George Moore is among hundreds of victims of the Philips Trust Corporation. He has welcomed plans by Leeds Building Society to make payments to those affected.

Building societies to make 'meaningful' payments to victims of £138m scandal
Building societies whose customers have lost life savings in a major investment scandal have publicly committed to making “meaningful” payments to affected victims, The Yorkshire Post can reveal.

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    Car insurance prices in Yorkshire and the Humber jump by almost 50%
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    Tesco reveals higher sales and profits for the past year

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    Ashfield Mills: Plans to flatten Bradford mill and build retirement apartments

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    Game and deer shooting play a significant and vital role in the rural economy through employment in a massive number of sectors that include biodiversity and sustainability of farmland and the countryside and North York Moors couple John and Annie Robinson near Dalby Forest have spent years on producing their book Behind & Beyond The Trigger which has just been released.

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    Sheffield Steelers concentrate on themselves in bid to clinch treble

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