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Yahoo
31-07-2025
- Yahoo
Murder investigation after girl, 3, found dead
A murder investigation has been launched after a three-year-old girl was found dead in a house in Leeds. West Yorkshire Police said they received a report of concern for safety of a young child on Wednesday at about 11:05 BST. Officers attended an address on Austhorpe Court in Colton and the girl's body was found inside. A woman at the property was taken to hospital and has since been arrested on suspicion of murder. Det Ch Insp Stacey Atkinson said: "We are treating this as an isolated incident and are not seeking anyone else in connection with it. "I understand that such a tragic incident as this will cause shockwaves in the local community and that there will be speculation about what has happened." Police asked anyone with information to get in touch. Neighbours living on the quiet cul-de-sac near the Colton Retail Park told of their shock following the girl's death. Residents said emergency services had been called to their street on Wednesday, but many were now learning what had happened. Donald Anderson, who has lived on Austhorpe Court for 15 years, said he was "completely flabbergasted". "It's a quiet little street," added the 94-year-old retired design draughtsman. "We never have problems like that." Mr Anderson recalled seeing the girl pushing a toy walker along the street. Her death was "an awful situation," he said. Another couple of retirement age living on Austhorpe Court said the youngster would stroke their dog if they passed each other. "It's awful," one of them said of the news. The house where the girl was found remained under police guard on Thursday. A direct neighbour, Margaret, said her daughter had noticed the curtains in the house had been left drawn when she visited her on Monday. She said she was "horrified" by the girl's death. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Scotsman
11-07-2025
- Automotive
- Scotsman
LEZs have not made much difference to city air quality
Vintage Edinburgh bus Edinburgh's pointless Low Emission Zone (LEZ), imposed by the SNP Scottish Government and the left-wing parties on the council, could keep residents debating for years. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... I am loathe to return to the topic, but we saw more nonsense peddled about it this week in the Evening News. Donald Anderson, an old political sparring partner of mine from his time as council leader, praised it on Tuesday and took up a cause championed by a few in the Old Town who bemoan that some older buses are allowed in as 'historic vehicles' for bus tours. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Donald admitted himself that the odd classic car will have negligible effect on air quality, but forgot that two or three buses - even seven days a week – will have the same minimal effect. What he inadvertently spotted is that even fully compliant modern buses remain an issue. Retired Edinburgh air quality specialist John Lamb keeps exposing this (@JohnfaeScotland on X/Twitter). He has shown from the council's own 2022 data that the 37,600 vehicles a day on Queensferry Road created a nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentration of 26 µg/m3. Meanwhile, on Shandwick Place, where private vehicles are banned, the 2155 buses and taxis created a higher concentration of 28 µg/m3 of NO2. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad For comparison, in 2019 before the car ban, Shandwick Place had 14,600 mixed vehicles a day and the NO2 concentration was 37 µg/m3 – it has dropped but not that much. Until they are all electric, a single bus will create far more pollution than many cars and our worst pollution hotspots will remain. The good news is that Edinburgh's air quality is already approaching the cleanliness of background countryside levels and we met the LEZ objective on statutory air quality before it was even introduced. Where Donald was wrong was when he said old car users could 'pay for the privilege' of entering the LEZ. In truth they are fined very heavily compared with the low access fee for English LEZs. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The truth is that this is a policy implemented by those who hate the concept of private vehicles and the individual freedom they bring. Cllr Iain Whyte, Craigentinny/Duddingston Ward and leader of the Conservative group
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Yahoo
Search for man leads to South Bend SWAT standoff; over 150 grams of suspected drugs found
SOUTH BEND — After a multi-hour standoff in which the South Bend Police Department's SWAT Team said it found more than 150 grams of cocaine, one man was charged with four felonies and another with two misdemeanors. Donald Anderson, 70, was charged by the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's office with: level two felony dealing cocaine over 10 grams, level three felony possession of cocaine over 28 grams, level two felony dealing a narcotic over 10 grams, and level four felony possession of a narcotic between 10 and 28 grams. Terrance Snelling, 49, was charged with misdemeanor resisting law enforcement and misdemeanor criminal mischief. Officers with the police department's Strategic Focus Unit surveilled the 400 block of West Marion Street on April 24 and saw Snelling, who has an active arrest warrant filed in October 2023 accusing him of possession of cocaine and resisting law enforcement, enter an apartment building. Police said they tried unsuccessfully to contact Snelling and requested the help of SWAT officers and the Hostage/Crisis Negotiation team. During the standoff, a woman exited the building and told officers the man forced his way into an apartment inside, prosecutors claim in a probable cause affidavit filed with the court. The woman was initially arrested but ultimately not charged by the prosecutor's office. During a search, police did not find Snelling but found a small bag with a white powdery substance suspected to be cocaine next to a scale and razor blade coated with the substance, leading police to seek a search warrant for the apartment, prosecutors said. In an unlocked safe, officers found 175.4 grams of field tested cocaine, 1.9 grams of field tested cocaine and fentanyl, a container with 23.1 grams of field tested cocaine and fentanyl and a prescription pill bottle made out to Donald R. Anderson, prosecutors said. The search also recovered a firearm, police said. Later, investigators said, Anderson arrived and asked to retrieve his medicine from the apartment, saying he lived in the apartment and that the woman was visiting. Police said Snelling exited the residence without incident after several hours. Email Tribune staff writer Camille Sarabia at csarabia@ This article originally appeared on South Bend Tribune: Two men charged after multi-hour South Bend SWAT standoff; drugs found
Al Etihad
14-03-2025
- Politics
- Al Etihad
TRENDS hosts counter-extremism seminar in UK House of Lords
14 Mar 2025 15:31 LONDON (ALETIHAD)A scientific seminar organised by TRENDS Research & Advisory at the UK House of Lords emphasised the need to combat extremism as a fundamental step in ensuring security and stability locally and discussion highlighted the importance of correcting extremist ideologies and providing educational, economic, and social alternatives to prevent the spread of radical ideas, especially among youth, who are the primary targets of extremist seminar highlighted that countering extremism requires a comprehensive approach that combines security, intellectual, and technological solutions to ensure a safer and more stable future for UK House of Lords hosted this seminar, which was the second of its kind in less than two months, under the title, 'Strengthening the UK-Middle East and North Africa Partnership in Countering Extremism and Promoting Prosperity.'The event was honorarily sponsored by Lord Walney and attended by a distinguished group of parliamentarians, researchers, and counter-extremism seminar was moderated by Lord Walney, who emphasised that extremism poses a global threat that requires a unified international strategy to confront Donald Anderson, a member of the House of Lords, delivered a keynote speech, stressing the importance of strengthening cooperation between the UK and the Middle East and North Africa in countering extremism. He also highlighted the key role of research institutions in analysing and understanding the challenges Western societies face due to the spread of extremist Mohammed Al-Ali, CEO of TRENDS Research & Advisory, asserted that international cooperation is essential to countering extremism and promoting values of tolerance. He explained that TRENDS is actively working to dismantle the rhetoric of terrorist groups through meticulous scientific analysis of the concepts and ideologies of such organisations. The seminar featured the participation of Sir Liam Fox, Chairman of the UK Abraham Accords Group; Lady Olga Maitland, Former Member of the UK Parliament; Hannah Baldock, Editor of "Focus on Western Political Islam" magazine; Anna Stanley, Researcher at the Middle East Forum; Tom Tugendhat, Member of the Parliamentary Group for Countering Extremism; Daniel Kawczynski, Member of the UK Parliament; Aviram Belaishe, Head of the Counter-Extremism Project; Awad Al-Breiki, Senior Researcher and Head of TRENDS Global Sector; Abdulaziz AlShehhi, Senior Researcher and Deputy Head of Research Sector at TRENDS; and Shama Al-Qutba and Zayed Aldaheri, Researchers at TRENDS.
