Tag: yorkshire
Cricket latest: Play abandoned for the day at Hea...
"Cricket latest: Play abandoned for the day at Headingley Carnegie Michael Vaughan has scored his highest total of the season against Notts at...
'Mother' held in Shannon inquiry
"Police probing the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews have arrested a woman in West Yorkshire on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. There are unconfirmed reports that the 32-year-old is Shannon's...
'What does the future hold for students!?'
"Despite all of this, with determination, hard work and enthusiasm, some students have proved that graduates can have huge success after leaving University. Glasgow-born artist Frank To graduated in Fine Art at the University of Huddersfield in 2004. Since leaving, he has...
15mph speed limit to force people out of cars
There is no doubt that English roads are heavily congested at peak time hours, journeys are reduced to a crawl in and around London but many other areas of the country are also experiencing gridlock.
A solution to...
White Easter for parts of Britain
The early Easter has brought snow to a holiday more closely associated with spring. Snow has hit Scotland as well as England's north and northeast."It is a white Easter for many with snow and bitterly cold conditions affecting parts of the UK.
Any hopes of spring-like...
'Soldier ghost' caught on camera
"A group of amateur film-makers believe they may have proof that ghosts really do exist after one of them caught something strange on camera.
George Gunn said he captured pictures of a ghostly apparition while out walking along a footpath in Outwood, near Wakefield, West...
Wind Farms ‘Threat to National Security’
Latest reports are that Jack Bauer has been dispatched to the scene and will be dealing with these 'wind farms' personally. Apparently the Ministry of Defence has objected to at least four on-shore wind farms that...
Synergy open new Leeds office!
The Synergy Group are delighted to announce that from the 17th December 2007 our operations in the North will be moving from the current offices in Harrogate to new premises in the vibrant city of Leeds. From this date onwards we can be found at Floor 1 – Riverside...
Hundreds of Britons hit by flood risk
"Britain was yesterday gripped by more floods as heavy rain and winds sparked chaos on roads and railways and left householders washed out again. "
Bulldog makes top 10 after 75 years
The bulldog is the tenth most popular purebred, according to rankings from the American Kennel Club. That's not quite top dog, but making the list after 75 years is quite an achievement.Personally, I think...
A Life in the Day: Ozzy Osbourne
"One of my biggest luxuries is that I don’t have to set an alarm. I wake up when my eyes open, usually 9 or 9.30. I couldn’t handle an alarm clock going off in my ear. It’d do my f***ing head in. I try and get...
Staithes - Yorkshire Fishing Village
Staithes nestles beneath the Yorkshire cliffs, with tiers of closely packed cottages cascading down towards the sea. It is famed for its association with Captain Cook. Even on a windy day at the end of...
£2.13 Billion Christmas Eve Rush in UK
Shop til you drop, down to the last available minute. And as the seconds tick by, the spending climbs up."Last minute shopping could see £1.5 million per minute being spent on Christmas Eve, according to research by...
237 dogs removed from Texas woman's home
Who let the dogs out? Animal control officers. It appears this woman saw 101 Dalmations and decided to put that number to shame. "CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Animal control officers removed 237 dogs from the home...
4 Star Pick from the Guardian...Chocolala Praline...
Algerian born chef Mourad Mazouz, behind the famed restaurant Momo (a taste of the Casbah in London) offers his Choc and Awe notes on Chocolates for Christmas (as seen from the UK) in Observer Food Monthly. I could not help but notice that he sings the praise of a...
