Just West Yorkshire: Local


'We won't stop until all gunmen are found'- Leeds police
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Bruce Smith on 17 December, 2008 10:05:00
 
MICHAEL Rungen orchestrated one of the most brutal planned gangland executions
ever seen in Leeds.

Anti-racism message at tournament
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 Bill Marshall  on 17 December, 2008 04:53:00
 
Over 20 teams took part in the West Bradford School Sports Partnership’s
Primary School soccer finals at Thornton Grammar School.

Neo-Nazi 'waged racist campaign against mixed-race couple'
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Yorkshire Post on 17 December, 2008 04:50:00
 
A neo-Nazi from Grimsby waged a racist campaign against a couple because they
were mixed-race, a court has heard.

Pride & prejudice: How the far right muscled in on middle England
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Ben Russel on 18 May, 2008 12:29:00
 
It was the place he dubbed Everytown, the corner of Britain that most accurately
represents the nation at large. So when the people of Maltby swung towards the
BNP in this month's local elections, ex-resident Julian Baggini returned to
discover how the politics of hatred took root in Labour's Yorkshire heartland

Race equality chief warns of ethnic 'cold war'
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Yorkshire Post on 29 April, 2008 09:34:00
 
Uncontrolled immigration has led to a "cold war" between ethnic communities,
according to the head of Britain's race watchdog.Trevor Phillips, chairman of
the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), believes the policy failures
risk engendering racism among millions of educated professionals.

West Yorkshire Police chief: Local heartbeat of fight against terror
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By Sir Norman Bettison (West Yorkshire Police chief)  on 29 April, 2008 09:04:00
 
This week I launched the new face of Neighbourhood Policing in West Yorkshire
– 47 teams whose role is to work at the heart of communities, tackling the
issues that affect people every day at a local level.