A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving in a crash in which six people, including two young girls, died. Poppie Roller, 11, was the only immediate family survivor after Shannen Morgan, her partner Shane Roller and their other daughters Lillie and Rubie, aged nine and four, were killed in… Read More »
A woman raped by her father has exposed the failings of misogynistic police during her four-decade-long fight for justice. Carol Higgins, from West Yorkshire, was repeatedly raped and abused by Elliot Appleyard in her youth; Her father, now 77, was convicted of five counts of rape and 10 counts of indecent assault in 2019. West… Read More »
Steven Harnett and Katie Higton were found dead at a house in Huddersfield in May 2023 (PA Media) An obsessed ex-boyfriend “executed” a mother-of-four and her new partner just four days after she reported him to the police. Marcus Osborne, 35, of Harpe Inge, Dalton, West Yorkshire, was sentenced to life imprisonment at Leeds Crown… Read More »
“Wow!/ What’s this nonsense/ Need I say it?/ What’s all this shartin/ Rawpin’ and screaming?” This is Rossini’s transcription through the Yorkshire dialect, via the poet and broadcaster Ian McMillan. His masterful adaptation Barber of SevilleThe opera, written for Bradford as part of a new opera festival, was premiered there in the Victorian splendor of… Read More »
While many sporting events have been canceled due to snowfall and icy conditions, temperatures will drop to minus 11C in some parts of England over the weekend. The Met Office predicted temperatures could drop “as low as minus 10C in parts of Scotland” overnight, while sub-zero conditions could be common elsewhere. It could be minus… Read More »