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A serial fraudster who charged learner drivers up to £1,500 a time to take driving theory tests for them targeted Sheffield, a court heard.
Satwinder Singh, aged 34, took at least 36 tests[1] – which cost just £23 – for non-English speakers over a fou…
Student, 21, who was ‘queasy about needles and blood’ was involved in a car crash while on his way to have root canal surgery, killing himself and a junior doctor, inquest hearsOliver Knott, 21, overtook a lorry and hit a cattle truck on his way to the…
In an inquest at Bradford[1] Coroners’ Court on Monday, senior coroner Martin Fleming concluded that Oliver Knott, 21, a university student who grew up in Bradford, and Maisie Ryan, 27, a doctor at Airedale Hospital, died instantaneously as a result of…
Mobile speed cameras have been set up across Leeds in a bid to reduce accidents.
Set up by West Yorkshire Police[1] on behalf of the West Yorkshire Casualty Prevention Partnership, the cameras are set up in “known casualty zones” to try to keep speeds …
Leeds Crown Court heard that the 53-year-old victim, known as Terry, was a machine operative at One Stop Warehouse in Normanton. At 10pm on February 10 this year, he finished his shift and cycled towards his home.
He was wearing a fluorescent high-vis…
A crash on a motorway has brought rush-hour traffic to a standstill.
One lane is closed on the M20 London-bound between Junction 9 at Ashford and Junction 8 at Leeds Castle.
There is a heavy build up of traffic on the M20 motorway
It is understood th…
Mark Eastwood MP and Boothroyd Academy – Living Streets WOW scheme.
Mark Eastwood[1] MP writes: We all know the areas that are the speeding hotspots – places like Leeds Road in Dewsbury[2] and Huddersfield Road in Shelley – are well known to not only…
The first permanent average-speed cameras in West Yorkshire will soon be installed on the A6120 Outer Ring Road and the A647 Stanningley Bypass.
As reported by WLD last year, Leeds City Council chiefs say the new average speed cameras will be up and ru…
Leeds City Council[1] announced this week that the cameras, that will be set up in the autumn, will be located on roads that have seen “speed-related casualties” or where there is “clear evidence of speeding”.
They are the A6120 Outer Ring Road and th…
Leeds City Council will soon install the first permanent average-speed cameras in West Yorkshire, which will be located on the A6120 Outer Ring Road and the A647 Stanningley Bypass, and form part of the Connecting West Leeds scheme.
The speed cameras …