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-IETHA AETHA Papoulias declared honorary citizen during Crete visit.
November 30, 2008... (From Athens News Agency) President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias on Sunday was proclaimed honorary citizen of Voukolia, near the well-known port city of Hania on Crete. In his address, Papoulias stressed the need to proceed as a...

-IETHA AETHA FM on domestic political scene, Parliament majority.
November 30, 2008... (From Athens News Agency) Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis was quoted by a Thessaloniki newspaper on Sunday as calling the latest spate of opposition press speculation over Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' succession merely "imaginative...

-IETHA AETHA Police bust int'l credit card 'clone' ring.
November 30, 2008... (From Athens News Agency) Authorities arrested four Romanian and three Bulgarian nationals in three separate operations targetting an international credit card fraud ring. The suspects were allegedly in possession of a large number...

-IETHA AETHA Olympiakos posts easy win.
November 30, 2008... (From Athens News Agency) Olympiakos Piraeus pulled further away from its cross-town rivals over the weekend with an easy 4-1 win at home over Panionios Athens. A day earlier, Panathinaikos Athens failed to capitalise on its stunning...

Superb Rooney strikes for 100th time to decide derby.
November 30, 2008... (From Guardian Unlimited) Cristiano Ronaldo may need to be convinced but, when the dust settles, Manchester United will cherish the day they reminded their nouveaux riches neighbours who should be known, in the words of the match-winner...

Ecumenical Patriarchate celebrates feast day.
November 30, 2008... (From Athens News Agency) ISTANBUL (ANA-MPA) -- A Roman Catholic Church delegation, led by Cardinal Walter Casper, participated here on Sunday in ceremonies marking the feast day of St. Andrew the Apostle (Aghios Andreas), the patron...

-IETHA AETHA Hellenistic Studies Centre inaugurated in Alexandria.
November 30, 2008... (From Athens News Agency) ALEXANDRIA (ANA-MPA / S. ARAVOPOULOU) -- The modern-day restoration of a beacon of knowledge in the ancient world, the Library of Alexandria, will soon host a new programme offering post-graduate and doctoral...

-IETHA AETHA Papandreou in Madrid for socialists' con'f; speaks to Pakistan's Zardari.
November 30, 2008... (From Athens News Agency) MADRID (ANA-MPA / V. Mourtis) -- Main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou arrived in Madrid on Sunday to participate in a European Socialist Party conference being held in the Spanish capital on Monday and...

Thunderbird Announces President and CEO Donates Shares to Family Trust.
November 30, 2008... (From Hugin) PANAMA CITY, REPUBLIC OF PANAMA--(Marketwire - November 28, 2008) - Thunderbird Resorts Inc. (CNSX: TBI.U)(FRANKFURT: 4TR)(EURONEXT: TBIRD) today reported that Jack R. Mitchell, President and CEO, transferred beneficial...

This week's letters and blog pingbacks in full.
November 30, 2008... (From Guardian Unlimited) OS, SURVEYED I wonder if the reason for the Ordnance Survey's obsession with preserving their copyright (OS move raises political stakes, November 20) is because a handful of managers dream of doing a QinetiQ:...

China Everbright's Tang sees yuan becoming reserve currency in 30 yrs.
November 30, 2008... (From AFX UK (Focus)) BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - The Chinese yuan is expected to become an international currency within 30 years, Tang Shuangning, chairman of China Everbright Bank, said at a financial conference in Beijing. "Over the...

Results of Slovak soccer league 18th round.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Bratislava, Nov 30 (CTK) - Results of Slovak soccer league 's last match played on Saturday evening: Nitra vs Slovan Bratislava 0-1. The other matches played on Saturday: Artmedia Petrzalka vs Ruzomberok 2-2,...

Events - CTK Business News in English, November 30.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Phone: +420 222 098 431 Duty Editor - afternoon: Katerina Koudelkova ------------------------------------------------------------ ALL TIMES CET Photo available at PhotoSales@mail.ctk.cz for items with keyword...

Events - CTK General News in English, November 30.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Phone: +420 222 098 465 Duty Editor - morning: Sylvia Irglova afternoon: Sylvia Irglova ------------------------------------------------------------ ALL TIMES CET Photo available at PhotoSales@mail.ctk.cz for...

Schedule of CTK Business News in English, December 1.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) ALL TIMES CET CZECH REPUBLIC Prague Finance Ministry to release state budget data for Nov, timetable for state bonds, state treasury bills issues for Q1 2009 Czech Statistical Office (CSU) to release data on...

Schedule of CTK General News in English, December 1.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) ALL TIMES CET CZECH REPUBLIC Prague 08:00 Protest by Non-violence and League of Mayors against Radar against planned U.S. radar base in the Czech Republic. Place: outside Government Office, nabr. E. Benese 4,...

Events - CTK Business News in English, November 30.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Phone: +420 222 098 431 Duty Editor - afternoon: Katerina Koudelkova ------------------------------------------------------------ ALL TIMES CET Photo available at PhotoSales@mail.ctk.cz for items with keyword...

Events - CTK General News in English, November 30.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Phone: +420 222 098 465 Duty Editor afternoon: Sylvia Irglova ------------------------------------------------------------ ALL TIMES CET Photo available at PhotoSales@mail.ctk.cz for items with keyword PHOTO....

Czech PM not afraid of President Klaus disintegrating ODS party.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Czech Prime Minister and Civic Democrat (ODS) chairman Mirek Topolanek said today he is not afraid that President and ODS honorary chairman Vaclav Klaus could disintegrated the ODS. Klaus...

Europe Without Barries Czech EU presidency motto.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Basic data on and priorities of Czech EU presidency that starts on January 1, 2009: - The Czech Republic will take over EU presidency from France on January 1, 2009, and it will hand it...

Czech President should attack Lisbon Treaty at court- his adviser.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Czech President Vaclav Klaus should himself in any case attack the Lisbon Treaty at the Constitutional Court, his adviser Ladislav Jakl said in Questions of Vaclav Moravec on Czech...

Client numbers in Czech pension funds up, profits fall in Q1-3.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Pension funds in the Czech Republic had a total of 4.21 million clients at end-September, a year-on-year growth of 247,000, but their overall profit fell considerably, data from the...

Effort to pass Lisbon Treaty by end-year risky - Czech PM.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - The effort to pass the Lisbon Treaty in Czech parliament by the year's end might be risky and it could lead to its rejection, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, Civic Democratic Party (ODS)...

Czech govt ready to support exporters indirectly due to crisis-PM.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - The cabinet is prepared to support Czech exporters indirectly if they are negatively affected by the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said today in the Partie...

Czech court head says Lisbon Treaty opponents have minimal scope.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) We have changed the ehadlien to read correctly "Czech court head says Lisbon Treaty opponents have minimal scope." -------------------- Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Anyone who would like again to turn to the Czech...

Czech President should attack Lisbon Treaty at court- his adviser.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Czech President Vaclav Klaus should himself in any case attack the Lisbon Treaty at the Constitutional Court, his adviser Ladislav Jakl said in Questions of Vaclav Moravec on Czech...

Czech Const court head indicates U.S. radar opponents low chances.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Pavel Rychetsky, Czech Constitutional Court chairman, indicated today that the chances of opponents of the stationing of a U.S. radar base on Czech soil would probably have little chances...

Christmas shopping in CzechRep cheaper for Americans, Japanese.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Shopping in the Czech Republic will be cheaper for Americans, the Japanese and Chinese heading for the country before Christmas this year, an analysis by company Citco-financni trhy on the...

Czech men's handball team beats Luxembourg in Europe qualifier.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Lovosice, North Bohemia, Nov 30 (CTK) - The Czech men's handball team beat Luxembourg 30-19 in a European Championships 2010 qualifier today. Result: Czech Republic vs Luxembourg 30-19 (15-11) Czech lineup and...

Czech court head says Lisbon Treaty opponents have minimal scope.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) We have corrected the headline to read correctly "Czech court head says Lisbon Treaty opponents have minimal scope." -------------------- Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Anyone who would like again to turn to the Czech...

Czech govt ready to support exporters indirectly due to crisis-PM.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Adds more info in paras 5-11. -------------------- Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - The cabinet is prepared to support Czech exporters indirectly if they are negatively affected by the global financial crisis, Prime...

Dalai Lama calls for dialogue, compassion in Prague.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, 73, Nobel Peace Prize winner, called for compassion and support to dialogue in a public lecture on compassion as path to happiness in Prague today. He...

Slovak govt may introduce lower VAT on more goods -- Fico.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Bratislava, Nov 30 (CTK) - The Slovak cabinet wants to introduce a lower value-added tax on more products and services in the future if the economy develops well, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said in an...

Auditors' checks in Central Bohemian hospitals shocking- governor.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - The first visits by auditors to Central Bohemian hospitals have uncovered shocking things, new Central Bohemian governor David Rath (opposition Social Democrats, CSSD) said in Questions of...

Czech PM's lead over opponent growing ahead of congress.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - The lead of Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (senior ruling Civic Democrats, ODS) over his rival in the ODS chairman election, Mayor of Prague Pavel Bem, ODS first deputy chairman, is...

Dalai Lama calls for dialogue, compassion in Prague.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Adds information about Dalai Lama's meeting with PM Topolanek in para 3. -------------------- Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, 73, Nobel Peace Prize winner, called for compassion and...

Czech film wins two prizes at film festival in Sweden.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague/Stockholm, Nov 30 (CTK) - The Czech film Country Teacher directed by Bohdan Slama won two prizes at the 19th international film festival in Stockholm that ended today, Martina Rekova, spokeswoman for t'he...

Edbusy wants Kc1.7bn from CzechRep in arbitration -- iHNed.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - The Edbusy company, which has been investigated by the police for half a year over deceiving clients, demands compensation worth Kc1.7bn from the Czech Republic as part of arbitration, the...

Results of Czech ice hockey Elite League 28th round.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Results of Czech ice hockey Elite League 28th round today: Geus Okna Kladno vs Znojemsti Orli 3-1 (2-0, 1-1, 0-0), Mlada Boleslav vs Lasselsberger Plzen 1-2 (0-0, 0-2, 1-0), Moeller...

Results of Slovak ice hockey Elite League 24th round.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Bratislava, Nov 30 (CTK) - Results of Slovak ice hockey Elite League 24th round today: Liptovsky Mikulas vs Kezmarok 2-0, Poprad vs Trencin 1-3, Skalica vs Nitra 7-1, Slovensko 20 vs Zvolen 1-2, Zilina vs Slovan...

CTK's Business News in Brief.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Energo-Pro wins tender to buy Georgia's Kakheti Energy ------------------------------------------------------ Prague - Czech energy group Energo-Pro has through company Energo-Pro Georgia won a tender to buy the...

Summary of CTK General News in English, November 30, 21:00.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague - Czech Prime Minister and Civic Democrat (ODS) chairman Mirek Topolanek said today he is not afraid that President and ODS honorary chairman Vaclav Klaus could disintegrated the ODS. Prague - The effort...

Summary of CTK Business News in English, November 30, 21:00.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague - The cabinet is prepared to support Czech exporters indirectly if they are negatively affected by the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said today in discussion programme Partie...

Czech President dislikes police action at Vietnamese mark-Jakl.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Czech President Vaclav Klaus considers the recent police intervention at the Sapa Vietnamese market in Prague megalomaniac and ineffective, his adviser Ladislav Jakl told television Nova...

Results of Slovak soccer league 18th round.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Zilina, Central Slovakia, Nov 30 (CTK) - Results of Slovak soccer league 18th round today: Zilina vs Kosice 2-1 Sstandings: 1. Slovan Bratislava 18 12 4 2 39-12 40 2. Zilina 18 11 3 4 34-12 36 3. Trnava 18 9 6 3...

No demos in Litvinov until January 15 - Czech Workers Party.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Litvinov, North Bohemia, Nov 30 (CTK) - The Czech far-right Workers' Party (DS) will not stage any demonstrations and public rallies in Litvinov until January 15, the party said in its statement that CTK obtained...

Slovak MPs to discuss Finance Minister's dismissal on Monday.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) . -------------------- Bratislava, Nov 30 (CTK) - Slovak parliament will start to discuss on Monday the opposition proposal that Finance Minister Jan Pociatek be dismissed over his allegedly wrong decision due to...

Results of Czech first soccer league 16th round.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Results of Czech first soccer league 16th round today: Pribram vs Slavia 0-0, Bohemians vs Ceske Budejovice 2-0 (2-0), Teplice vs Zizkov 2-0 (2-0). Standings: 1. Slavia 16 11 4 1 37-11 37...

Czech first soccer league best scorers - 16th round.
November 30, 2008... (From Czech News Agency) Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) - Czech first soccer league best scorers - 16th round: Goals: 11 - Necid (Slavia), 10 - Huna (Pribram), 8 - Belaid (Slavia), 7 - Kincl (Bohemians), 6 - Keric (Liberec), Sverkos (Ostrava), 5 -...

Damian Green: Arrested civil servant had applied for Tory job.
November 30, 2008... (From Guardian Unlimited) Christopher Galley, the 26-year-old junior Home Office civil servant at the centre of the row over the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green , stood as a Conservative council candidate in 2004 and unsuccessfully...

Weather forecast for Monday.
November 30, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, November 30 (MTI) - Cloudy, with shorter sunny periods. Rain, showers mostly in the north, later elsewhere in the country. Thunder-showers are possible in the afternoon. Winds will be from the...

Two Hungarian experts return safely from Bangkok.
November 30, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, November 30 (MTI) - Two Hungarian experts of the Nyiregyhaza Zoo (NE Hungary) arrived home safely from Bangkok where airports are blocked by ongoing protests, a zoo spokesman told MTI on...

PM, FM not among MEP candidates, say Socialist officials.
November 30, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, November 30 (MTI) - Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany will not be on the nominee list for the European parliamentary elections, Socialist party senior officials told MTI on Sunday....

Hungary registers 98 new cases of HIV in Jan-Sept.
November 30, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, November 30 (MTI) - In Hungary 98 new cases of HIV infection were registered in January-September and the final figure for this year is expected to be higher than in 2007, health officials told...

Opposition FreeDems against gov't tax bills.
November 30, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, November 30 (MTI) - The opposition Free Democrats should vote against the government's 2009 tax bills, the party's parliamentary group leader Janos Koka said on Sunday. The Free Democrats...

BUX up 16pc, blue chips in gains.
November 30, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, November 30 (MTI) - Hungary's BUX index closed the week at 12,694, up 1,786 or 16 percent on the previous week. The BUX stood 52 percent lower from the closing figure at the end of 2007....

MTI's news schedule from December 1 to 7.
November 30, 2008... (From Hungarian News Agency (MTI)) Budapest, November 30 (MTI) - MTI's daily news service in English expects to include coverage of the following events from December 1 to 7: Monday, December 1: - Plenary session of Parliament...

Reale Mutua predicts growth in 2009 (Reale Mutua prevede un 2009 in crescita).
November 30, 2008... (From La Stampa) Reale Mutua, the Italian mutual insurance group, has forecast growth in 2009 despite acknowledging that it will be a 'demanding' year and hard to predict given the current turbulence on the global financial markets....

Lukoil may yet acquire Repsol stake as talks remain on (La operacion Lukoil-Repsol se desbloquea).
November 30, 2008... (From El Pais) Sacyr Vallehermoso (SyV) finally succeeded yesterday in finalising a deal aimed at easing the Spanish conglomerate's 18.55bn euros of debt. Having offered its infrastructure subsidiary, Itinere, to local transport and...

LEEDS UNITED: Mac: We must show no fear.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Phil Hay United are preparing for their first meeting with non-league opposition for almost a decade at the home of the Blue Square Premier leaders, and McAllister is anxious to ward off negative talk...

LEEDS RHINOS: Bluey tells stars to stay away.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Peter Smith Pre-season training began two weeks ago, but Rhinos' World Cup contingent are not due to report back until the start of January.That will give the full squad just a month to prepare for...

Leeds student fights for life after collision.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) The 20-year-old who comes from the Manchester area was in the Intensive Care Unit at Leeds Infirmary after the accident in Woodhouse Lane, Woodhouse, Leeds. at 11.35pmHis condition was given as "very poorly". The...

Lollipop appeal.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Laura Bowyer Youngsters from Westbrook Lane Primary in Horsforth have been left without a permanent school crossing patrol for more than a fortnight at the busy junction of Brownberrie Lane and...

Big thank-you for second life worth living.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Jo Francisco Beryl Howgate, 60, was in a horrific road smash in Ossett in 1981. She suffered near fatal head injuries, brain damage and had spine surgery.Since then, Ms Howgate, of Suffolk Close,...

Pressure grows to ban internet suicide sites.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Mark Hookham and Sophie Hazan Ministers are coming under increasing pressure to intervene following the death of 13-year-old suicide victim Imogen D'Arcy.Imogen, from Adel, hanged herself with a...

Driver got pie-eyed after losing way to AA meeting.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Stuart Robinson Jane Hofmann suffered a relapse when she could not find her way to the support group in Pontefract.Hofmann, 39, wife of award-winning pork pie maker, Nigel Hofmann, 42, who lives in a...

Leeds Rhino star's wife and son in Thai ordeal.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Stuart Robinson Mr Peacock's wife Faye is trapped with her mother and the couple's four-year-old son after the closure of the city's airport this week.Yesterday Mr Peacock spoke out to highlight the...

Poor visibility leads to 19 car shunt on M621 at Leeds.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Bruce Smith Ambulances took eight people with minor injuries to Leeds Infirmary and two people were kept in overnight.The accident occurred near to junction 1 at the Beeston Ring Road shortly before...

Mixed-sex wards 'will have to go'.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Mark Hookham The Prime Minister told Helen Copley, of Bramley, that his Government would investigate her claims, saying: "It should not be happening".Mrs Copley was one of four YEP readers who...

Young schoolchildren's wedding was in a class of its own VIDEO.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Stuart Robinson But at just four years old, little Bobbi Jo Senior wasn't all that worried a" she was more concerned with getting back to school for a party with her classmates.Bobbi Jo took part in a...

Gordon gets a grilling from YEP readers.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) The Prime Minister was tackled on what his Government is doing to improve the city's creaking transport system and heard concerns about the NHS and schools.The exclusive readers' press conference concluded a day...

Yorks car salesmen in 'Ali G' race row.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Aisha Iqbal Outraged staff at the Evans Halshaw dealership in Bradford resigned when a manager referred to one of them as a "black and white minstrel."He had earlier joked that he did not like black...

Identity of killers remains 'unclear'.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Wire copy Reports began to emerge yesterday from India that UK-born Muslims were involved in carrying out the massacre which claimed the lives of at least 143 people.The end of the siege at the Taj...

Corporal who became a spy jailed for 10 years.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Wire copy Daniel James, 45, who had access to the highest echelons of the Nato mission in Kabul, was caught red-handed betraying his country in a series of coded emails.The Iranian-born soldier, who...

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November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Staff Copy The Prime Minister was tackled on what his Government is doing to improve the cityas creaking transport system and heard concerns about the NHS and schools.The exclusive readersa press...

Mixed-sex wards 'will have to go'.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Staff Copy Political EditorGORDON Brown was shocked to be told by a 93-year-old YEP reader that pensioners still have endure mixed wards in Leeds hospitals.The Prime Minister told Helen Copley, of...

B&Q.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Wire copy Donat just feel sorry for yourself if youare suffering from winter ills a" spare a thought for rooms that may have their own seasonal ailments.You wouldnat prance about now in thin summer...

Questions over MP's arrest.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Wire copy The frontbench MP was held for nine hours on Thursday and his offices and homes searched over his alleged involvement in the leak of information from the Home Office.A detailed series of...

Brain-damaged and broken, Beryl bounced back with surgeons' help.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Staff Copy A WOMAN brought back from the brink of death was reunited with the doctors who saved her a" 27 years on.Beryl Howgate, 60, was in a horrific road smash in Ossett in 1981. She suffered near...

Wife of prize-winning butcher sank two bottles of wine in her Merc.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Staff Copy THE wife of an award-winning pork pie maker was caught drunk behind the wheel of her Mercedes after downing two bottles of wine because she could not find her way to an Alcoholics Anonymous...

Just sit down and listen.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Staff Copy The benches give users access to thousands of preloaded tracks based on UK-wide research conducted by mobile phone giant Nokia to find the nationas favourite songs. This new line in open-air...

Arson inquiries continue as boy released from bail.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Staff Copy POLICE have released a teenage boy quizzed in connection with a massive fire at a school in Pontefract.The 15-year-old was arrested following the blaze at Carleton High on Saturday, October...

Last of the gargoyles has gone.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Staff Copy In the summer three of the four gargoyles on the archway at the entrance to Batley Parish Church went missing.The Rev Andrew Johnson arrived at the church last week to find that the final...

Don't miss this bus, Metro tells operators.
November 29, 2008... (From Yorkshire Evening Post) Byline: Staff Copy WEST Yorkshireas public transport supremo today reacted to criticism of the countyas confusing bus system and insisted: aoeWeare on the right track.aA recent report by research group Centre...