Yorkshire – Care Appointments

New expert knowledge may lead to nurse’s murder conviction being unsafe

By Danny Halpin, Reporter6th May 2025News England

New expert knowledge may mean the conviction of a former nurse for the murders of four elderly patients in Leeds is unsafe, the Court of Appeal has heard. Colin Campbell

Ministers launch resilience academy to prepare for future crises such as Covid

By David Lynch, Reporter28th April 2025News England

Ministers have launched a new national training initiative to help public officials manage future crises such as another pandemic. The UK Resilience Academy will train more than 4,000 people each

Men jailed over disorder in street riot after four children taken into care

By Katie Dickinson, Reporter5th April 2025News England

A father-of-four who threw a bag of fireworks onto a street fire during rioting in Leeds last summer has been jailed for 20 months. The suburb of Harehills erupted into

New 1,500-place prison opens amid bid to tackle jail overcrowding

By Anahita Hossein-Pour and Dave Higgens, Reporters28th March 2025News England

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said “we simply cannot build our way out of the prisons capacity crisis” as she opened a new jail that will hold about 1,500 prisoners. Category

Couple sentenced for sex with dog in worst case judge has seen in 45 years

By Dave Higgens, Reporter3rd March 2025News England

A 39-year-old man who forced his partner to have sex with a dog and filmed what they were doing has been jailed for five-and-a-half years by a judge who said

Pensioner, 92, to go on trial next year accused of abuse at children’s home

By Katie Dickinson, Reporter19th February 2025News England

A 92-year-old man is due to go on trial next year accused of sexual abuse at a children’s home more than 30 years ago. Malcolm Phillips and his co-defendant Linda

Ex police officer jailed for sending inappropriate messages to crime victim

By Dave Higgens, Reporter17th February 2025News England

A former police officer has been jailed for sending inappropriate messages to a vulnerable woman after she reported that sexual images of her had been posted on the internet without

Court hears background to removal of children which sparked rioting

By Dave Higgens, Reporter11th February 2025News England

Concerns were raised about a family three months before police and social workers removed a number of children from a house, sparking rioting in the Harehills area of Leeds, a

Family who heard laughing as son died given ‘poor bereavement care’ by hospital

By Katie Dickinson, Reporter28th January 2025News England

A family who complained they could hear hospital staff laughing in a nearby room as their son’s life support machine was turned off were given “poor bereavement” care and shown

Trio appear in court accused of raping teenage girls in Rotherham

By Dave Higgens, Reporter20th January 2025News England

Three men have appeared in court charged with rape and other offences following an investigation into the abuse of two teenage girls in Rotherham. Basharat Dad, 40, Nasser Dad, 44,