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Exclusive: Police get extra help to stamp out child sex gangs

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:49:53 GMT

A YORKSHIRE police force which came under fire for failing to “get a grip” on child sexual abuse is to set up a specialist team to help protect children from exploitation.

Tory MPs fail in attempt to wreck gay marriage Bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:48:33 GMT

LAST-ditch efforts by Tory MPs to derail David Cameron’s gay marriage Bill failed last night as his Government struck a deal with Labour to face down a series of “wrecking” amendments.

Prince welcomes Queen to his charity’s attraction at Chelsea

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:48:23 GMT

prince Harry took on tour guide duties yesterday as the Queen paid a visit to a Chelsea Flower Show garden created by his charity.

Video: Blowing the doors off a Yorkshire feast

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:00:25 GMT

There was a foodie spectacle in York city centre yesterday as DeliciouslYorkshire gave the classic 60s film The Italian Job a delicious twist.

Former test pilot beats 8,000  hopefuls to space mission

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:27:55 GMT

A FORMER Army test pilot is to become the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station – and says it will be less dangerous than his old job.

Bond bargain at car boot sale

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:23:06 GMT

James Bond’s geiger-counter wristwatch from Thunderball has turned up following years of mystery about its whereabouts after it was found at a car boot sale.

Hospitals ‘close to  full’ claims Labour

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:52 GMT

Hospitals are “dangerously close to full”, Labour has warned after it emerged that the number of hospital beds available to patients in England has shrunk by almost six per cent since the coalition Government took office.

Tories reject Feldman inquiry call

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:34 GMT

The Conservative Party board has rejected a call for an investigation into whether Tory co-chairman Lord Feldman described grassroots activists as “swivel-eyed loons”.

Budget cuts ‘need not affect teaching quality’

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:09 GMT

The Government could cut schools spending without compromising standards, an independent think tank has claimed.

Councils swamped by calls on benefits

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:53 GMT

COUNCILS in Yorkshire say they are coming under huge pressure amid soaring requests for help and advice following major changes to benefits last month.

Police search office  of Deputy Speaker  in sex assault probe

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:24 GMT

The offices of Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans were searched by police on Sunday in connection with an investigation into allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Rail workers rescued from high platform

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:38 GMT

A RAILWAY worker had a narrow escape in the early hours of yesterday after she became stranded on a hydraulic platform.

Video: Hard shoulder to drive on as ‘new’ M62 opens

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:19:04 GMT

THE hard shoulder along part of the M62 outside Leeds has opened as an extra lane to ease congestion at peak times.

Video: Hepworth celebrates birthday with new arts space

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:15:27 GMT

AN historic former textile mill in Wakefield has been transformed into a new exhibition space as The Hepworth gallery celebrates its second birthday.

Video: Killer gets life for murder of van driver in Yorkshire market town

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:45:45 GMT

A KILLER has been jailed for life for the “atrocious” murder of a van driver who he stabbed in the neck in a North Yorkshire market town.

Father tells of drowning horror at Egypt hotel pool

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:24:08 GMT

THE grief-stricken father of a five-year-old girl who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt fought back tears yesterday as he spoke of how he was left to make the first attempts to resuscitate his daughter.

Assault charge dropped against Premier League star

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:23:24 GMT

Liverpool and England footballer Raheem Sterling had a charge of common assault dropped today after a witness failed to turn up to court.

Sharing bed with baby costing over 100 lives, parents warned

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:20:23 GMT

ABOUT 120 baby deaths could be prevented in the UK every year if parents stopped sharing beds with their children, research suggests.

Ministers seek import ban to avert threat to sweet chestnut trees

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:19:44 GMT

Imports of sweet chestnut trees could be banned under Government proposals to prevent a repeat of the ash dieback crisis that is threatening ash trees across the country.

Neville father denies sex charge

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:19:28 GMT

The father of Premier League and England footballers Gary and Phil Neville “strenuously denies” an allegation of sexual assault, his lawyer said.