Police called to Leeds Civic Hall - Staff quarantined

It appears that some packages containing a suspect white powder where opened in the morning post today at Leeds Civic Hall on Calverley Street.Staff who came into contact with the substance have been quarantined as a precaution. Police have been on site for a number of hours...

Death-fire lighter probe

Death-fire lighter probeCHILDREN playing with a lighter could have started a fire in which an eight-month-old boy died.Baby Sean Maguire died when flames swept through an upstairs bedroom of the terraced house in Oldham about 6pm on Easter Sunday.Seven others, including...

Fatal house fire probe continues

more on this awful story I posted up a few days back."Investigations are continuing into the cause of a house fire in which an eight-month-old baby boy was killed.  Sean Christopher Gary Michael Maguire suffered severe burns when he was trapped in an upstairs room at the...

Rapist attacks woman pushing baby

""Stuff like this makes me feel quite sick with rage."""We would urge women in the Gorton area to be particularly aware of their surroundings"DCI Vanessa Jardine "Police are looking for a "dangerous" rapist who attacked a woman as she pushed her baby in a pram. The...

Old Googlers die hard?

I have recently  become a user of Googles email, calendar, online document creation, Reader and of their wonderful personalised homepage. I've also started using a similar homepage based system called Netvibes which has a different, less clean feel to it (in my humble...

‘I couldn't save baby from flames’

I posted up this story a few days back. This is the town where I was born. Our thought are with the family"A BRAVE neighbour has spoken of his upset after his bid to try and rescue a baby from a house fire was defeated by the intensity of the heat and flames.  Ian...

Opera 9.20 - More Homepages at your fingertips

"I was very interested to read that Opera has introduced something that I have already seen as a Firefox extension, but with a telephonic twist it seems.      The latest version Opera (a free browser from Norway) brings the speed dial from your phone to...

Opera 9.20 - More Homepages at your fingertips

I was very interested to read that Opera has introduced something that I have already seen as a Firefox extension, but with a telephonic twist it seems."The latest version Opera (a free browser from Norway) brings the speed dial from your phone to your browser. You can...

Fab freeware: FreeRAM XP Pro memory manager

FreeRAM XP Pro frees and optimizes your computer's RAM (Random Access Memory). Often, other applications may hog or incorrectly use RAM, which decreases your computer's performance. FreeRAM XP Pro frees this RAM so your computer can run faster and more smoothly. The need...

Weblogs 'need content warnings'

"Readers should be warned when they are reading blogs that may contain "crude language", a draft blogging code of conduct has suggested.   The code was drawn up by web pioneer Tim O'Reilly following published threats and perceived harassment to US developer Kathy Sierra...

Manchester Metropolitan University's MA in Creative Writing

Today I will be sat in the library finishing my Genesis document for The Text portion of my course. All students attend seminars, led by a variety of literary practitioners, which are intended to give a broad overview of the state of the publishing industry,...