises to be flipping fantastic as thousands of runners get ready to pound the pavements to raise charity cash.
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Future sports stars find new home
A Doncaster-based charity and educator has teamed up with an internationally renowned football academy to give budding sport stars a place to call home.
Tanker strike suspended for talks
A planned strike by fuel tanker drivers in Yorkshire has been postponed to allow fresh talks in a bid to resolve a dispute over pay and conditions.
United stars turn teacher for a day
South Yorkshire school pupils learned lessons with a difference after Sheffield United players and coaches attended classes to raise awareness of job opportunities in sport - and encourage respect for others.
Pair murdered 'over love affair'
Two men were murdered and then dumped in a quiet Yorkshire country lane because one of them was having an affair with a married woman, a court has heard.
A 'weld' done for girl power
Two female Rotherham college students have shown true girl power in the world of welding by securing full-time jobs after their apprenticeships.
National News
PM accepts White House invitation
David Cameron and Barack Obama will hold face-to-face talks on Afghanistan and the global economic crisis when the Prime Minister makes an official visit to the White House next month.
PM picks up shopping on way home
He might have been any other shopper, popping into the supermarket after a busy day in the office to pick up a few bits for dinner.
British passenger 'fell from liner'
A British passenger on the world's biggest cruise ship has apparently gone overboard in waters near Mexico.
I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has spoken about his "spectacular" cancer recovery - and declared: "I feel fantastic!"
Paedophile jailed over porn seizure
A paedophile who hoarded so much obscene material in his home it took a seven-tonne lorry to remove it all has been jailed.
Showbiz News
Willis and Kutcher visit Moore
Demi Moore has reportedly been visited by her ex-husband Bruce Willis and estranged husband Ashton Kutcher.
Temple, Roach to play princesses
Juno Temple and Alexandra Roach are to play Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth on the big screen.
Mel Gibson may be called as witness
A sheriff's deputy who claims he was discriminated against after arresting Mel Gibson on suspicion of drunken driving has listed the Oscar-winner as a potential witness in his forthcoming trial against his department.
Walliams overcomes BGT buzzer fear
David Walliams has overcome his reluctance to buzz contestants on Britain's Got Talent - and is now happy to put them out of their misery.
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WINNING POST TV (February 3): Horse racing preview programme video
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News Features
Education: Uni softens the blow for students hit by fees rises
Susan Press looks at the latest statistics on tuition fees.
Letter: Being PM is not a popularity contest
The “Iron Lady hate brigade” who sent so many critical letters recently all suffer from a convenient memory loss.
Health: Latest exercise DVDs tested
Given up on your post-Christmas fitness regime yet? If you’ve lost motivation, don’t despair – Katie Baldwin has been test-driving the latest exercise DVDs to find out which will get you back on track.
Consumer: Fuel bill fight is hotting up
Help is at hand for people battling rising fuel bills. Aisha Iqbal reports
Education: Saving our planet for years to come
Susan Press reports on an academic initiative to find new ways for future generations to live sustainably.
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Search is on to find the finance winners
NOMINATIONS have opened for this year’s Yorkshire Rising Star Awards.
It’s the business for women
A YORKSHIRE organisation determined to help more women achieve top business jobs has vowed to expand nationally.
Banks need to lend, says TUC
BANK lending to firms outside the finance and real estate sectors must more than double, claims a new TUC report.
Customer numbers boost proves a Christmas joy
CASINO Alea in Leeds saw a 51 per cent increase in footfall in December, the company says.
YEP Letters
Letter: The victims of an unequal society
MAY I thank D Birch for drawing attention to the effect the North/South divide has on benefit capping and how this is being exploited by the Tories for political and ideological reasons rather than economic.
Letter: Better site for incinerator
I AM writing to you concerning the proposed site for the incinerator that the council is proposing at Cross Green (‘We don’t want this “dumped” on our doorstep’, YEP, January 25), on the former site of the market off Pontefract Lane.
2 commentsLetter: Decent singer, dreadful song
RICHARD Kimble may be correct, when he states in his letter to the YEP (January 25) that Etta James, who died last week at the age of 73, was a decent singer but I have always thought that the lyrics of her song I Would Rather Go Blind were dreadful.
Letter: Don’t fuel animal killers’ blook lust
COULD I please urge the YEP to stop publicising the recent sightings of dead rabbits, foxes etc hung in trees in local woodland.
Letter: Fred’s still in the money
AS, fortunately, only a small shareholder in the RBS, how delighted I am to hear that Fred “the shred” Goodwin has been stripped of his knighthood. It is a shame he cannot be stripped of his massive pension.
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