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- Kaiser Chief Ticket Chaos as Firm Goes Bust
- 20th May 2008
- A leading ticket company that has been selling tickets to this Saturday's Kaiser Chiefs homecoming concert has gone bust leaving some fans without the tickets they paid for. The band will be performing at Leeds United’s Ellend Road ground this we...
- Leeds Gets Interactive City Guide
- 19th May 2008
- Leeds has become the first city in the world to get a virtual city guide thanks to the recent launch of LeedsCast, which is an interactive guide that can be downloaded to mobile phones via Bluetooth. Residents and tourists alike can use the guide to acce...
- Leeds pillow fight is cancelled
- 19th May 2008
- A huge pillow fight that was being planned to take place in Leeds on Sunday 25th May has been cancelled. The mass ‘flashmob’ pillow fight was being organised on the social networking website, Facebook, and was scheduled to take place at 3pm in...
- Leeds Gears up for Wembley
- 19th May 2008
- Leeds United boss Gary McAllister has promised fans that his team will be subject to “world-class preparation” for the League One play-off final against Doncaster Rovers at Wembley on Sunday. Leeds achieved their place in the Wembley final ...
- Women Race for Life in Leeds
- 19th May 2008
- Nearly 8,000 ladies ran in Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life in Temple Newsam, Leeds. A number of women chose to wear pink fancy dress to complete the race, which raised thousands for the cancer charity. Many runners were completing the race in ...
- Manchester Uni May Lower Entry Requirements
- 16th May 2008
- Manchester University is considering lowering its tough entry requirements in an attempt to attract more students from underprivileged backgrounds. A report by the University’s vice-chancellor Alan Gilbert says that a new admissions system with a va...
- Manchester Gets Metrolink Go-ahead
- 16th May 2008
- Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly has announced that the government will put £244 million towards the £382 million cost of Manchester’s Metrolink extension scheme. This means that the system’s long-awaited expansion can finally go-ahe...
- Manchester Prison Campaigner Found Dead
- 16th May 2008
- The pressure group Inquest has announced that prison campaigner Pauline Campbell has been found dead. It is believed that Mrs Campbell was found dead close to her daughter's grave in Cheshire. A spokeswoman for Cheshire Police confirmed that a body was f...
- Injured Police Officer Says Uefa Violence Was Frightening
- 16th May 2008
- An officer from Greater Manchester Police who was injured in Manchester’s Uefa Cup football riot said that he was lucky to escape serious injury in the violence. Trouble started in the city after a screen showing Glasgow Rangers Vs Zenit St Petersb...
- Uefa Cup Violence in Manchester Causes Champions League U-Turn
- 15th May 2008
- Manchester Council has abandoned its plans to put up big screens for next week's Champions League final after Scottish football thugs caused chaos in the city last night. A number of Glasgow Rangers fans - in the city to see their team play Zenit St Peter...
- Pub In Leeds Explodes
- 01st May 2008
- An explosion at a nearby public house shook the residents of a densely populated area of Leeds. A witness to the explosion spoke of the aftermath saying, 'I couldn't believe how much damage was caused. There was smoke everywhere and the pub was just g...
- Local Councillors in Uproar over Eco-friendly Town
- 01st May 2008
- Leeds local councillors have made it very clear that they are not happy about the proposed plans for an eco-friendly town. The plans were revealed in a 72- page document that came into the public domain at the end of April 2008. The proposals includ...
- Leeds United Remain Tight Lipped Over Claims
- 01st May 2008
- Leeds United refused to comment on allegations of breaking Football Association rules on confidentiality. The claims relate to letter about their arbitration hearing against their 15-point penalty. The chairman of the tribunal panel Sir Philip Otton...
- Hundreds of Animals Left to Suffer in Leeds
- 01st May 2008
- The RSPCA using a week long campaign to raise the awareness of the cruelty inflicted on animals in Leeds. The campaign includes a picture of a recently rescued puppy that was found dumped in Birstall near Batley. The puppy was part of a litter of fi...
- Secret Eco-town Plan For Leeds
- 01st May 2008
- A secret plan has been uncovered of a scheme to make a leafy south Leeds suburb into a new eco-town called 'The Greens.' The scheme would see more than 9,000 homes built on mostly registered green belt land in Leeds and include Rothwell, Oulton and Woo...
- The Tale of Two Cities and Eight Metropolitan Boroughs
- 18th April 2008
- Greater Manchester Metropolitan County was created in 1974 as an administrative entity. It was stated that the title Greater Manchester was largely a convenient entity created for practical administrative purposes such as gaining postal and political dis...
- The Life of Artist L.S Lowry
- 18th April 2008
- The renowned artist Laurence Stephen Lowry was born in Stretford, Lancashire on November 1st in 1887. He died in Glossop; Derbyshire aged 88 years old on February 23rd 1976. It is said that his mother was disappointed to give birth to a boy as she c...
- How do you grade the Listed Buildings of Manchester?
- 18th April 2008
- There are forty-seven Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester that are seen as being of great importance to Great Britain’s history. A building that is Grade Listed cannot be demolished or substantially changed internally or externally w...
- Largest L.S Lowry Collection in Salford
- 18th April 2008
- During his life Laurence Stephen Lowry produced up to a thousand paintings and well over eight hundred drawings. L.S Lowry’s collection of work are known as being distinctive and focusing on urban landscapes with matchstick men as human figures. ...
- Forty-Seven Grade I Listed Buildings in Greater Manchester
- 18th April 2008
- Greater Manchester has a wealth of industrial heritage that is supported by outstanding industrial architecture. Grade I structures are those that are considered to be ‘buildings of exceptional interest’. The building or structure that bec...
- York to Bring Back Bonfire Night
- 02nd April 2008
- There has been a surge of support for the plans to bring back a big public Bonfire Night celebration to York. Representatives wish to organise an extravaganza that is fitting to the birthplace of Guy Fawkes. However the City of York has not held any p...
- Visitors to York get Digital Guide
- 02nd April 2008
- The City of York has been included in a set of new digital tour guides, which also included major European capital cities. The guides are available to download straight onto MP3 players and already include the cities Amsterdam, Barcelona, London and Ro...
- Leeds to Benefit from £4.6bn Boost
- 02nd April 2008
- By the year 2012 Yorkshire's skilled migrant workers will have contributed £4.6 bliion to the United Kingdom's economy. The Future Flows report compiled by the Centre for Economics and Business Research estimated that by 2012 the total number of ...
- Decision on Majestyk Delayed
- 02nd April 2008
- Plans for one of Leeds famous buildings the Majestyk has been delayed due to a Court of Appeal hearing. The outcome of the appeal could determine whether or not the licencing application is accepted. A decision was to be granted on the 7th April by Le...
- Commuters in Leeds Hit with Red Light
- 02nd April 2008
- Leeds Labour and Liberal Democratic parties have slammed Gordon Brown for ignoring the plight of commuters in West Yorkshire. Major concerns have been raised over the disparity in the roads and rail funding between Yorkshire and the rest of the country...