London bombs home-made from pharmacy ingredients

    Explosives found by detectives investigating the London bombings were home-made using ingredients that can be found in high street chemists. The highly volatile explosive – acetone peroxide – has been discovered in a house in Leeds thought to have been used as a bomb-making factory. The discovery has raised fears of other British fanatics making…

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      Plans for more Leeds Muslim burial sites

      Plans to extend Harehills Cemetery to provide more Muslim burial spaces have been rejected by Liberal Democrat councillors as too costly. They are now calling for spaces for Muslim burials to be provided at a new cemetery planned for Whinmoor Grange. An extension at Harehills would cost an estimated _2,000 per burial plot compared to…

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        Terror case man denies bomb plot

        An East Yorkshire man accused of making nail bombs and having bomb-making manuals has denied terrorism charges. Martyn Gilleard, 31, of Pool Court, Goole, pleaded not guilty at Leeds Crown Court to engaging in conduct in preparation of terrorist acts. He also denies possessing articles for terrorist purposes and collecting information for terrorist purposes. Gilleard…

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          It’s Business As Usual At The ‘Terrorists’ Breeding Ground’

          By Bernard Hare LEEDS – I’ve always liked the Beeston area of Leeds. I was brought up in neighbouring East End Park in the 60s. My first memories are of me and my mum travelling to Beeston early in the morning on the 61 bus. My auntie, who lived there, looked after me while mum…

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            In American Cities, No Mirror Image Of Muslims Of Leeds

            By NINA BERNSTEIN After the four suicide bombers in London were identified last week, news accounts focused on life in the old mill town of Leeds, where they grew up: the immigrant enclaves, the high unemployment, the rising anger and alienation of Muslim residents. Some Britons grasping for an explanation pointed at those conditions, however…

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