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Thursday 3rd July

Man is charged over sex attacks

11PM - BBC News

A 55-year-old man is charged with sex offences and attempted murder committed a decade apart.


Trafficking 'rife' in Yorkshire

9PM - BBC News

Women and girls continue to be trafficked through the sex trade in Yorkshire, campaigners fear.


Jobs blow as haulage firm crashes

2PM - BBC News

Leeds-based hauliers Macfarlane Transport cease trading as soaring petrol prices take their toll.


On-the-run skunk Pepe caught out

10AM - BBC News

A skunk that has kicked up a stink in a West Yorkshire town is finally caught by the RSPCA.


Woman killed in quad bike crash

8AM - BBC News

A woman is killed when she is hit by a quad bike while standing on a footpath in Halifax.


Woman, 75, killed in quad crash

7AM - BBC News

A woman is killed after she is hit by a quad bike while standing on a footpath in Halifax.


Wednesday 2nd July

Law lords reject killers' claims

9PM - BBC News

The mother of a murdered teenager says she is "overwhelmed" after judges ruled her sons killers must stay behind bars.


Heroin import raids net arrests

12PM - BBC News

Fourteen people in Bradford are arrested during raids targeting the heroin imports.


Tuesday 1st July

Ex-burglar barred from university

7PM - BBC News

A student is told he cannot study medicine at university after it emerges he has a "spent" criminal conviction.


Rape inquiry man held in Cornwall

7PM - BBC News

A man wanted by police in connection with two sex attacks in West Yorkshire is arrested in Cornwall.


'Spent' crime student loses place

5PM - BBC News

A Bradford teenager is told he can no longer study medicine at a London college after it emerges he has a "spent" criminal conviction.


Father's gun death was 'mistake'

2PM - BBC News

Police say a man fatally shot at a house in Leeds may have been the victim of mistaken identity.


Teachers left child at theme park

10AM - BBC News

A school in Leeds investigates how a young pupil was left behind after an end-of-year trip to a theme park.


Monday 30th June

Rape inquiry man sighted in hotel

4PM - BBC News

Police searching for a sex attacker who has struck twice in West Yorkshire has been sighted in Cornwall.


Longest-serving GP bemoans NHS

1PM - BBC News

Dr Alan Merson has worked as a GP in West Yorkshire for over 60 years but admits he is not the NHS's biggest fan.


Eleven arrests over club shooting

12PM - BBC News

Police arrest 10 men and a woman after a man is shot in the leg outside a club in West Yorkshire.


Sunday 29th June

Man named by rape inquiry police

5PM - BBC News

Police searching for a sex attacker who has struck twice in West Yorkshire name a man they want to question.


Rape investigation team names man

2PM - BBC News

Police searching for a sex attacker who has struck twice in West Yorkshire name a man they want to question.


Band hits a high note at contest

11AM - BBC News

Yorkshire's Grimethorpe Colliery band retains the national brass band championship title.


Rape investigation team name man

10AM - BBC News

Police searching for a sex attacker who has struck twice in West Yorkshire name a man they want to question.


Saturday 28th June

Man shot in leg outside town club

2PM - BBC News

Police make a number of arrests after a man is shot in the leg outside a club in Huddersfield.



  
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Church of England ruling Synod faces tough decisions

Ben murder accused due in court

Three people are due in court charged with the murder of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella who was stabbed to death in north London.

Grandmother dead in Tunisia

A man is arrested after the death of a British grandmother whose body was found in a Tunisian resort.

Man suffers stab wounds

A man is stabbed and severely injured in an attack in south London, police reveal.

Bury elected mayor plan rejected

Residents of Bury throw out plans to be run by a directly elected mayor on a voter turnout of 18.25%.

 
  
  
Business

UK spending power 'in heavy fall'

The average UK household is 15% worse off than it was five years ago, an Ernst & Young report suggests.

Taxing issue

What are the implications of renting out homes?

Russian risk?

Has the TNK-BP row spooked foreign investors?

Oil price hits yet another record

Oil prices continue to climb with US light crude at a record closing price and London Brent above $146.

B&B fund-raising effort rescued

Efforts by Bradford & Bingley to raise £400m have been rescued after a would-be investor pulled out.

 
  
  
Entertainment

David Gray warns on torture music

The singer says US interrogators playing music as a form of torture - including his song Babylon - is no laughing matter.

EastEnders to tackle sex abuse

EastEnders is to tackle the subject of child sex abuse in storyline to be screened later this year, the BBC confirms.

Sparrow missing from Emin art

Part of the Tracey Emin sculpture Roman Standard goes missing from its home in Liverpool city centre.

Singer Shakira joins Live Nation

Columbian pop star Shakira signs a multi--million dollar deal with global concert promoter Live Nation.

Drifters settle dispute over name

Long-running vocal group The Drifters reach an out-of-court settlement with a band who performed using their name.

 
  
  
Sport

Crespo released from Chelsea deal

Striker Hernan Crespo officially leaves Chelsea after the Argentine's contract expires.

Montgomery admits heroin dealing

US sprinter Tim Montgomery admits dealing heroin, two months after he was jailed for fraud.

Fisher takes European Open lead

England's Ross Fisher hits a course record nine-under-par 63 in the opening round of the European Open.

Hamilton pulled from charity race

Lewis Hamilton's father Anthony says his son will not be racing Jenson Button in a charity triathlon challenge.

Liverpool complete Degen signing

Liverpool finalise the transfer of Borussia Dortmund defender Philipp Degen.

 
  
  
Technology

Google must divulge YouTube log

Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court rules.

Google must hand over YouTube log

Google must hand over the log holding details of every user who has watched any video on YouTube, a US court rules.

'Bars, not Gates'

Microsoft, free software and the future

Warning letters to 'file-sharers'

The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.

Letters go to music file-sharers

The music industry says thousands of UK broadband users who share tracks illegally will be warned about it in letters.

 
  

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