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Dieters given some food for thought on mood swings

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

FEELING grouchy can cause dieters to abandon their weight-loss goals in favour of eating something nice, claim academics from Sheffield University.

Facebook condemned for abuse on Claudia page

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

FACEBOOK has been condemned after a major overhaul of its social media site led to a page dedicated to the search for missing Claudia Lawrence being plagued by the internet bullying phenomenon of “trolling”.

Emotional day for champion as she collects her MBE at Palace

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

After a year marked by both triumph and tragedy, world taekowndo champion Sarah Stevenson received her MBE yesterday capping an emotional year for the sportswoman.

Ex-lover ‘regrets’ wrecking lives in knife attack

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

A PAINTER and decorator who tried to murder his former partner and her mother in a savage knife attack in their home which left them with devastating injuries has been given an indeterminate jail sentence for public protection.

Rapist who murdered pregnant girl gets 35 years

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Former nightclub bouncer Carl Whant was jailed for at least 35 years yesterday for the rape and murder of heavily-pregnant teenager Nikitta Grender.

Bets on in race for Jubilee city

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

BOOKMAKERS yesterday revealed the odds on Yorkshire towns winning city status for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Dignity Code demanded for the elderly in wake of abuse cases

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

NHS nurses and care workers should sign up to a code of conduct guaranteeing that elderly patients are treated with dignity and respect, an alliance of politicians, regulators and charities said yesterday.

Lawyer to look again at pay-offs for police

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

The lawyer leading a radical review of police pay is to reconsider controversial severance packages for chief officers following concerns over a potential £200,000 payment to North Yorkshire’s Chief Constable.

Real-life bionic woman to take on London Marathon

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

FIVE years ago Claire Lomas lay paralysed from the chest down and suffering from pneumonia at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham. She had been airlifted from the Osberton horse trials after a freak accident, in which her horse Rolled Oats had clipped his shoulder on a tree as the pair made their way around the cross-country course in the three-day event.

Asylum seekers detained too long before removal

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

More than a third of asylum seekers detained while their claims are being assessed are held for longer than three months before being removed, inspectors have said.

Bradford takes Barbara Windsor to its bosom with a lifetime achievement award

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Barbara Windsor, who played Britain’s most famous landlady, Peggy Mitchell, in EastEnders, is to be honoured at this year’s Bradford International Film Festival.

Private firm to run police station

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

A PRIVATE security firm has signed a contract to build, design and help run a police station.

Plot to buy tonnes of cocaine run from jail cell

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

A criminal who masterminded a plot to import tonnes of cocaine into the UK from his prison cell is facing another term behind bars, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) said.

Osborne challenged over tax for married couples

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

GEORGE Osborne is being urged to consider introducing a tax break for married couples to help address the “unfairness” of plans to cut child benefit from higher rate tax payers.

Degree choices fall by quarter in universities

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

The number of degree courses on offer at UK universities has been slashed by more than a quarter in the past six years.

‘Thorough probe’ call on firm to help jobless

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

Two police investigations are underway after irregularities were identified at a controversial welfare-to-work firm set up by one of Yorkshire’s most high-profile entrepreneurs.

MPs blow horn over London transport cash ‘bias’

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

MPs have expressed “real concerns” that transport spending continues to be skewed towards London and the South East at the expense of Yorkshire.

‘No subsidy for floods insurance companies’

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

THE Government insists it will not give insurance firms a “taxpayer subsidy” to convince them to continue offering cover to homes at risk of flooding despite warnings it is running out of time to agree a new deal.

Six workers injured as Yorkshire biscuit factory hit by blaze following explosion

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

AN investigation has begun after a blast and fire at a Yorkshire factory left six people in hospital.

Surprise arrival makes farm history

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:00:00 GMT

A LITTLE bundle of history was made at Temple Newsam’s Home Farm, in Leeds, last week with the arrival of its first newborn donkey.

Seven killed in protests over US Koran burning

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:52:45 GMT

Seven people were killed yesterday in clashes between Afghan security forces and protesters demonstrating against the burning of Muslim holy books at a Nato military base.

Obama sings blues in White House jam with Jagger and co

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:49:18 GMT

US President Barack Obama was left singing the blues with artists including Mick Jagger after a night of music at the White House.

Australia’s foreign minister resigns in power struggle with leader Gillard

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:46:34 GMT

Australia’s foreign minister has resigned amid an ongoing leadership squabble, saying he cannot continue in his role without the support of prime minister Julia Gillard.

Day of tears as nation remembers disastrous earthquake

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:44:37 GMT

More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago.

DRug victiM: Boy killed by poison used for cannabis as woman slept, court told

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:47:27 GMT

A TODDLER died after drinking a poisonous substance his mother was using to grow cannabis, a court heard.