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Leeds student with thirst for history chosen to write grizzly book

An example of a typically gruesome image published in “penny dreadful” comics in the past. This shows the public execution by decapitation in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1794 of Robert Watt for High Treason along with David Downie. Public execution was a popular event and crowds of people would turn up to watch.

By Tia- Jane Coyle

A HISTORY fanatic has been asked to write a popular history book about the most notorious thieves, body-snatchers and cannibals that have ever lived in England.Read More »Leeds student with thirst for history chosen to write grizzly book

Patients waiting two years for treatment as NHS “reaches breaking point”

Elaine Binns has been waiting more than two years for the correct treatment for a severe skin condition

By Leanne Simmons

A PATIENT who has been waiting for treatment for nearly two years for a severe skin condition agrees with the British Medical Association’s claim that the NHS is at “breaking point”.Read More »Patients waiting two years for treatment as NHS “reaches breaking point”

Teaching union “sympathetic” over extortionate holiday prices, as Supreme Court decides if term-time breaks should be banned

Leeds mother Cheryl Clare and her daughter Molly-May on holiday in 2016

By Leonie Stanton

A TEACHING union has criticised travel companies for penalising parents by inflating prices of holidays outside of term-time.Read More »Teaching union “sympathetic” over extortionate holiday prices, as Supreme Court decides if term-time breaks should be banned