Guilty: Britain's youngest ever terrorist, 16, who had guide to death and explosives in his home
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A schoolboy who joined a cell of Islamic fanatics targeting the Royal Family has become Britain's youngest convicted terrorist. Hammaad Munshi, now 18, became obsessed with terrorism while aged 15 and studying for his GCSEs. Instead of revising he spent hours secretly surfing jihadist websites and distributing material as part of a 'conspiracy to wipe-out' non-Muslims. A computer expert, the teenager set up a website giving advice on how to make bombs, detonators, Napalm and using machine guns. He was arrested at the age of 16 as he walked home from school in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, following a GCSE exam....
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 04:57:02 PM
Yorkshire treasure stash unearthed after 1,000 years
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MORE than a thousand years ago a Saxon thief, desperate to hide his plunder, stashed a hoard of stolen gold in what is today a nondescript West Yorkshire field. What became of the thief is lost to the ages and his precious loot lay safely buried in that same field for the next millennium. There it remained until a treasure hunter, out with his trusty metal detector last year, experienced the moment he will never forget when he unearthed the amazing find on the farmland near Leeds. Archaeological experts say they believe the three gold rings, half a gold ingot...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 04:57:02 PM
Ex-Saddam Colonel Fights To Remain In Yorkshire (UK)
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Ex-Saddam colonel fights to remain in Yorkshire Last Updated: 1:43am BST 12/04/2008 A former lieutenant colonel who served under Saddam Hussein's regime has been living in Yorkshire for the past two years. Jafa'ar Ali Hassan, 60, trained soldiers during the Iran-Iraq war and claims his uncle was a personal adviser to the tyrant. He fled his homeland via Kurdistan and is understood to have paid £12,500 to reach the UK via Turkey. Mr Hassan has been living with his wife in council accommodation in the village of Worsbrough near Barnsley, since 2006. He is now fighting deportation to Iraq after...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 04:57:02 PM
Fire hits Wallace and Gromit sets
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Props and sets from the Wallace and Gromit films are believed to have been destroyed in a warehouse blaze. Fire crews were called to Oscar-winning Aardman Animations' Bristol site, which contained the company's "entire history", a spokesman said. Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park said it was "dreadful" for the company but comparatively "not a big deal". The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the new Wallace and Gromit film, has just gone to the top of the US box office chart. Company Spokesman Arthur Sheriff said: "It couldn't have come on a worse day - we were supposed to be celebrating,...
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Yorkshire stonemason will give Reagan a '10,000-year' memorial
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A YORKSHIREMAN whose first wife died, like President Reagan, of Alzheimer’s has been selected by Nancy Reagan to engrave the headstone of her husband. Nathen Blackwell, 82, who was born in Hull and learnt his trade working for a stone company in Grimsby, moved to California via Canada in 1958. He struggled at first, but his work is now commissioned by Californian celebrities including the actor Michael Douglas, who recently asked him to engrave an 18th-century bathtub for his Spanish castle. He began working for the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley four years ago, carving a presidential oath...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 04:57:02 PM
A Merry Mess: Yorkshire Claims Robin Hood
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A merry mess: Yorkshire claims Robin Hood Lizette Alvarez/NYT Tuesday, February 17, 2004 NOTTINGHAM, England Not since Mikhail Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union has there been such a fuss over a man in tights. For centuries, Robin Hood, the dashing, chivalrous hero to the oppressed, has been the property of Nottinghamshire in the midlands - land of Sherwood Forest, Nottingham Castle and one nefarious sheriff. But now, in a brazen grab for bragging rights, Yorkshire, an adjacent county, is laying claim to the 800-year-old legend and demanding, by way of a parliamentary motion, immediate redress. In a country where...
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The Remains Of Nessie's Yorkshire Cousin Are Uncovered
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The remains of Nessie's Yorkshire cousin are uncovered By Ian Herbert North of England Correspondent 25 October 2002 In a development that is sure to delight devotees of the Loch Ness monster legend, scientists revealed yesterday that a long-necked sea dragon reminiscent of Scotland's finest swam in coastal waters off North Yorkshire 132 million years ago. The revelation follows the discovery of a near complete skeleton of a plesiosaur – a 14ft high marine reptile – on a cliff-top at Filey, near Scarborough. The find is the most significant discovery in a decade on one of the most important geological...
Published on Thursday 9th of February 2012 04:57:02 PM
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