Eleanor Brown, 24, given three-year sentence for ‘vindictive, selfish and vengeful offending’ against woman
A woman who posted sexual images of her father’s former lover on an escort site has been jailed for three years by a judge who described it as “vindictive, selfish and vengeful offending”.
Eleanor Brown, 24, had held a deep-seated grudge against the victim after her father had a short-lived affair with the woman in 2012, Leeds crown court heard.
Continue reading...Shane Roller, Shannen Morgan and their daughters Lillie and Rubie died in collision between two vehicles
A couple who died in a crash with two children in West Yorkshire on Sunday that also killed two other adults have been named by police as Shane Roller and Shannen Morgan.
The collision between two vehicles, which also left an 11-year-old girl orphaned, happened on the A61 Barnsley Road between Staincross in Barnsley and Newmillerdam, Wakefield, on Sunday afternoon.
Continue reading...Collision between motorbike and car an ‘absolutely tragic’ incident, say police, as appeal for information issued
Six people, including two children, have died in a collision between a car and a motorbike in West Yorkshire.
The collision happened on the A61 Barnsley Road between Staincross, Barnsley and Newmillerdam, Wakefield, police said.
Continue reading...Labour lost seats including Jonathan Ashworth’s in Leicester, where angry voters say they felt ignored
When Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth lost his Leicester South seat to the pro-Palestine independent candidate Shockat Adam, it was widely seen as one of the biggest upsets of election night.
But a walk along Evington Road, a busy shopping street with a large Muslim population in the constituency, showed that all the signs were there.
Continue reading...Grief and adoration at ceremony just day after death of rugby league great, who dedicated last years to help others with disease
A blue mural on a wall close to Headingley stadium in Leeds bears the words of Rob Burrow: “In a world full of adversity, we must dare to dream.”
The former Leeds Rhinos rugby league scrum-half died on Sunday, five years after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
Continue reading...West Yorkshire police appeal for witnesses after Vauxhall Corsa involved in fatal crash in early hours of Saturday
Police are appealing for information following a fatal collision involving a car driving in the wrong direction on the M62.
West Yorkshire police received a report at 2.06am on Saturday of a Vauxhall Corsa travelling westbound on the eastbound carriageway of the motorway.
Continue reading...Exclusive: Remarks by Frank Hester, who has given £10m to the party in the past year, raise questions over his workplace behaviour
The Conservative party’s biggest donor told colleagues that looking at Diane Abbott makes you “want to hate all black women” and said the MP “should be shot”, the Guardian can reveal.
Frank Hester, who has given £10m to the Tories in the past year, said in the meeting that he did not hate all black women. But he said that seeing Abbott, who is Britain’s longest-serving black MP, on TV meant “you just want to hate all black women because she’s there”.
Continue reading...Apparently incorrect use of a basic tool shows the prime minister is out of touch with everyday life, Labour suggests
It may not be the most complicated of tools to master. But Rishi Sunak was mocked on social media for ostensibly having difficulty handling a hammer – after being told to use it sideways as part of a craft session.
Sunak was taking a lesson in hammering jewellery in Farsley in West Yorkshire during a visit.
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